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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
States’ Decisions on Participating in
Accounting and Auditing Relief for
Federal Oil and Gas Marginal
Properties
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AGENCY: Minerals Management Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of states’ decisions to
participate or not participate in
accounting and auditing relief for
Federal oil and gas marginal properties
located in their state for calendar year
2007.
SUMMARY: The Minerals Management
Service (MMS) published final
regulations on September 13, 2004 (69
FR 55076), codified at 30 CFR 204.200–
215, to provide accounting and auditing
relief for marginal Federal oil and gas
properties. The rule requires MMS to
publish in the Federal Register the
decisions of the States concerned to
allow or not to allow one or both forms
of relief in their State. As required in the
rule, MMS provided states receiving a
portion of the Federal royalties with a
list of qualifying marginal Federal oil
and gas properties located in their State
so that each affected State could decide
whether to participate in one or both
relief options. This notice provides the
decisions by the States concerned to
allow one or both types of relief.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mary Williams, Manager, Federal
Onshore Oil and Gas Compliance and
Asset Management, telephone (303)
231–3403, FAX (303) 231–3744, e-mail
to mary.williams@mms.gov, or mail to
P.O. Box 25165, MS 392B2, Denver
Federal Center, Denver, Colorado
80225–0165.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rule
implemented certain provisions of
Section 7 of the Federal Oil and Gas
Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act
of 1996 and provides two options for
relief: (1) Notification-based relief for
annual reporting, and (2) other
requested relief, as proposed by
industry and approved by MMS and the
State concerned. The rule requires that
MMS publish by December 1 of each
year, a list of the States and their
decisions regarding marginal property
relief.
To qualify for the first option of relief
(notification-based relief) for calendar
year 2007, properties must have
produced less than 1,000 barrels-of-oilequivalent (BOE) per year for the base
period (July 1, 2005–June 30, 2006).
Annual reporting relief will begin on
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January 1, 2007, with the annual report
and payment due February 29, 2008
(unless an estimated payment is on file,
which will move the due date to March
31, 2008). To qualify for the second
option of relief (other requested relief),
properties must have produced less than
15 BOE per well per day for the base
period.
The following table shows the States
that have marginal properties, where a
portion of the royalties are shared
between the state and MMS, and the
States’ decisions to allow one or both
forms of relief.
State
Alabama .......
Arkansas ......
California ......
Colorado ......
Kansas .........
Louisiana .....
Michigan ......
Mississippi ...
Montana .......
Nebraska .....
Nevada ........
New Mexico
North Dakota
Oklahoma ....
South Dakota
Utah .............
Wyoming ......
Notificationbased relief
(less than
1,000 boe per
year)
Requestbased relief
(less than 15
boe per well
per day)
No ................
Yes ...............
No ................
No ................
No ................
Yes ...............
Yes ...............
No ................
Yes ...............
Yes ...............
No ................
No ................
No ................
No ................
Yes ...............
No ................
Yes ...............
No.
Yes.
No.
No.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
No.
No.
No.
Yes.
No.
No.
Federal oil and gas properties located
in all other States, where a portion of
the royalties are not shared with the
State, are eligible for relief if they
qualify as marginal under this rule.
For information on how to obtain
relief, please refer to the rule, which can
be viewed on the MMS Web site at
https://www.mrm.mms.gov/Laws_R_D/
FRNotices/AC30.htm.
All correspondence, records, or
information received in response to this
notice are subject to disclosure under
the Freedom of Information Act. All
information provided will be made
public unless the respondent identifies
which portions are proprietary. Please
highlight the proprietary portions,
including any supporting
documentation, or mark the page(s) that
contain proprietary data. Proprietary
information is protected by the Federal
Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of
1982 (30 U.S.C. 1733), the Freedom of
Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(4), the
Indian Mineral Development Act of
1982 (25 U.S.C. 2103), and Department
regulations (43 CFR part 2).
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Dated: November 8, 2006.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue
Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Minerals Management Service
States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing
Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties
AGENCY: Minerals Management Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of states' decisions to participate or not participate
in accounting and auditing relief for Federal oil and gas marginal
properties located in their state for calendar year 2007.
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SUMMARY: The Minerals Management Service (MMS) published final
regulations on September 13, 2004 (69 FR 55076), codified at 30 CFR
204.200-215, to provide accounting and auditing relief for marginal
Federal oil and gas properties. The rule requires MMS to publish in the
Federal Register the decisions of the States concerned to allow or not
to allow one or both forms of relief in their State. As required in the
rule, MMS provided states receiving a portion of the Federal royalties
with a list of qualifying marginal Federal oil and gas properties
located in their State so that each affected State could decide whether
to participate in one or both relief options. This notice provides the
decisions by the States concerned to allow one or both types of relief.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Williams, Manager, Federal
Onshore Oil and Gas Compliance and Asset Management, telephone (303)
231-3403, FAX (303) 231-3744, e-mail to mary.williams@mms.gov, or mail
to P.O. Box 25165, MS 392B2, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado
80225-0165.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The rule implemented certain provisions of
Section 7 of the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and
Fairness Act of 1996 and provides two options for relief: (1)
Notification-based relief for annual reporting, and (2) other requested
relief, as proposed by industry and approved by MMS and the State
concerned. The rule requires that MMS publish by December 1 of each
year, a list of the States and their decisions regarding marginal
property relief.
To qualify for the first option of relief (notification-based
relief) for calendar year 2007, properties must have produced less than
1,000 barrels-of-oil-equivalent (BOE) per year for the base period
(July 1, 2005-June 30, 2006). Annual reporting relief will begin on
January 1, 2007, with the annual report and payment due February 29,
2008 (unless an estimated payment is on file, which will move the due
date to March 31, 2008). To qualify for the second option of relief
(other requested relief), properties must have produced less than 15
BOE per well per day for the base period.
The following table shows the States that have marginal properties,
where a portion of the royalties are shared between the state and MMS,
and the States' decisions to allow one or both forms of relief.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Request-based
Notification-based relief (less than
State relief (less than 15 boe per well
1,000 boe per year) per day)
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Alabama........................ No................. No.
Arkansas....................... Yes................ Yes.
California..................... No................. No.
Colorado....................... No................. No.
Kansas......................... No................. No.
Louisiana...................... Yes................ Yes.
Michigan....................... Yes................ No.
Mississippi.................... No................. Yes.
Montana........................ Yes................ No.
Nebraska....................... Yes................ Yes.
Nevada......................... No................. No.
New Mexico..................... No................. No.
North Dakota................... No................. No.
Oklahoma....................... No................. No.
South Dakota................... Yes................ Yes.
Utah........................... No................. No.
Wyoming........................ Yes................ No.
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Federal oil and gas properties located in all other States, where a
portion of the royalties are not shared with the State, are eligible
for relief if they qualify as marginal under this rule.
For information on how to obtain relief, please refer to the rule,
which can be viewed on the MMS Web site at https://www.mrm.mms.gov/
Laws_R_D/FRNotices/AC30.htm.
All correspondence, records, or information received in response to
this notice are subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information
Act. All information provided will be made public unless the respondent
identifies which portions are proprietary. Please highlight the
proprietary portions, including any supporting documentation, or mark
the page(s) that contain proprietary data. Proprietary information is
protected by the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 (30
U.S.C. 1733), the Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552 (b)(4), the
Indian Mineral Development Act of 1982 (25 U.S.C. 2103), and Department
regulations (43 CFR part 2).
Dated: November 8, 2006.
Lucy Querques Denett,
Associate Director for Minerals Revenue Management.
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