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Media Advisory
Release #:  3025
Date: January 30, 2004                               

MMS FY 2005 Budget to be Announced Monday, February 2, 2004

Who:  Minerals Management Service Director Johnnie Burton and key senior management officials.

What:  Highlights of the President’s fiscal year 2005 budget request for the Minerals Management Service will be announced.

When:  Monday, February 2, 2004, 1 p.m.

Where:  Department of the Interior, Yates Auditorium, 1849 C St., NW, Wash, D.C.                

Satellite Downlink Information:  Satellite: Galaxy 3 (C Band); Transponder: 8; Downlink Frequency: 3840 Horizontal; Audio Frequency: 6.2-6.8; Time: 12:30 p.m. to 1 p.m. EST -- Live Test Period; 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. EST -- Live News Conference. Closed circuit captioning will be provided. Inquiries to Barbara Payne, 202-273-3147 or 202-208-5779.

MMS is the Federal agency in the U.S. Department of the Interior that manages the nation's oil, natural gas, and other mineral resources on the outer continental shelf in federal offshore waters. The agency also collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral revenues from federal and American Indian lands. Between 1982 and 2003, MMS distributed over $135 billion in revenues from onshore and offshore lands, an average of over $6 billion per year, to the nation, states and American Indians.  Nearly $900 million from those revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund annually for the acquisition and development of state and federal park and recreation lands.
 

Relevant Web Sites

MMS Main Website

Media Contacts

Rebecca Phipps
(202) 208-3985

MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for America
U.S. Department of the Interior