{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-1204.204","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 1204.204","heading":"What accounting and auditing relief will ONRR not allow?","body":"ONRR will not approve your request for accounting and auditing relief under this subpart if your request:\n(a) Prohibits ONRR or the State from conducting any form of audit;\n(b) Permanently relieves you from making future royalty reports or payments;\n(c) Provides for less frequent royalty reports and payments than annually;\n(d) Provides for you to submit royalty reports and payments at separate times;\n(e) Impairs ONRR's ability to properly or efficiently account for or distribute royalties;\n(f) Requests relief for a lease under which the Federal Government takes its royalties in kind;\n(g) Alters production reporting requirements;\n(h) Alters lease operation or safety requirements;\n(i) Conflicts with rent, minimum royalty, or lease requirements; or\n(j) Requests relief for production from a marginal property located in whole or in part in a State that has determined that it will not allow such relief under § 1204.208.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER XII—OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER A—NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE","PART 1204—ALTERNATIVES FOR MARGINAL PROPERTIES","Subpart C—Accounting and Auditing Relief"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-30.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:24Z","sha256":"a572f29bdcf1186b45ba3c4c5e1224cc3262054d37781a7104b6b286c40fcb5b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-1204.203","next":"us/30-cfr-1204.205"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}