Royalty management: kind pilot programs,

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Federal Register: September 15, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 178)NoticesPage 50102-50103From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

Federal Oil and Gas Royalty-In-Kind Pilot Programs

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent; notice of extension of public comment period.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) hereby gives notice that it is extending the public comment period on a Notice of Intent that was published in the Federal Register on July 13, 1999 (64 FR 37809), in connection with MMS's royalty-in-kind projects. The Notice of Intent addressed practices to which MMS plans to adhere in exercising the options available to the Secretary of the Interior to take the government's royalty share of production in kind from Federal oil and gas leases. In response to industry requests for additional time to submit comments, MMS will extend the comment period 14 days, from September 13 to September 27.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 27, 1999.

ADDRESSES: If you wish to comment, you may submit your comments by any one of several methods. You may mail comments to Bonn Macy, Special Assistant to the Director, Minerals Management Service, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 4230, Washington, DC 20225. You may also comment via the Internet (E-mail) to Bonn.Macy@mms.gov. Please submit Internet comments as a WordPerfect 6.0 or an MS Word 97 document (earlier versions of these formats are acceptable) avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption. Please also include your name and return address and phone number in your Internet message. If you do not receive a confirmation from the system that we have received your Internet message, contact Bonn Macy directly at (202) 208-3827.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bonn Macy, Special Assistant to the Director, Minerals Management Service, 1849 C Street, NW., MS 4230,

[Page 50103]Washington, DC 20225, telephone number (202) 208-3827.

Dated: September 10, 1999. Walter D. Cruickshank, Associate Director for Policy and Management Improvement.

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