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law of the State or other jurisdiction in

which the child resides; or

(3) The child is in an independent

study elementary or a secondary

education program administered by the

local school, district, or jurisdiction,

which is in accordance with the law of

the State or other jurisdiction in which

he or she resides.

(b) The child is in full-time

attendance in a day or evening noncorrespondence course of at least 13

weeks duration and he or she is carrying

a subject load that is considered fulltime for day students under the

institution’s standards and practices. If

he or she is in a home schooling

program as described in paragraph (a)(2)

of this section, he or she must be

carrying a subject load that is

considered full-time for day students

under the standards and practices set by

the State or other jurisdiction in which

the student resides.

(c) To be considered in full-time

attendance, scheduled attendance must

be at the rate of at least 20 hours per

week unless one of the exceptions in

paragraphs (c)(1) and (c)(2) of this

section applies. If the student is in an

independent study program as

described in paragraph (a)(3) of this

section, the number of hours spent in

school attendance is determined by

combining the number of hours of

attendance at a school facility with the

agreed upon number of hours spent in

independent study. The student may

still be considered in full-time

attendance if the scheduled rate of

attendance is below 20 hours per week

if the Board finds that:

(1) The school attended does not

schedule at least 20 hours per week and

going to that particular school is the

student’s only reasonable alternative; or

(2) The student’s medical condition

prevents him or her from having

scheduled attendance of at least 20

hours per week. To prove that the

student’s medical condition prevents

him or her from scheduling 20 hours per

week, the Board may request that the

student provide appropriate medical

evidence or a statement from the school.

(d) An individual is not a full-time

student if, while attending an

elementary or secondary school, he or

she is paid compensation by an

employer who has requested or required

that the individual attend the school.

An individual is not a fulltime student

while he or she is confined in a penal

institution or correctional facility

because he or she committed a felony

after October 19, 1980.

(e) A student who reaches age 19 but

has not completed the requirements for

a secondary school diploma or

certificate and who is a full-time

elementary or secondary student, as

defined in paragraph (a) of this section,

will continue to be eligible for benefits

until the first day of the first month

following the end of the quarter or

semester in which he or she is then

enrolled, or if the school is not operated

on a quarter or semester system, the

earlier of:

(1) The first day of the month

following completion of the course(s) in

which he or she was enrolled when age

19 was reached; or

(2) The first day of the third month

following the month in which he or she

reached age 19.

Dated: October 14, 1997.

By Authority of the Board.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Chapter II

Workshop on the Federal Oil and Gas

Royalty Simplification and Fairness

Act of 1996 (RSFA)

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS), Royalty Management

Program, is implementing the

requirements of the Federal Oil and Gas

Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act

of 1996. The purpose of this notice is to

inform the public of a public workshop

session.

DATES: The workshop will begin on

Wednesday, November 5, 1997, from 1

p.m. to 5 p.m., Mountain time; and

continues on Thursday, November 6,

1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Mountain time.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

in the Building 85 Auditorium at the

Denver Federal Center, Denver,

Colorado. Mail comments to: David S.

Guzy, Chief, Rules and Publications

Staff, Royalty Management Program,

Minerals Management Service, P.O. Box

25165, MS 3021, Denver, Colorado

80225–0165; courier delivery to

Building 85, Denver Federal Center,

Denver, Colorado 80225; or e-mail

DavidlGuzy@mms.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and

Publications Staff, telephone (303) 231–

3432; Fax (303) 231–3385; e-mail:

DavidlGuzy@mms.gov.; or contact

Mike Miller, at (303) 231–3413; e-mail:

MikelMiller@mms.gov.

MMS will send a detailed agenda for

the meeting via facsimile on or before

October 30, 1997, to the State and

industry working group members listed

below. This group originally met with

us in October 1996, and members of this

working group agreed to make sure

those stakeholders whom they represent

are appropriately represented at

scheduled meetings.

American Petroleum Institute

Richard McPike, Fina Oil, P.O. Box

2159, Dallas, TX 75221, (214) 750–

2820, Fax: (214) 750–2987

Backup: David Deal, 1220 L Street,

N.W., Washington, DC 20005, (202)

682–8261, Fax: (202) 682–8033

Council of Petroleum Accountants

Societies

John Clark, Conoco, P.O. Box 1267,

Ponca City, OK 74602–1267, (405)

767–5044, Fax: (405) 767–3686

Domestic Petroleum Council

Becky McGee, Oryx Energy Company,

13155 Noel Road, Dallas, TX 75240,

(972) 715–3198, Fax: (972) 715–8810

Independent Petroleum Association of

America

Ben Dillon, 1101 16th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–

4722, Fax: (202) 857–4799

Independent Petroleum Association of

Mountain States

Carla Wilson, 518 17th Street, Denver,

CO 80202–4167, (303) 623–0987, Fax:

(303) 893–0709

Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association

Patty Patten, OXY USA, Inc., 110 W. 7th

Street, Tulsa, OK 74137, (918) 561–

3703, Fax: (918) 561–4364

Backup: Patricia Dunmire Bragg,

Gardere & Wynne, L.L.P., 100 West

Fifth Street, 200 Oneck Plaza, Tulsa,

OK 74103–4240, (918) 699–2920, Fax:

(918) 699–2929

Natural Gas Supply Association

George Butler, Chevron, P.O. Box 3725,

Houston, TX 77213–3725, (713) 754–

7809, Fax: (713) 754–3366

Rocky Mountain Oil & Gas Association

Mary Stonecipher, Amoco Corporation,

P.O. Box 591, Tulsa, OK 74102, (918)

