{"data":{"id":"us/30-cfr-560.220","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"30 CFR 560.220","heading":"How does royalty suspension apply to leases issued in a sale held after November 2000?","body":"We may issue leases with suspension of royalties for a period, volume or value of production, as authorized in section 303 of the Act. For purposes of this section and §§ 560.121 through 560.124:\n(a) Any volumes of production that are not normally royalty-bearing under the lease or the regulations (e.g., fuel gas) do not count against royalty suspension volumes; and\n(b) Production includes volumes allocated to a lease under an approved unit agreement.","path":["Title 30—Mineral Resources","CHAPTER V—BUREAU OF OCEAN ENERGY MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER B—OFFSHORE","PART 560—OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF OIL AND GAS LEASING","Subpart B—Bidding Systems"],"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":"9cf8b301bc77bc28bee8f27de9219bce674fe9122f78daf4a255233bafe88582","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/30-cfr-560.214","next":"us/30-cfr-560.221"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}