[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 57895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-19799]


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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: Agenda items for the third meeting of the Royalty Policy 
Committee (RPC) will include remarks from the Deputy Director, MMS, and 
the Associate Director, Minerals Revenue Management (MRM), as well as 
updates from the following subcommittees: Coal, Federal Oil and Gas 
Valuation, Oil and Gas Royalty Reporting, and Indian Oil Valuation. The 
RPC will also hear special reports on the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
the Royalty in Kind Program, and the MRM Strategic Business Planning 
Initiative.
    The RPC membership includes representatives from states, Indian 
tribes, individual Indian mineral owner organizations, minerals 
industry associations, the general public, and other Federal 
departments.

DATES: Tuesday, November 8, 2005, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., mountain 
time.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Sheraton Denver West Hotel, 
360 Union Blvd., Lakewood, Colorado, 80228, telephone number 1-800-525-
3966.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gina Dan, Minerals Revenue Management, 
Minerals Management Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 300B2, Denver, 
Colorado, 80225-0165, telephone number (303) 231-3392, fax number (303) 
231-3780, e-mail [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The RPC provides advice to the Secretary and 
top Department officials on minerals policy, operational issues, and 
the performance of discretionary functions under the laws governing the 
Department's management of Federal and Indian mineral leases and 
revenues. The RPC reviews and comments on revenue management and other 
mineral-related policies and provides a forum to convey views 
representative of mineral lessees, operators, revenue payors, revenue 
recipients, governmental agencies, and the interested public. Dates and 
locations of future meetings will be published in the Federal Register 
and posted on our Internet site at http://www.mms.gov/mmab/RoyaltyPolicyCommittee/rpc_homepage.htm. Meetings will be open to the 
public without advanced registration on a space available basis. To the 
extent time permits, the public may make statements during the 
meetings, and file written statements with the RPC for its 
consideration. Copies of these written statements should be submitted 
to Ms. Dan. Transcripts of this meeting will be available 2 weeks after 
the meeting for public inspection and copying at our offices located in 
Building 85, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling Blvd., 
Denver, Colorado 80225.
    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 28, 2005.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director, Minerals Revenue Management.
[FR Doc. 05-19799 Filed 10-3-05; 8:45 am]
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