[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR203.3]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 203--RELIEF OR REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATES--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 203.3  Why must I pay a fee to request royalty relief?

    (a) When you submit an application or ask for a preview assessment, 
you must include a fee to reimburse us for our costs of processing your 
application or assessment. Federal policy and law require us to recover 
the cost of services that confer special benefits to identifiable non-
Federal recipients. The Independent Offices Appropriation Act (31 U.S.C. 
9701), Office of Management and Budget Circular A-25, and the Omnibus 
Appropriations Bill (Pub. L. 104-133, 110 Stat. 1321, April 26, 1996) 
authorize us to collect these fees.
    (b) We will specify the necessary fees for each of the types of 
royalty-relief applications and possible MMS audits in a Notice to 
Lessees. We will periodically update the fees to reflect changes in 
costs as well as provide other information necessary to administer 
royalty relief.