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43 CFR 3504.12: What payments do I submit to BLM and what payments do I submit to MMS?
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 43—Public Lands: Interior
- Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands
- CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
- SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)
- PART 3500—LEASING OF SOLID MINERALS OTHER THAN COAL AND OIL SHALE
- Subpart 3504—Fees, Rental, Royalty and Bonds
(a) Fees and rentals. (1) Pay all filing and processing fees, all first-year rentals, and all bonus bids for leases to the BLM State Office that manages the lands you are interested in. Make your instruments payable to the U.S. Department of the Interior—Bureau of Land Management.
(2) Pay all second-year and subsequent rentals and all other payments for leases to the Minerals Management Service (MMS). See 30 CFR part 218 for MMS's payment procedures.
(b) Royalties. Pay all royalties on producing leases and all payments under leases in their minimum production period to the MMS.
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