[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 177 (Thursday, September 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57833-57834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-23145]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Royalty Policy Committee of the Minerals Management Advisory 
Board; Notice and Agenda for Meeting

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Royalty Policy Committee of the Minerals Management 
Advisory Board will meet at the

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Sheraton Denver West Hotel in Lakewood, Colorado.

DATES: Tuesday, October 22, 2002, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The Sheraton Denver West Hotel, 360 Union Boulevard, 
Lakewood, Colorado, 80228, telephone (303) 987-2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Gary Fields, Royalty Policy 
Committee Coordinator, Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management 
Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 300B3, Denver, CO 80225-0165, telephone 
(303) 231-3102, fax (303) 231-3781, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior established a 
Royalty Policy Committee on the Minerals Management Advisory Board to 
provide advice on the Department's management of Federal and Indian 
minerals leases, revenues, and other minerals-related policies. 
Committee membership includes representatives from States, Indian 
tribes and allottee organizations, minerals industry associations, the 
general public, and Federal departments.
    At this 15th meeting, the committee will elect a Parliamentarian 
and receive subcommittee reports on sodium/potassium, coal, and 
marginal properties. Previous committee recommendations on the appeals 
process will be discussed with the MMS Director. The MMS will present 
reports on financial management, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and 
the royalty-in-kind initiatives. The MMS will provide an update if new 
Energy Legislation is passed by Congress, and the Committee will 
discuss the possibility of forming a subcommittee to study potential 
implications of a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission decision on an 
offshore natural gas pipeline system handling Gulf of Mexico 
production.
    The location and dates of future meetings will be published in the 
Federal Register and posted on our Internet site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov//Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm. The meetings are open to 
the public without advance registration on a space available basis. The 
public may make statements during the meetings, to the extent time 
permits, and file written statements with the committee for its 
consideration. Written statements should be submitted to Mr. Fields at 
the mailing address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT 
section. Transcripts of committee meetings will be available 2 weeks 
after each meeting for public inspection and copying at MMS's Minerals 
Revenue Management, Building 85, Denver Federal Center, Denver, 
Colorado. Meeting minutes will be posted on our Internet site at http:/
/www.mrm.mms.gov//Laws--R--D/RoyPC/ROYPC.htm about 5 weeks after the 
meeting.

    Authority: Federal Advisory Committee Act, Public Law 92-463, 5 
U.S.C. Appendix 1, and Office of Management and Budget Circular No. 
A-63, revised.

    Dated: August 28, 2002.
Cathy J. Hamilton,
Acting Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 02-23145 Filed 9-11-02; 8:45 am]
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