30 CFR § 1202.557 - Must I pay royalty on insurance compensation for unavoidably lost gas?

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title: "30 CFR § 1202.557 - Must I pay royalty on insurance compensation for unavoidably lost gas?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1202.557"
section_name: "Must I pay royalty on insurance compensation for unavoidably lost gas?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE"
part_number: "1202"
part_name: "ROYALTIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 301  25 U.S.C. 396, 396a  398, 398a  2101  30 U.S.C. 181  351  1001  1701  43 U.S.C. 1301  1331  and 1801"
regulatory_source: "48 FR 35641, Aug. 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61066, Oct. 4, 2010."
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# 1202.557 Must I pay royalty on insurance compensation for unavoidably lost gas?

If you receive insurance compensation for unavoidably lost gas, you must pay royalties on the amount of that compensation. This paragraph does not apply to compensation through self-insurance.