[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: 30CFR203.63]

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                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
                       DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 203--RELIEF OR REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATES--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart B--OCS Oil, Gas, and Sulfur General
 
Sec. 203.63  Does my application have to include all leases in the field?

    (a) For authorized fields, we will accept only one joint application 
for all leases that are part of the designated field on the date of 
application, except as provided in paragraph (a)(3) of this section and 
Sec. 203.64. However, we will evaluate all acreage that may eventually 
become part of the authorized field. Therefore, if you have any other 
leases that you believe may eventually be part of the authorized field, 
you must submit data for these leases according to Sec. 203.81.
    (1) The Regional Director maintains a Field Names Master List with 
updates of all leases in each designated field.
    (2) To avoid sharing proprietary data with other lessees on the 
field, you may submit your proprietary G&G report separately from the 
rest of your application. Your application is not complete until we 
receive all the required information for each lease on

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the field. We will not disclose proprietary data when explaining our 
assumptions and reasons for our determinations under Sec. 203.67.
    (3) We will not require a joint application if you show good cause 
and honest effort to get all lessees in the field to participate. If you 
must exclude a lease from your application because its lessee will not 
participate, that lease is ineligible for the royalty relief for the 
designated field.
    (b) If your application seeks only relief for a development project 
or an expansion project, your application does not have to include all 
leases in the field.

[63 FR 2618, Jan. 16, 1998, as amended at 67 FR 1875, Jan. 15, 2002]