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Minerals Management Service
Final Rule
Oil, Gas, and Sulphur Operations and Leasing in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) -
Cost Recovery
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Minerals Management Service
Final Rule
30 CFR Parts 250 and 256
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Published on August 25, 2005
MMS is changing some existing fees and implementing several
new fees to offset MMS's costs of performing certain services
relating to its minerals programs.
EFFECTIVE DATE: This regulation is effective as of September 26, 2005.
This final rule establishes the fees that MMS will charge operators for filing applications and requests.
The fees will be periodically adjusted for inflation. While a few fees were lowered or remained the same,
several new fees are added to services that were previously free. Operators should ensure that applicable
fees are provided with submitted documents after the rule goes into effect on September 26, 2005.
The new fee schedules affect the following MMS services:
- Change in Designation of Operator
- Suspensions of Operations/Suspensions of Production (SOO/SOP) Request
- Pipeline Right-of-Way (ROW) Grant Application
- Pipeline Conversion of Lease Term to ROW
- Pipeline ROW Assignment
- 500 feet from Lease/Unit Line Production Request
- Gas Cap Production Request
- Downhole Commingling Request
- Voluntary Unitization Proposal or Unit Expansion
- Unitization Revision
- Record Title/Operating Rights (Transfer)
- Non-required Document Filing
An executive summary of this regulation and other regulatory and compliance issues are available through
JCCRegs.com.
Call Allen Cowart at J. Connor Consulting, Inc., (281) 578-3388
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To view this page online, please visit
http://www.jccteam.com/RegAlerts/082505.aspx.
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