43 CFR § 3178.9 - Requesting approval of royalty-free treatment when approval is required.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3178.9"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3178.9 - Requesting approval of royalty-free treatment when approval is required."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3178.9"
section_name: "Requesting approval of royalty-free treatment when approval is required."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3170"
part_name: "ONSHORE OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION"
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. 396d and 2107; 30 U.S.C. 189, 306, 359, and 1751; and 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740."
regulatory_source: "81 FR 81421, Nov. 17, 2016, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3170"
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# 3178.9 Requesting approval of royalty-free treatment when approval is required.
To request written approval of royalty-free use when required under § 3178.5 or § 3178.7, the operator must submit a Sundry Notice that includes the following information:
(a) A complete description of the operation to be conducted, including the location of all facilities and equipment involved in the operation and the location of the FMP;
(b) The volume of oil or gas that the operator expects will be used in the operation, and the method of measuring or estimating that volume;
(c) If the volume of gas expected to be used will be estimated, the basis for the estimate (*e.g.,* equipment manufacturer's published consumption or usage rates); and
(d) The proposed disposition of the oil or gas used (*e.g.,* whether gas used would be consumed as fuel, vented through use of a gas-activated pneumatic controller, returned to the reservoir, or used in some other way).