[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6169]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR


Revision to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Revision to the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee 
Under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.

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SUMMARY: Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior has revised the OCS Policy Committee charter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeryne Bryant, Minerals Management 
Service, Offshore Minerals Management, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, 
telephone (703) 787-1211, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published in accordance with 
Section 9(a) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (Pub. L. 92-
643). The OCS Policy Committee will provide advice to the Secretary of 
the Interior, through the Director of the Minerals Management Service, 
related to the discretionary functions of the Bureau under the Outer 
Continental Shelf Lands Act and related statutes. The Committee will 
review and comment on all aspects of leasing, exploration, development 
and protection of OCS resources and provide a forum to convey views 
representative of coastal states, local government, offshore mineral 
industries, environmental community, and other users of the offshore 
and the interested public. The charter was revised to include two 
additional members representing energy consumers and to add the 
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management as an ex officio 
member of the Committee.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the OCS Policy Committee is in the public 
interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed on the 
Department of the Interior by the OCS, as amended (43 U.S.C. 1331 et 
seq.).

    Dated: March 18, 2005.
Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 05-6169 Filed 3-28-05; 8:45 am]
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