---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 1202.353"
title: "30"
number: "1202.353"
heading: "Measurement standards for reporting and paying royalties and direct use fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/1202.353"
---

# §1202.353. Measurement standards for reporting and paying royalties and direct use fees.

- (a) For geothermal resources used to generate electricity, you must report the quantity on which royalty is due on Form ONRR-2014 (Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance) as follows:
  - (1) For geothermal resources for which royalty is calculated under [§ 1206.352(a)](/cfr/30/1206.352.md?p=a), you must report quantities in:
    - (i) Thousands of pounds to the nearest whole thousand pounds if the contract for the geothermal resources specifies delivery in terms of weight; or
    - (ii) Millions of Btu to the nearest whole million Btu if the sales contract for the geothermal resources specifies delivery in terms of heat or thermal energy.
  - (2) For geothermal resources for which royalty is calculated under [§ 1206.352(b)](/cfr/30/1206.352.md?p=b), you must report the quantities in kilowatt-hours to the nearest whole kilowatt-hour.
- (b) For geothermal resources used in direct use processes, you must report the quantity on which a royalty or direct use fee is due on Form ONRR-2014 in:
  - (1) Millions of Btu to the nearest whole million Btu if valuation is in terms of heat or thermal energy used or displaced;
  - (2) Millions of gallons to the nearest million gallons of geothermal fluid produced if valuation or fee calculation is in terms of volume;
  - (3) Millions of pounds to the nearest million pounds of geothermal fluid produced if valuation or fee calculation is in terms of mass; or
  - (4) **Any other measurement unit ONRR approves for valuation and reporting purposes.**
- (c) For byproducts, you must report the quantity on which royalty is due on Form ONRR-2014 consistent with ONRR-established reporting standards.
- (d) For commercially demineralized water, you must report the quantity on which royalty is due on Form ONRR-2014 in hundreds of gallons to the nearest hundred gallons.
- (e) **You need not report the quality of geothermal resources, including byproducts, to ONRR.** However, you must maintain quality measurements for audit purposes. Quality measurements include, but are not limited to:
  - (1) Temperatures and chemical analyses for fluid geothermal resources; and
  - (2) **Chemical analyses, weight percent, or other purity measurements for byproducts.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[72 FR 24458, May 2, 2007, as amended at 78 FR 30200, May 22, 2013]

### Source

Source: 56 FR 57275, Nov. 8, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

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.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 35641, Aug. 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61066, Oct. 4, 2010.

### Amendments

[72 FR 24458, May 2, 2007, as amended at 78 FR 30200, May 22, 2013]