03-24420. Federal Oil Valuation Proposed Rule

AGENCY:

Minerals Management Service (MMS), Interior.

ACTION:

Reopening of comment period.

SUMMARY:

The MMS, an agency of the U.S. Department of the Interior, published on August 20, 2003, a Federal Oil Valuation Proposed Rule (68 FR 50087). This Federal Register document extends the comment period end date.

DATES:

Submit written comments on or before November 10, 2003.

ADDRESSES:

Address your comments and suggestions regarding this proposal to Sharron L. Gebhardt, Regulatory Specialist.

By regular U.S. mail: Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue Management, Records and Information Management Team, P.O. Box 25165, MS 320B2, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165; or

By overnight mail or courier: Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue Management, Building 85, Room A-614, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225; or

By e-mail: [e-mail]. Please submit Internet comments as an ASCII file and avoid the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Also, please include “Attn: “Federal Oil Valuation Proposed Rule Comment” and your name and return address in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation that we have received your Internet message, call the contact person listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sharron L. Gebhardt, Regulatory Specialist, Records and Information Management Team, Minerals Revenue Management, MMS, at telephone [phone], fax [phone], e-mail [e-mail], or P.O. Box 25165, MS320B2, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

All correspondence, records, or information received in response to this Notice are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act. All information provided will be made public unless the respondent identifies which portions are proprietary. Please highlight the proprietary portions, including any supporting documentation, or mark the page(s) that contain proprietary data. Proprietary information is protected by the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30 U.S.C. 1733), the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(4), the Indian Minerals Development Act of 1982 (25 U.S.C. 2103) and Department regulations (43 CFR 2).

Dated: September 12, 2003.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.