---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 1204.204"
title: "30"
number: "1204.204"
heading: "What accounting and auditing relief will ONRR not allow?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/1204.204"
---

# §1204.204. What accounting and auditing relief will ONRR not allow?


ONRR will not approve your request for accounting and auditing relief under this subpart if your request:

- (a) Prohibits ONRR or the State from conducting any form of audit;
- (b) Permanently relieves you from making future royalty reports or payments;
- (c) Provides for less frequent royalty reports and payments than annually;
- (d) Provides for you to submit royalty reports and payments at separate times;
- (e) Impairs ONRR's ability to properly or efficiently account for or distribute royalties;
- (f) Requests relief for a lease under which the Federal Government takes its royalties in kind;
- (g) Alters production reporting requirements;
- (h) Alters lease operation or safety requirements;
- (i) Conflicts with rent, minimum royalty, or lease requirements; or
- (j) Requests relief for production from a marginal property located in whole or in part in a State that has determined that it will not allow such relief under [§ 1204.208](/cfr/30/1204.208.md).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 69 FR 55088, Sept. 13, 2004, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61067, Oct. 4, 2010.