[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57713-57714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-21595]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Notice and Agenda for Meeting of the Royalty Policy Committee

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: At the first meeting of the newly chartered Royalty Policy 
Committee (RPC), a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and parliamentarian 
will be elected and bylaws for meeting

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conduct will be established. Agenda items will include remarks from the 
Director, MMS, and the Associate Director, Minerals Revenue Management 
(MRM), as well as updates on Financial Management, Compliance and Asset 
Management, Royalty in Kind, and pertinent legislation. The RPC will 
also hear special reports from the Inter-Association Royalty Strategies 
Task Force and the Western Governors' Association. The RPC membership 
includes representatives from states, Indian tribes and allottee 
organizations, minerals industry associations, the general public, and 
other Federal departments.

DATE: Thursday, October 28, 2004, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., mountain 
daylight time.

ADDRESS: Sheraton Denver West Hotel, 360 Union Boulevard, Lakewood, CO 
80228, telephone number (303) 987-2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary Fields, Minerals Revenue 
Management, Minerals Management Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 300B2, 
Denver, CO 80225-0165, telephone number (303) 231-3102, fax number 
(303) 231-3780, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of the Interior's MMS created 
three charter committees under the Federal Advisory Committee Act to 
advise the Secretary and top department officials on minerals policy 
and operational issues. The RPC, the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) 
Policy Committee, and the OCS Scientific Committee will fulfill the 
formal advisory functions previously performed by the Minerals 
Management Advisory Board, which has been disbanded. The RPC will 
provide advice related to the performance of discretionary functions 
under the laws governing the Department's management of Federal and 
Indian mineral leases and revenues. The RPC will review and comment on 
revenue management and other mineral-related policies and provide a 
forum to convey views representative of mineral lessees, operators, 
revenue payors, revenue recipients, governmental agencies, and the 
interested public. 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. Meetings will be 
open to the public without registration in advance on a space-available 
basis. The public may make statements during the meetings, to the 
extent time permits, and file written statements with the RPC for its 
consideration. Copies of these written statements should be submitted 
to Mr. Fields. Within 2 weeks following the conclusion of each meeting, 
the minutes will be available for public inspection and copying at our 
offices in Building 85 on the Denver Federal Center in Lakewood, CO. 
The minutes will also be posted on our Internet site at http://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/RoyPC/RoyPC.htm. These meetings are 
conducted under the authority of the Federal Advisory Committee Act 
(Pub. L. 92-463, 5 U.S.C., Appendix 1) and the Office of Management and 
Budget (Circular No. A-63, revised).

    Dated: September 16, 2004.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director, Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 04-21595 Filed 9-24-04; 8:45 am]
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