Regulatory Identifier Number: 1010-AD46
Federal Register Cite: Vol. 73, No. 102 (05/27/2008)

Summary: The MMS proposes to amend the regulations on distribution and disbursement of royalties, rentals, and bonuses to include the allocation and disbursement of revenues from certain leases on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf in accordance with the provisions of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. The regulations would set forth the formula and methodology for calculating and allocating revenues to the States of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and their eligible political subdivisions. This proposed rule seeks to establish and ensure that the process for implementing the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006 provisions and the resulting distribution of revenues is accurate, transparent, and fully complies with our statutory responsibilities.

Regulatory Identifier Number: 1010-AD46
Federal Register Cite: Vol. 73, No. 145, FR 43673 (07/28/08)

Summary: The Minerals Management Service hereby gives notice that it is extending the public comment period on a proposed rule, which was published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2008, with public comments due by July 28, 2008. The proposed rule would amend the regulations on distribution and disbursement of royalties, rentals, and bonuses to include the allocation and disbursement of revenues from certain leases on the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf in accordance with the provisions of the Gulf of Mexico Energy Security Act of 2006. (73 FR 30331, May 27, 2008).

All the links below are Adobe's PDF files. This page contains the public comments on this proposed rule received from:

	City of Mobile, AL (117 KB) Samuel L. Jones July 18, 2008
	Texas General Land Office (66 KB) Jodena Henneke (? KB) July 22, 2008
	Private Citizen (56 KB) Ted Tupper July 1, 2008
	State of Louisiana (97 KB) Garret Graves August 11, 2008
	National Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico (193 KB) E.B. Peebles Anthony J. Zodrow July 16, 2008
	State of Alabama (103 KB) Department of Conservation and Natural Resources M. Barnett Lawley July 22, 2008

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