# How do I calculate royalty or fees due on geothermal resources I use for direct use purposes?
**AGENCY:**
Office of Natural Resources Revenue (“ONRR”), Interior.
**ACTION:**
Correcting amendment.
**SUMMARY:**
On December 8, 2011, ONRR published a direct final rule that, among other things, corrected a thermal energy displaced equation without updating an image of the equation set forth in the regulations for illustration purposes. This document provides a replacement thermal energy displaced equation image.
**DATES:**
This rule is effective on August 24, 2023.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
For questions concerning this direct final rulemaking, contact Luis Aguilar, Regulatory Specialist, by phone at (303) 231-3418, or by email at *[email protected].*
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
ONRR published a direct final rule in the *Federal Register* on December 8, 2011 (76 FR 76612). ONRR amended the *thermal energy displaced* equation in § 1206.356(a)(2) from “0.113681” to “0.133681.” Section 1206.356(a)(2) contained an image of the equation for illustration purposes. However, ONRR did not provide an updated equation image. This document provides the correct equation image.
**List of Subjects in 30 CFR Part 1206**
Coal, Continental shelf, Government contracts, Indian lands, Mineral royalties, Oil and gas exploration, Public lands—mineral resources, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.
Accordingly, ONRR amends 30 CFR part 1206 by making the following correcting amendment.
**PART 1206—PRODUCT VALUATION**
**30 CFR Part 1206**
1. The authority citation for part 1206 continues to read as follows:
**Authority:**
5 U.S.C. 301 *et seq.,* 25 U.S.C. 396, 396a *et seq.,* 398, 398a *et seq.,* 2101 *et seq.;* 30 U.S.C. 181 *et seq.,* 351 *et seq.,* 1001 *et seq.,* 1701 *et seq.;* 43 U.S.C. 1301 *et seq.,* 1331 *et seq.,* and 1801 *et seq.*
**30 CFR Part 1206**
2. In § 1206.356, amend paragraph (a)(2) by revising the equation to read as follows:
§ 1206.356
(a) * * *
(2) * * *
Howard Cantor,
Director, Office of Natural Resources Revenue.