30 USC Ch. 29: Front Matter
From Title 30-MINERAL LANDS AND MININGCHAPTER 29-OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 29-OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
Sec.
1701.
Congressional statement of findings and purposes.
1702.
Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER I-FEDERAL ROYALTY MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT
1711.
Duties of Secretary.
(a)
Establishment of inspection, collection, and accounting and auditing system.
(b)
Annual inspection of lease sites; training.
(c)
Audit and reconciliation of lease accounts; contracts with certified public accountants; availability of books, accounts, records, etc., necessary for audit.
1712.
Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters.
(a)
Liability for royalty payments.
(b)
Development of and compliance with site security plan and minimum site security measures by operators; notification to Secretary of well production.
(c)
Possession of documentation by transporters of oil or gas by motor vehicle or pipeline.
1713.
Required recordkeeping.
(a)
Maintenance and availability of records, reports, and information for inspection and duplication.
(b)
Length of time maintenance required.
1714.
Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts.
1715.
Explanation of payments.
(a)
Description, period, source, etc., of payments to States or Indians.
(b)
Effective date.
1716.
Liabilities and bonding.
1717.
Hearings and investigations.
(a)
Authorization; affidavits, oaths, subpenas, testimony, and payment of witnesses.
(b)
Refusal to obey subpena.
1718.
Inspections.
(a)
Motor vehicles on lease sites; vehicles not on lease site.
(b)
Inspection of lease sites for compliance with mineral leasing laws and this chapter.
(c)
Right of Secretary to enter upon and travel across lease sites.
1719.
Civil penalties.
(a)
Failure to comply with applicable law, to permit inspection, or to notify Secretary of assignment; exceptions to application of penalty.
(b)
Failure to take corrective action.
(c)
Failure to make royalty payment; failure to permit lawful entry, inspection, or audit; failure to notify Secretary of well production.
(d)
False information; unauthorized removal, etc., of oil or gas; purchase, sale, etc., of stolen oil or gas.
(e)
Hearing.
(f)
Deduction of penalty from sums owed by United States.
(g)
Compromise or reduction of penalties.
(h)
Notice.
(i)
Reasons on record for amount of penalty.
(j)
Review.
(k)
Failure to pay penalty.
(l)
Nonliability for leases automatically terminated.
1720.
Criminal penalties.
1721.
Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties.
(a)
Charge on late royalty payment or royalty payment deficiency.
(b)
Charge on late payment made by Secretary to States.
(c)
Deposit in royalty accounts of charges on royalties due and owing Indians.
(d)
Charge on late deposit of royalty fund to an Indian account.
(e)
Nonliability of States for Secretary's failure to comply with the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 or regulations thereunder.
(f)
Limitation on interest charged.
(g)
Omitted.
(h)
Lessee or designee interest.
(i)
Limitation on interest.
(j)
Estimated payment.
(k)
Volume allocation of oil and gas production.
(l)
Production allocation.
1721a.
Adjustments and refunds.
(a)
Adjustments to royalties paid to Secretary or delegated State.
(b)
Refunds.
1722.
Injunction and specific enforcement authority.
(a)
Civil action by Attorney General.
(b)
Venue.
1723.
Rewards.
1724.
Secretarial and delegated States' actions and limitation periods.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Limitation period.
(c)
Obligation becomes due.
(d)
Tolling of limitation period.
(e)
Termination of limitations period.
(f)
Records required for determining collections.
(g)
Timely collections.
(h)
Appeals and final agency action.
(i)
Collections of disputed amounts due.
(j)
Enforcement of claim for judicial review.
(k)
Implementation of final decision.
(l)
Stay of payment obligation pending review.
1725.
Assessments.
1726.
Alternatives for marginal properties.
(a)
Determination of best interests of State concerned and United States.
(b)
Prepayment of royalty.
(c)
Alternative accounting and auditing requirements.
SUBCHAPTER II-STATES AND INDIAN TRIBES
1731.
Application of subchapter.
1731a.
Application of subchapter to leases of lands within three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States.
1732.
Cooperative agreements.
(a)
Authorization of Secretary; permission of Indian tribe required for activities on Indian lands.
(b)
Access to royalty accounting information.
(c)
Agreements in accordance with chapter 63 of title 31; terms and conditions.
1733.
Information.
(a)
Availability of confidential information by Secretary pursuant to cooperative agreements; conditions.
(b)
Nonliability of United States for wrongful disclosure.
(c)
Law governing disclosure.
1734.
State suits under Federal law.
(a)
Action for royalty, interest, or civil penalty; limitations; notice of suit; award of costs and fees.
(b)
Venue; jurisdiction of district court.
(c)
Recovery of civil penalty by State; deposit of rent, royalty, or interest recovery in Treasury of the United States.
1735.
Delegation of royalty collections and related activities.
(a)
Authorization of Secretary.
(b)
Prerequisites.
(c)
Ruling as to consistency of State's proposal.
(d)
Promulgation of standards and regulations with respect to delegation.
(e)
Revocation; issuance of demand or order by Secretary.
(f)
Compensation to State for costs of delegation; allocation of costs.
(g)
Judicial review.
(h)
Existing delegation.
1736.
Shared civil penalties.
SUBCHAPTER III-GENERAL PROVISIONS
1751.
Secretarial authority.
(a)
Prescription of rules and regulations.
(b)
Conformity with rulemaking provisions.
(c)
Contracts with non-Federal Government inspectors, auditors, etc.; coordination of auditing and enforcement functions.
1752.
Reports.
1753.
Relation to other laws.
(a)
Supplemental nature of chapter.
(b)
Responsibilities of Secretary related to minerals on Federal and Indian lands.
(c)
Authority and responsibilities of Inspector General and Comptroller General unaffected.
(d)
Lands and land interests entrusted to Tennessee Valley Authority unaffected.
1754.
Funding.
1755.
Statute of limitations.
1756.
Expanded royalty obligations.
1757.
Severability.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in section 191 of this title; title 10 section 7439.