581–4354, Fax: (918) 581–4526

Backup: Cliff Dodge, 1775 Sherman

Street, Suite 2501, Denver, CO 80203,

(303) 860–0099, Fax: (303) 860–0310
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Backup: Wayne Pachall, Texaco, Inc.,

P.O. Box 4325, Houston, TX 77210,

(713) 752–7412, Fax: (713) 752–4660

Royalty Policy Committee

David Blackmon, Burlington Resources,

801 Cherry, Suite 700, Fort Worth, TX

76102, (817) 347–2354, Fax: (817)

347–2877

State and Tribal Royalty Audit

Committee

George Staigle, North Dakota State

Auditor’s Office, Royalty Audit

Section, P.O. Box 3009, Bismark, ND

58502–3009, (701) 250–4682, Fax:

(701) 250–4686

Western Governors’ Association

Paul Kruse, State of Wyoming,

Herschler Building, 3 West, 121 West

25th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002–

0600, (307) 777–7331, Fax: (307) 777–

5400

Western States Land Commissioners

Association

Roger Melson, Oklahoma

Commissioners of the Land Office,

P.O. Box 26910, Oklahoma City, OK

26910, Phone: (405) 271–1000, Fax:

(405) 271–2500.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: President

Clinton signed the Federal Oil and Gas

Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act

(RSFA) on August 13, 1996, to improve

the management of royalties from

Federal oil and gas leases. This is the

first major legislation affecting royalty

management since the Federal Oil and

Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982

(FOGRMA) was passed in January 1983.

In our Federal Register Notice dated

October 30, 1996 (61 FR 55941), MMS

listed key issues involved in

implementing RSFA. This workshop

will focus on some of those key issues.

Potential discussion topics include:

Interest on Overpayments

• Accepting Interest Payments and

Reporting from ‘‘Designees’’ on

Underpayments.

• Reporting and Paying Interest on

Overpayments.

Assessing for Chronic Erroneous

Reporting Takes/Entitlements

• Marginal Properties exception to

RSFA entitlements reporting

requirements.

• Reporting requirements on takes/

entitlement basis.

Marginal Properties

• Providing Accounting, Reporting,

and Auditing Relief for Marginal

Properties.

• Allowing for Prepayments of Future

Revenue Streams.

For each of these issues, MMS plans

to describe work to date including any

decision reached. MMS will also

discuss the status of regulations,

systems changes, and process

implementation for each of these key

issues. We will also focus on aspects of

these key issues where we believe State

and industry feedback is needed before

we go further in implementation.

In order to accomplish a broad based

fact finding on how the requirements of

RSFA affect our customers and

stakeholders, comments from the public

are encouraged on any issue related to

implementing RSFA. In addition to

attendance at this workshop, comments

can be made in writing and sent directly

to MMS using instructions in the

ADDRESSES part of this notice.

Dated: October 16, 1997.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Minerals Management Service

30 CFR Part 206

RIN 1010–AC09

Public Meeting on Proposed Rule;

Establishing Oil Value for Royalty Due

on Federal Leases

AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public workshop and

reopening of comment period.

SUMMARY: The Minerals Management

Service (MMS) has reopened the public

comment period under a proposed rule

published in the Federal Register on

January 24, 1997 (62 FR 3742),

amending the royalty valuation

regulations for crude oil produced from

Federal leases. In the July 3, 1997,

Federal Register (62 FR 36030), we

published a supplementary notice of

proposed rulemaking. We received a

variety of comments on the proposed

and supplementary proposed rules. In

the September 22, 1997, Federal

Register (62 FR 49460), we published a

summary of these comments, outlined

alternatives for proceeding with further

rulemaking, and requested public

comment on those or other suggested

alternatives. MMS now extends the

comment period to November 5, 1997.

MMS will hold a public workshop to

discuss alternatives for proceeding with

the rulemaking. The purpose of this

workshop is to obtain comments on the

alternatives described in the September

22, 1997, Federal Register notice, or any

new alternatives or modifications to the

proposed alternatives for MMS’s

consideration. We are not requesting

comments on the original proposed rule

or the supplemental proposed rule, nor

on the summary of comments outlined

in the September 22, 1997, Federal

Register notice. Interested parties are

invited to attend and participate in this

workshop.

DATES: The public workshop will be

held from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. on October

27, 1997, Eastern time. MMS must

receive comments on or before

November 5, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the Main Interior Building, Large

Buffet Room, in the Cafeteria, Basement

Floor, 1849 C Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20240, telephone (202) 208–3512.

Mail written comments to: Minerals

Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, Rules and

Publications Staff, P.O. Box 25165, MS

3021, Denver, Colorado 80225–0165;

courier address is Building 85, Denver

Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225;

or e:Mail to DavidlGuzy@mms.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David S. Guzy, Chief, Rules and

Publications Staff, Minerals

Management Service, Royalty

Management Program, P.O. Box 25165,

MS 3021, Denver, Colorado 80225–

0165, telephone (303) 231–3432, fax

number (303) 231–3385, e-Mail

DavidlGuzy@mms.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: MMS held

public workshops and meetings in the

oil producing areas of the U.S. where

the issues and alternatives about oil

valuation have been discussed.

Participants at these earlier workshops

and meetings requested more time to

submit comments. Also, we received

requests to hold an additional workshop

in the Washington, D.C. area.

Accordingly, a workshop is now

scheduled for October 27 in

Washington, D.C. The public is invited,

without advance registration, to further

discuss the alternatives. We encourage

members of the public to participate in

a discussion of the alternatives. For

building security measures, each person

will be required to present a picture

identification to gain entry to the

workshop. In order to allow for

sufficient time to comment on the

proposed alternatives, the comment

period is extended to November 5, 1997.

Dated October 17, 1997.

Lucy Querques Denett,

Associate Director for Royalty Management.

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