[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 4230]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-1886]


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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 New Orleans Hyatt Regency Hotel, New 
Orleans, Louisiana.

DATES: Wednesday, March 19, 2003, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. and Thursday, 
March 20, 2003, from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

ADDRESSES: The Hyatt Regency New Orleans, 500 Poydras Plaza, New 
Orleans, Louisiana 70140, telephone (504) 561-1234, fax (504) 523-0488.

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, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior established a 
Royalty Policy Committee of 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 16th meeting, the committee will elect a Parliamentarian, 
receive a subcommittee report on coal and review recommendations from 
the sodium/potassium subcommittee. The MMS will present reports on 
financial management, compliance, the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and 
royalty-in-kind initiatives. The MMS will also discuss the current 
appeals process, a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issue and 
provide a legislative update.
    The location and dates of future meetings will be published in the 
Federal Register. 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.

    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: January 23, 2003.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 03-1886 Filed 1-27-03; 8:45 am]
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