[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 1998)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 185-186]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-121]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
30 CFR Chapter II
Workshops on The Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and
Fairness Act of 1996 (RSFA)
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of workshop.
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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS), Royalty Management
Program, is implementing the requirements of the Federal Oil and Gas
Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996. The purpose of this
notice is to inform the public of a public workshop session on
assessing for chronic erroneous reporting.
DATES: The workshop will be held on Tuesday, January 27, 1998, from 2
p.m. until 4 p.m., Mountain time.
ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Embassy Suites Denver
Southeast, 7525 East Hampden Avenue, Denver, Colorado 80231, telephone
(303) 696-6644. Mail comments to: David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and
Publications Staff, Royalty Management Program, Minerals Management
Service, P.O. Box 25165, MS 3021, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165; courier
delivery to building 85, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225;
or e-mail David__Guzy@mms.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and
Publications Staff, telephone (303) 231-3432; Fax (303) 231-3385; e-
mail: David__Guzy@mms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: President Clinton signed the Federal Oil and
Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act (RSFA) on August 13, 1996,
to improve the management of royalties from Federal oil and gas leases.
This is the first major legislation affecting royalty management since
the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (FOGRMA) was
passed in January 1983.
In our Federal Register Notice dated October 30, 1996 (61 FR
55941), MMS listed key issues involved in implementing RSFA. This
workshop will focus on assessing for chronic erroneous reporting and
will follow and
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be held at the same location as the appeals workshop.
In order to accomplish a broad based fact finding on how the
requirements of RSFA affect our customers and stakeholders, comments
from the public are encouraged. In addition to attendance at this
meeting, comments can be made in writing and sent directly to MMS using
instructions in the ADDRESSES part of this notice.
Dated: December 29, 1997.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Royalty Management.
[FR Doc. 98-121 Filed 1-2-98; 8:45 am]
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