---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 203.53"
title: "30"
number: "203.53"
heading: "What relief will BSEE grant?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/203.53"
---

# §203.53. What relief will BSEE grant?

- (a) If we approve your application and you meet certain conditions, we will reduce the pre-application effective royalty rate by one-half on production up to the relief volume amount. If you produce more than the relief volume amount:
  - (1) We will impose a royalty rate equal to 1.5 times the effective royalty rate on your additional production up to twice the relief volume amount; and
  - (2) We will impose a royalty rate equal to the effective rate on all production greater than twice the relief volume amount.
- (b) Regardless of the level of production or prices (see [§ 203.54](/cfr/30/203.54.md)), royalty payments due under end-of-life relief will not exceed the royalty obligations that would have been due at the effective royalty rate.
  - (1) The effective royalty rate is the average lease rate paid on production during the 12 qualifying months.
  - (2) **The relief volume amount is the average monthly BOE production for the 12 qualifying months.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396 et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 396a et seq.; 25 U.S.C. 2101 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 351 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 42 U.S.C. 15903-15906; 43 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1331 et seq.; and 43 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.