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30 CFR 585.505: What are the rent and operating fee requirements for a limited lease?

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  1. Title 30—Mineral Resources
  2. CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
  3. SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE
  4. PART 585—RENEWABLE ENERGY ON THE OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF
  5. Subpart F—Payments and Financial Assurance Requirements

(a) The rent for a limited lease is $3 per acre per year, unless otherwise established in the Final Sale Notice and/or your lease instrument.

(b) You must pay ONRR the initial 12 months' rent 45 days after you receive the lease copies from BOEM in accordance with the requirements provided in § 585.500(c)(3).

(c) You must pay ONRR as provided in 30 CFR 1218.51 the rent due at the beginning of each subsequent 1-year period on the entire lease area for the duration of your operations period.

(d) BOEM will not charge an operating fee for the authorized sale of power from a limited lease.

Collected 2026-08-27T02:25:24Z. Source file · JSON

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