30 CFR § 203.67 - What economic criteria must I meet to get royalty relief on an authorized field or project?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s203.67"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "30 CFR § 203.67 - What economic criteria must I meet to get royalty relief on an authorized field or project?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "203.67"
section_name: "What economic criteria must I meet to get royalty relief on an authorized field or project?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS REVENUE MANAGEMENT"
part_number: "203"
part_name: "RELIEF OR REDUCTION IN ROYALTY RATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "25 U.S.C. 396  25 U.S.C. 396a  25 U.S.C. 2101  30 U.S.C. 181  30 U.S.C. 351  30 U.S.C. 1001  30 U.S.C. 1701  31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 15903-15906; 43 U.S.C. 1301  43 U.S.C. 1331  and 43 U.S.C. 1801"
regulatory_source: "76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "203"
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# 203.67 What economic criteria must I meet to get royalty relief on an authorized field or project?

We will not approve applications if we determine that royalty relief cannot make the field, development project, or expansion project economically viable. Your field or project must be uneconomic while you are paying royalties and must become economic with royalty relief.