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operator of any motorized vehicle,
whether or not the vehicle is in motion,
is prohibited.
b. Possession of alcohol by minors.
The following are prohibited:
i. Consumption or possession of any
alcoholic beverage by a person under 21
years of age on public lands.
ii. Selling, offering to sell, or
otherwise furnishing or supplying any
alcoholic beverage to a person under 21
years of age on public lands.
c. Operation of a motor vehicle while
under the influence of alcohol,
marijuana, narcotics, or dangerous drugs
is prohibited.
3. Drug Paraphernalia
a. The possession of drug
paraphernalia is prohibited.
4. Disorderly Conduct
a. Disorderly conduct is prohibited.
Disorderly conduct means that an
individual, with the intent of recklessly
causing public alarm, nuisance,
jeopardy, or violence, or recklessly
creating a risk thereof:
i. Engages in fighting or violent
behavior;
ii. Uses language, an utterance or
gesture, or engages in a display or act
that is physically threatening or
menacing, or is done in a manner that
is likely to inflict injury or incite an
immediate breach of the peace.
iii. Obstructs, resists, or attempts to
elude a law enforcement officer, or fails
to follow their orders or directions.
5. Eviction of Persons
a. The temporary closure and
restriction area is closed to any person
who:
i. Has been evicted from the event by
the permit holder, whether or not the
eviction was requested by the BLM;
ii. Has been evicted from the event by
the BLM; or
iii. Has been ordered by a law
enforcement officer to leave the area of
the permitted event.
b. Any person evicted from the event
forfeits all privileges to be present
within the temporary closure and
restriction area.
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6. Motor Vehicles
a. Motor vehicles must comply with
the following requirements:
i. The operator of a motor vehicle
must possess a valid driver’s license.
ii. Motor vehicles and trailers must
possess evidence of valid registration.
iii. Motor vehicle operators must
possess evidence of valid insurance.
iv. Motor vehicles and trailers must
not block a street used for vehicular
travel or a pedestrian pathway. Parking
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any off-highway vehicle in violation of
posted restrictions; or in such a manner
as to obstruct or impede normal or
emergency traffic movement or the
parking of other vehicles; creating a
safety hazard; or endangering any
person, property, or feature is
prohibited. Vehicles parked in violation
are subject to citation, removal, and/or
impoundment at the owner’s expense.
v. Motor vehicles must not exceed the
posted speed limit.
vi. Operating a vehicle through,
around, or beyond a restrictive sign,
barricade, fence, or traffic control barrier
or device is prohibited.
vii. Failure to obey any person
authorized to direct traffic or control
access to event area including law
enforcement officers, BLM officials, and
designated race officials is prohibited.
b. The temporary closure area is
closed to motor vehicle use, except as
provided below. Motor vehicles may be
operated within the temporary closure
area under the circumstances listed
below:
i. Race participants and support
vehicles on designated routes;
ii. BLM, medical, law enforcement,
and firefighting vehicles are authorized
at all times;
iii. Vehicles operated by the permit
holder’s staff or contractors and
volunteers are authorized at all times.
These vehicles must display evidence of
event registration at all times in such
manner that it is visible to the front of
the vehicle while the vehicle is in
motion.
7. Public Camping
a. The temporary closure and
restriction area is closed to public
camping with the following exceptions:
i. The permitted event’s spectators,
who are camped in designated spectator
areas, as marked by protective fencing,
barriers, and informational signage
provided by the permit holder;
ii. The permit holder’s authorized
staff, contractors, and BLM-authorized
event managers.
b. Spectator area site reservations,
denying other visitors or parties from
utilizing unoccupied portions of the
spectator area by marking with flags,
tape, posts, cones, etc., is prohibited.
Vehicles and trailers may not be left
unattended for over 72 hours.
c. Allowing any pet or other animal to
be unrestrained is prohibited. All pets
must be restrained by a leash of not
more than six feet in length.
d. Failure to observe restricted area
quiet hours of midnight to 6 a.m. is
prohibited.
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8. Weapons
a. Discharging or use of firearms or
other weapons is prohibited.
b. The prohibition above shall not
apply to county, state, tribal and Federal
law enforcement personnel who are
working in their official capacity at the
event.
9. Race Course Closure
a. The designated race course as
shown in the Lake Havasu Field Office
approved RMP and Decision Record is
closed to public entry during the
temporary closure.
b. The temporary closure area is
closed to use by members of the public
with the following exceptions:
i. The person is an employee or
authorized volunteer with the BLM, a
law enforcement officer, emergency
medical service provider, fire protection
provider, or another public agency
employee working at and assigned to
the event;
ii. The person is working at or
attending the event directly on behalf of
the permit holder.
c. Failure to obey any official sign
posted by the BLM, law enforcement, La
Paz County, or the permit holder is
prohibited.
