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RIN: 1010-AD33

Publication ID: Spring 2009

Title: Deep Gas and Offshore Alaska Provisions
Abstract: This rule implements three new royalty relief incentives specified by the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-190). The new incentives are: (1) A royalty suspension volume of 35 BCF for gas produced from ultra-deep (20,000 feet or more subsea) reservoirs on shallow water leases in the Gulf of Mexico; (2) extension of at least the existing deep gas incentives plus the new ultra-deep gas incentive to leases in the Gulf located in water depths between 200 and 400 meters of water; and (3) provision of pre-production royalty relief to leases in offshore Alaska when it is necessary to promote development, increased production, or production of marginal resources.
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 30 CFR 203
Legal Authority: 25 USC 396a et seq. 25 USC 2101 et seq. 40 USC 181 et seq. 30 USC 351 et seq. 30 USC 1001 et seq. 30 USC 1701 et seq. 31 USC 9701 42 USC 15903-15906 43 USC 1301 et seq. 43 USC 1331 et seq. 43 USC 1801 et seq.

Legal Deadline:

Action	Source	Description	Date
Final	Statutory		02/03/2006

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	05/18/2007	72 FR 283296
NPRM Comment Period End	07/17/2007
Final Action	11/18/2008	73 FR 69490

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: None
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Agency Contact: William Hauser Department of the Interior Minerals Management Service 381 Elden Street, Herndon, VA 20170 Phone:703 787-1613 Fax:703 787-1546 Email: william.hauser@mms.gov