[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 1996)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 7088-7089]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-4215]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
30 CFR Parts 203, 256, and 260
Announcement of Public Meeting on Public Law 104-58, Outer
Continental Shelf (OCS) Deep Water Royalty Relief Act, and Its Effect
on OCS Natural Gas and Oil Resource Management
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act
(Act) authorized the Secretary of the Interior to modify the terms of
certain existing leases and to establish new terms for leases in water
depths of 200 meters or greater in the Gulf of Mexico west of 87
degrees 30 minutes West longitude. The Minerals Management Service
(MMS) will hold a public meeting at the Westin Canal Place, Vieux Carre
Theatre, 100 Rue Iberville, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130, on March 12-
13, 1996 to receive written and oral comments on this topic.
Both individual and joint MMS-industry panel discussions will be
used to cover the full range of options. The first day will concentrate
on tracts offered for lease after November 28, 1995. The second day
will be reserved for detailed discussion of options for royalty volume
suspensions on existing leases. Topics will include options for: (1)
Application and eligibility requirements; (2) review and approval
process; (3) economic viability; and (4) definition of ``new
production.'' These topics are also the subject of an Advance Notice of
Proposed Rulemaking, which will be published in the Federal Register
February 23, 1996 and which will be accessible on the MMS homepage on
the World Wide Web.
All interested parties are invited to attend both sessions, but it
would be especially valuable for those who may prepare the bids for
upcoming Gulf of Mexico lease sales or who may want to apply for relief
on existing leases to attend. Those wishing to attend any part of the
2-day session may register in advance and should indicate which day(s)
they plan to be present. (Seating is limited to 295.) Reservations
should be made no later than March 6, 1996, to Mary Carter, Gulf of
Mexico Regional Office, Minerals Management Service, Elmwood Towers
Building, 1201 Elmwood Park Boulevard, Jefferson, Louisiana 70123--
(504) 736-2675, or facsimile (504) 736-2647.
DATES: Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13, 1996, 9 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Westin Canal Place, Vieux Carre Theatre, 100 Rue
Iberville, New Orleans, Louisiana 70130--(504) 566-7006 or 1-800-228-
3000. Contact person: Mary Carter, (504) 736-2675.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mr. Walter Cruickshank, Chief, Offshore Minerals Analysis Division,
Minerals Management Service, at either Mail Stop 4013, 1849 C Street,
NW., Washington, DC 20240 or telephone: (202) 208-3822. You may access
the text of the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking from the MMS
homepage on the World Wide Web at http://www.mms.gov/whatsnew.html.
Dated: February 20, 1996.
Thomas Gernhofer,
Associate Director for Offshore Minerals Management.
[FR Doc. 96-4215 Filed 2-23-96; 8:45 am]
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