30 CFR § 1204.203 - What is the other relief option?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t30/s1204.203"
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title: "30 CFR § 1204.203 - What is the other relief option?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1204.203"
section_name: "What is the other relief option?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE"
part_number: "1204"
part_name: "ALTERNATIVES FOR MARGINAL PROPERTIES"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1701"
regulatory_source: "69 FR 55088, Sept. 13, 2004, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61067, Oct. 4, 2010."
cfr_part: "1204"
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# 1204.203 What is the other relief option?

(a) Under this relief option, you may request any type of accounting and auditing relief that is appropriate for production from your marginal property, provided it is not prohibited under § 1204.204 and meets the statutory requirements of § 1204.5. Examples of relief options you could request are:

(1) To report and pay royalties using a valuation method other than that required under 30 CFR part 1206 that approximates royalties payable under that part 1206; and

(2) To reduce your royalty audit burden. However, ONRR will not consider any request that eliminates ONRR's or the States' right to audit.

(b) You must request approval from ONRR under § 1204.205(b), and receive approval under § 1204.206 before taking relief under this option.