Minerals Management Service

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The purpose of the Minerals Management Service (MMS), as part of the U.S. Department of the Interior, is to manage the mineral resources on Federal and Indian lands as well as the subsea-surface lands of the Outer Continental Shelf in an environmentally sound and safe manner, and to collect, verify, and distribute, in a timely fashion, mineral revenues generated from Federal (onshore and offshore) land and Indian lands. MMS manages two very important programs, the Offshore Minerals Management Program and the Royalty Management Program.

As of August 2005, the MMS also regulates offshore renewable and alternative energy resources on Outer Continental Shelf lands such as wind, wave, and solar.^[1]

Since July 2007, Randall Luthi has been the MMS Director.^[2]

[edit] References

^ Cape Wind Threats: Permit Process. Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.
^ Randall B. Luthi, Director Minerals Management Service. Minerals Management Service (2007-10-30). Retrieved on 2007-12-05.

[edit] External links

Minerals Management Service. Retrieved on 2005-11-26.
Project On Government Oversight
New York Times, "Blowing the Whistle on Big Oil," December 3, 2006.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360, "Keeping Them Honest: Oil Royalties," January 18, 2007
U.S. News and World Report, "A billion here, a billion there," December 10, 2006.
Washington Post, "Harvesting Energy From Public Land May Owe U.S.," May 7, 2006.
PBS NOW, "Crude Awakening," June 16, 2006

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