Rulemaking Public Comments

Federal Oil Valuation - Proposed Rule (68 FR 50087--August 20, 2003)
(68 FR 50087--August 20, 2003)

Summary: The MMS is proposing to amend the existing regulations governing the valuation of crude oil produced from Federal Leases for royalty purposes, and related provisions governing the reporting thereof. The current regulations became effective on June 1, 2000.

Requests for Access to Information:

California State Controller's Office (100KB)
(E-mail dated September 4, 2003)
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP (431KB)
Wyoming State Office, Office of the Governor (183KB)

Comments:

State of Alaska (38KB)
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Oil and Gas

Argus Media Inc. (23KB)
(Submitted on behalf of Daniel C. Massey, President)

California State Controller's Office (102KB)
(E-mail dated October 23, 2003)

Items sent in response to Lee Helfrich's Office
(Representing California State Controller's Office)

Listing of requested items and email (54KB)
Request #1 and 2 (33KB)
Request #3 and Appendix A-C (692KB)
- (Appendix D and E) (614KB)
- (Appendix F) (1334KB)
Request #4 (4159KB)
Request #5 - Part One (1345KB)
- Part Two (3075KB)
- Part Three (3333KB)
- Part Four (2188KB)
- Part Five (3372KB)
Request #6 thru 8 (848KB)
Request 9 and 10 (779KB)

Submitted on behalf of the California State Controller, Steve Westly
Lobel, Novins & Lamont Letter (629KB)
with Attachments (broken down because of file size)
   Attachment One (852KB)
   Attachment Two (1423KB)
   Attachment Three (818KB)
   Attachment Four (274KB)

Congress of the United States (111KB)
Correspondence dated August 28, 2003
(U.S. Senator, Barbara Boxer;
U.S. Representatives, Carolyn Maloney and Lois Capps)
Response to Senator Boxer from MMS Director, R. M. Burton
Response to Honorable Maloney from MMS Director, R. M. Burton
Response to Honorable Capps from MMS Director, R. M. Burton

Congress of the United States (166KB)
Correspondence dated September 9, 2003
Members of Congress: Carolyn B. Maloney and Nick Rahall
Response to Honorable Rahall from MMS Director, R. M. Burton

Congressional Proposed Oil Valuation Rule Briefings (5847KB)
(September 2, 2003, at the request of Congresswoman Maloney (D-NY))

Louisiana, State of (1196KB)
Department of Natural Resources, Office of the Secretary

Office of Congressional Affairs (3474KB)
September 2, 2003, meeting
with Ben Chavet, Chief of Staff for Rep Carolyn Maloney

Platts (108KB)
(Submitted by John Kingston, Global Director of Oil Platts)

Jean Public (B. Sachau) (6KB)

Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources (811KB)
(September 8, 2003, meeting with Patty Beneke,
Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources)

Texas General Land Office, Deputy Commissioner of Energy Resources (66KB)

U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Resources (53KB)
Correspondence dated September 2, 2003
Nick J. Rahall, II, Ranking Democratic Member
Response to Honorable Rahall from MMS Director, R. M. Burton

United States Senate (2630KB)
Craig Thomas, United States Senator

Wyoming State Office, Office of the Governor (3303KB)
(MMS response to Wyoming State Office requests)

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