FOR RELEASE:  November 28, 1995             CONTACT:  Tom DeRocco
                                                   (202) 208-3985


                   KALLAUR NAMED DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF MMS


     Carolita U. Kallaur, a career federal employee, has been
named Deputy Director of the U.S. Department of the Interior's
Minerals Management Service (MMS), the agency announced today.

     "Carolita exemplifies the very best of career civil
service," declared agency Director Cynthia Quarterman.  "Her
background and experience have been invaluable both to me and the
Interior Department as we work to ensure that MMS fulfills its
mission.  

     "We share a commitment to have MMS provide a high level of
service to customers and stakeholders, and make government work
better and cost less.  Together we will continue to work with all
employees to make sure MMS is recognized as the best minerals
resource manager."  

     Kallaur, who has both a B.A. and M.A. from the University of
Connecticut, joined the Department of the Interior in 1968 as an
economist with the Bureau of Land Management.  Following stints
with the Department's Office of Policy Analysis and Office of
Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Program Coordination, she joined
MMS as Chief of the Offshore Leasing Management Division in 1982. 
Since that time, she has held increasingly responsible positions
with MMS.

     A member of the Senior Executive Service, Kallaur holds both
the Department of the Interior's Meritorious and Distinguished
Service Awards, has received the Presidential Distinguished Rank
Award, and has twice been recognized with the Presidential
Meritorious Rank Award.

     The MMS is the federal agency that manages the Nation's
natural gas, oil and other mineral resources on the OCS, and
collects, accounts for and disburses about $4 billion yearly in
revenues from federal offshore mineral leases and from onshore
mineral leases on federal and Indian lands. 

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