{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-203.52","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 203.52","heading":"What criteria must I meet to get relief?","body":"(a) To qualify for relief, you must demonstrate that the sum of royalty payments over the 12 qualifying months exceeds 75 percent of the sum of net revenues (before-royalty revenues minus allowable costs, as defined in § 203.84).\n(b) To re-qualify for relief, e.g., either applying for additional relief on top of relief already granted, or applying for relief sometime after your earlier agreement terminated, you must demonstrate that:\n(1) You have met the criterion listed in paragraph (a) of this section, and\n(2) The 12 required qualifying months of operation have occurred under the current royalty arrangement.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER A—MINERALS REVENUE MANAGEMENT","PART 203—RELIEF OR REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATES","Subpart B—OCS Oil, Gas, and Sulfur General"],"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":"a308dbe31d5e70a7cbf88e783b154d068d539709836d50a28cb67f8ead5d166d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-203.51","next":"us/30-cfr-203.53"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}