---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 1227.401"
title: "30"
number: "1227.401"
heading: "What are a State's responsibilities if it processes production reports or royalty reports?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/1227.401"
---

# §1227.401. What are a State's responsibilities if it processes production reports or royalty reports?


In processing production reports or royalty reports you must:

- (a) Process reports accurately and timely as provided in the Standards and your delegation agreement;
- (b) Identify and resolve fatal errors to use in subsequent error correction that the State or ONRR performs;
- (c) Accept multiple forms of electronic media from reporters, as ONRR specifies;
- (d) Timely transmit required production or royalty data to ONRR and other affected Federal agencies;
- (e) Access well, lease, agreement, and reporter reference data from ONRR and provide updated information to ONRR;
- (f) For production reports, maintain adequate system software edits to ensure compliance with the provisions of [30 CFR part 1210](/cfr/30/part1210.md)—Forms and Reports, the ONRR Minerals Production Reporter Handbook, any interagency memorandum of understanding to which ONRR is a party, and the Standards;
- (g) For royalty reports, maintain adequate system software edits to ensure compliance with the provisions of [30 CFR part 1218](/cfr/30/part1218.md), the Oil and Gas Payor Handbook, Volume II, “Dear Payor” letters, and the Standards; and
- (h) Comply with the procedures for appealed demands or orders, including meeting timeframes, supplying information, and using the appropriate format.

## Notes

### Amendments

[62 FR 43084, Aug. 12, 1997, as amended at 67 FR 19112, Apr. 18, 2002; 73 FR 15898, Mar. 26, 2008; 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010]

### Amendments

[62 FR 43084, Aug. 12, 1997, as amended at 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1735; 30 U.S.C. 196; Pub L. 102-154.

### Source

Source: 62 FR 43084, Aug. 12, 1997, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010.

### Amendments

[62 FR 43084, Aug. 12, 1997, as amended at 67 FR 19112, Apr. 18, 2002; 73 FR 15898, Mar. 26, 2008; 75 FR 61087, Oct. 4, 2010]