Enforcement: Any person who
violates these closures or restrictions
may be tried before a United States
magistrate and fined in accordance with
18 U.S.C. 3571, imprisoned no more
than 12 months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a)
and 43 CFR 8360.0–7, or both. In
accordance with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, state
or local officials may also impose
penalties for violations of Arizona law.
A complete list of laws and regulations
applicable to public lands in Arizona
may be viewed at: https://
www.azd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/
files/general-orders/19-14.pdf.
(Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1)
Jason West,
Field Manager.
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States’ Decisions on Participating in
Accounting and Auditing Relief for
Federal Oil and Gas Marginal
Properties
Office of the Secretary, Office
of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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Office of Natural Resources
Revenue (ONRR) regulations provide
two types of accounting and auditing
relief for Federal onshore or Outer
Continental Shelf lease production from
marginal properties. Each year, ONRR
provides a list of qualifying marginal
Federal oil and gas properties to States
that receive a portion of Federal
royalties from those properties. Each
State then decides whether to
participate in relief, and if so, whether
to allow one or both relief options. For
calendar year 2020, ONRR provides this
notice of the affected States’ decision
regarding whether relief should be
allowed and, if so, which type of relief
will be allowed.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Robert Sudar, Market and Spatial
Analytics, Coordination, Enforcement,
Valuations, and Appeals Division,
ONRR, at (303) 231–3511; or email to
Robert.Sudar@onrr.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
regulations, codified under 30 CFR part
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SUMMARY:
1204, subpart C, implement certain
provisions of section 7 of the Federal
Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and
Fairness Act of 1996 (30 U.S.C. 1726),
which allows States to relieve the
lessees of marginal properties from
certain reporting, accounting, and
auditing requirements. Each State makes
an annual determination as to whether
to allow relief, and if so, what types.
Two relief options are authorized: (1)
Notification-based royalty report and
payment relief which, if selected, allows
lessees or designees to forgo filing
monthly reports and making monthly
royalty payments and, instead, to file
one annual royalty report and make one
annual royalty payment, and (2) other
requested appropriate accounting and
auditing relief, as proposed by lessees or
designees and approved by ONRR, after
consultation with the affected State(s).
The regulations require ONRR to
publish, no later than 30 days before the
beginning of the calendar year, a list of
the States and their decisions regarding
marginal property relief.
State
Notification-based relief
(less than 1,000 BOE per year)
Alabama .............................................................
Arkansas .............................................................
California ............................................................
Colorado .............................................................
Kansas ................................................................
Louisiana ............................................................
Michigan .............................................................
Mississippi ..........................................................
Montana ..............................................................
Nebraska ............................................................
Nevada ...............................................................
New Mexico ........................................................
North Dakota ......................................................
Oklahoma ...........................................................
South Dakota ......................................................
Utah ....................................................................
Wyoming .............................................................
No .....................................................................
N/A ...................................................................
No .....................................................................
No .....................................................................
No .....................................................................
Yes ...................................................................
Yes ...................................................................
No .....................................................................
No .....................................................................
N/A ...................................................................
N/A ...................................................................
No .....................................................................
N/A ...................................................................
No .....................................................................
Yes ...................................................................
No .....................................................................
Yes ...................................................................
A Federal oil and gas property located
in a State where ONRR does not share
a portion of Federal royalties with the
State is eligible for relief if the property
qualifies as marginal under 30 U.S.C.
1726(c). For information on how to
obtain relief, please refer to 30 CFR
1204.205, viewable at https://
www.ecfr.gov/.
Unless the information ONRR
receives is proprietary data, all
correspondence, records, or information
that ONRR receives in response to this
notice may be subject to disclosure
under the Freedom of Information Act
(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.). If
applicable, please highlight any
proprietary portions, including any
supporting documentation, or mark the
page(s) containing proprietary data. We
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protect proprietary information under
the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. 1905),
FOIA Exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)),
and the Department of the Interior’s
FOIA regulations (43 CFR part 2).
Authority: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Management Act of 1982, 30 U.S.C. 1701 et
seq., as amended by Federal Oil and Gas
Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of
1996 (RSFA, Pub. L. 104–185—Aug. 13,
1996, as corrected by Pub. L. 104–200—Sept.
22, 1996).
Kimbra G. Davis,
Director for the Office of Natural Resources
Revenue.
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To qualify for the first relief option
(notification-based relief) for calendar
year 2021, properties must produce less
than 1,000 barrels-of-oil-equivalent
(BOE) per year for the base period (July
1, 2019 through June 30, 2020). Annual
reporting relief will begin January 1,
2021, with the annual report and royalty
payment due February 28, 2022, or
March 31, 2022, if you have an
estimated payment on file. To qualify
for the second relief option (other
requested relief), the combined
equivalent production of the marginal
properties during the base period must
equal an average daily well production
of less than 15 BOE per well per day,
as calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c).
