30 CFR § 1227.401 - What are a State's responsibilities if it processes production reports or royalty reports?

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title: "30 CFR § 1227.401 - What are a State's responsibilities if it processes production reports or royalty reports?"
title_number: 30
title_name: "Mineral Resources"
section_number: "1227.401"
section_name: "What are a State's responsibilities if it processes production reports or royalty reports?"
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
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subchapter_name: "NATURAL RESOURCES REVENUE"
part_number: "1227"
part_name: "DELEGATION TO STATES"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 1735; 30 U.S.C. 196; Pub L. 102-154."
regulatory_source: "62 FR 43084, Aug. 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010."
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# 1227.401 What are a State's responsibilities if it processes production reports or royalty reports?

In processing production reports or royalty reports you must:

(a) Process reports accurately and timely as provided in the *Standards* and your delegation agreement;

(b) Identify and resolve fatal errors to use in subsequent error correction that the State or ONRR performs;

(c) Accept multiple forms of electronic media from reporters, as ONRR specifies;

(d) Timely transmit required production or royalty data to ONRR and other affected Federal agencies;

(e) Access well, lease, agreement, and reporter reference data from ONRR and provide updated information to ONRR;

(f) For production reports, maintain adequate system software edits to ensure compliance with the provisions of 30 CFR part 1210—Forms and Reports, the ONRR *Minerals Production Reporter Handbook*, any interagency memorandum of understanding to which ONRR is a party, and the *Standards*;

(g) For royalty reports, maintain adequate system software edits to ensure compliance with the provisions of 30 CFR part 1218, the *Oil and Gas Payor Handbook, Volume II,* “Dear Payor” letters, and the *Standards*; and

(h) Comply with the procedures for appealed demands or orders, including meeting timeframes, supplying information, and using the appropriate format.

[62 FR 43084, Aug. 12, 1997, as amended at 67 FR 19112, Apr. 18, 2002; 73 FR 15898, Mar. 26, 2008; 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010]