[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 247 (Monday, December 23, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 67515]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-32516]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
30 CFR Part 290
RIN 1010-AC21
Administrative Appeals Process
AGENCY: Mineral Management Service (MMS), Interior.
ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: MMS hereby gives notice that it is extending the public
comment period on a Notice of proposed rule which was published in the
Federal Register on October 28, 1996 (61 FR 55607). The proposed rule
would amend the regulations governing MMS' administrative appeals
process. In response to a request for additional time from the
Subcommittee on Appeals and Alternative Dispute Resolution of the
Royalty Policy Committee, MMS will extend the comment period from
December 27, 1996, to March 27, 1997. This extension should provide
sufficient time for the Subcommittee to submit to the full Royalty
Policy Committee its report on improving the appeals process, and for
the Royalty Policy Committee to provide advice to the Department of the
Interior within the comment period.
DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before March 27, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to: Bettine Montgomery, Office of
Policy and Management Improvement, Minerals Management Service, 1848 C
Street, N.W., MS 4230, Washington, D.C. 20240; courier delivery to
Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.
20240; telephone (202) 208-3976; fax (202) 208-3118; e-Mail
Elizabeth.Montgomery@smtp.mms.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hugh Hilliard, Office of Policy and
Management Improvement, Minerals Management Service, 1849 C Street,
N.W., MS 4230, Washington, D.C. 20240; telephone (202) 208-3398; fax
(202) 208-4891; e-Mail Hugh.Hilliard@smtp.mms.gov.
Dated: December 17, 1996.
Lucy R. Querques,
Associate Director for Policy and Management Improvement.
[FR Doc. 96-32516 Filed 12-20-96; 8:45 am]
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