The following table lists the States
with qualifying marginal properties and
each State’s decision as to the relief
options it will allow in calendar year
2021. An ‘‘N/A’’ means that the State
did not provide ONRR its decision and,
accordingly, no relief will be allowed to
lessees in that State.
Request-based relief
(less than 15 BOE per well per day)
No.
Yes.
No.
No.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
No.
No.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
Yes.
No.
No
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Properties]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of Natural Resources Revenue
[Docket No. ONRR-2011-0002; DS63644000 DRT000000.CH7000 201D1113RT]
States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing
Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office of Natural Resources Revenue,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR) regulations provide
two types of accounting and auditing relief for Federal onshore or
Outer Continental Shelf lease production from marginal properties. Each
year, ONRR provides a list of qualifying marginal Federal oil and gas
properties to States that receive a portion of Federal royalties from
those properties. Each State then decides whether to participate in
relief, and if so, whether to allow one or both relief options. For
calendar year 2020, ONRR provides this notice of the affected States'
decision regarding whether relief should be allowed and, if so, which
type of relief will be allowed.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Robert Sudar, Market and Spatial
Analytics, Coordination, Enforcement, Valuations, and Appeals Division,
ONRR, at (303) 231-3511; or email to [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The regulations, codified under 30 CFR part
1204, subpart C, implement certain provisions of section 7 of the
Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 (30
U.S.C. 1726), which allows States to relieve the lessees of marginal
properties from certain reporting, accounting, and auditing
requirements. Each State makes an annual determination as to whether to
allow relief, and if so, what types. Two relief options are authorized:
(1) Notification-based royalty report and payment relief which, if
selected, allows lessees or designees to forgo filing monthly reports
and making monthly royalty payments and, instead, to file one annual
royalty report and make one annual royalty payment, and (2) other
requested appropriate accounting and auditing relief, as proposed by
lessees or designees and approved by ONRR, after consultation with the
affected State(s). The regulations require ONRR to publish, no later
than 30 days before the beginning of the calendar year, a list of the
States and their decisions regarding marginal property relief.
To qualify for the first relief option (notification-based relief)
for calendar year 2021, properties must produce less than 1,000
barrels-of-oil-equivalent (BOE) per year for the base period (July 1,
2019 through June 30, 2020). Annual reporting relief will begin January
1, 2021, with the annual report and royalty payment due February 28,
2022, or March 31, 2022, if you have an estimated payment on file. To
qualify for the second relief option (other requested relief), the
combined equivalent production of the marginal properties during the
base period must equal an average daily well production of less than 15
BOE per well per day, as calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c).
The following table lists the States with qualifying marginal
properties and each State's decision as to the relief options it will
allow in calendar year 2021. An ``N/A'' means that the State did not
provide ONRR its decision and, accordingly, no relief will be allowed
to lessees in that State.
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Notification-based Request-based relief
State relief (less than (less than 15 BOE
1,000 BOE per year) per well per day)
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Alabama..................... No.................. No.
Arkansas.................... N/A................. Yes.
California.................. No.................. No.
Colorado.................... No.................. No.
Kansas...................... No.................. No.
Louisiana................... Yes................. Yes.
Michigan.................... Yes................. Yes.
Mississippi................. No.................. No.
Montana..................... No.................. No.
Nebraska.................... N/A................. No.
Nevada...................... N/A................. Yes.
New Mexico.................. No.................. Yes.
North Dakota................ N/A................. Yes.
Oklahoma.................... No.................. No.
South Dakota................ Yes................. Yes.
Utah........................ No.................. No.
Wyoming..................... Yes................. No
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A Federal oil and gas property located in a State where ONRR does
not share a portion of Federal royalties with the State is eligible for
relief if the property qualifies as marginal under 30 U.S.C. 1726(c).
For information on how to obtain relief, please refer to 30 CFR
1204.205, viewable at https://www.ecfr.gov/.
Unless the information ONRR receives is proprietary data, all
correspondence, records, or information that ONRR receives in response
to this notice may be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.). If applicable, please
highlight any proprietary portions, including any supporting
documentation, or mark the page(s) containing proprietary data. We
protect proprietary information under the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C.
1905), FOIA Exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)), and the Department of the
Interior's FOIA regulations (43 CFR part 2).
Authority: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982,
30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq., as amended by Federal Oil and Gas Royalty
Simplification and Fairness Act of 1996 (RSFA, Pub. L. 104-185--Aug.
13, 1996, as corrected by Pub. L. 104-200--Sept. 22, 1996).
Kimbra G. Davis,
Director for the Office of Natural Resources Revenue.
[States' Decisions on Participating in Accounting and Auditing
Relief for Federal Oil and Gas Marginal Properties]
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