[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 49534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19898]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

[Docket No. ONRR-2012-0003; DS63600000 DR2PS0000.PX8000 145D0102R2]


U.S. Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multi-
Stakeholder Group (USEITI MSG) Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Policy, Management and Budget, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Following consultation with the General Services 
Administration, notice is hereby given that the Secretary of the 
Interior is renewing the United States Extractive Industries 
Transparency Initiative (USEITI) Federal Advisory Committee 
(Committee). The Committee was established to advise the Department on 
the implementation the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative 
(EITI), which requires governments to publicly disclose their revenues 
from oil, gas, and mining assets, and for companies to make parallel 
disclosures regarding payments. The Committee serves as the Multi-
Stakeholder Group and its duties include consideration and fulfillment 
of the tasks required to achieve EITI compliant status. The Committee 
reports to the Secretary of the Interior through the Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Natural Resources Revenue Management.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Kim Oliver, USEITI Secretariat; 
1849 C Street NW., MS-4211, Washington, DC 20240. You may also contact 
the USEITI Secretariat via email at [email protected], by phone at 
(202) 208-0272, or by fax at (202) 513-0682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of the Interior 
established the USEITI Advisory Committee (Committee) on July 26, 2012, 
to serve as the initial USEITI multi-stakeholder group. More 
information about the Committee, including its charter, can be found at 
www.doi.gov/eiti/faca.

Certification

    Certification Statement: I hereby certify that the U.S. Extractive 
Industries Transparency Initiative (USEITI) Advisory Committee is 
necessary, is in the public interest, and is established under the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior, in support of the Open 
Government Partnership and the commitment in the United States' 
National Action Plan to implement the Extractive Industries 
Transparency Initiative.

    Dated: August 13, 2014.
Sally Jewell,
Secretary of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2014-19898 Filed 8-20-14; 8:45 am]
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