[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 26109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-4133]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service


Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee--Notice of Renewal

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of renewal of the OCS Policy Committee.

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SUMMARY: Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior (Secretary) is renewing the OCS Policy Committee.
    The OCS Policy Committee will provide advice to the Secretary, 
through the Director of the Minerals Management Service, related to the 
discretionary functions of the Bureau under the OCS 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeryne Bryant, Minerals Management 
Service, Offshore Minerals Management, Herndon, Virginia 20170-4817, 
telephone (703) 787-1213.

Certification

    I hereby certify that the renewal of the OCS Policy Committee is in 
the public interest in connection with the performance of duties 
imposed on the Department of the Interior by 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq., 30 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq., and 30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.

    Dated: April 26, 2006.
P. Lynn Scarlett,
Acting Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 06-4133 Filed 5-2-06; 8:45 am]
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