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MMS is Proposing to Develop Regulations Which Impose New Fees
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Published on March 28, 2005
MMS is proposing to develop regulations which impose new fees to cover MMS’s costs of
processing certain applications and permits, such as:
- Exploration Plans
- Development and Production Plans
- Deep Water Operations Plans
- Applications for Permit to Drill
- Application for Permit to Modify
- Application to Remove a Platform
- Platform Approvals (Installation or Modification)
- Conservation Information Documents
- G&G Permits
- Sand and Gravel Permits
An Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) was published in the Federal Register on
March 25, 2005 (Vol. 70, No. 57). This ANPR solicits comments, recommendations, and
specific remarks on a proposal to initiate a program of collecting fees for reviewing certain plans
- Are there other actions for which MMS should require fees to recover costs from
operators?
- MMS plans to calculate the fees in a manner similar to that used in the recently published
Cost Recovery Rule (RIN 1010-AD16, 70 FR 12626). Are there alternate ways to
determine fair and equitable fees?
- MMS may have large cost differences associated with issuing permits and reviewing
plans in the different regions (GOM, Pacific, Alaska); should the fee be uniform
nationwide or vary by region?
Comments are due to MMS by April 25, 2005. Offshore Operator Committee (Technical
Subcommittee) will be preparing comments. Please provide your comments to OOC or JCC as
soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact
Cathy Thornton at JCC (281) 578-
3388.
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To view this page online, please visit
http://www.jccteam.com/RegAlerts/032805.aspx.
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