---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 203.60"
title: "30"
number: "203.60"
heading: "Who may apply for royalty relief on a case-by-case basis in deep water in the Gulf of America or offshore of Alaska?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/203.60"
---

# §203.60. Who may apply for royalty relief on a case-by-case basis in deep water in the Gulf of America or offshore of Alaska?


You may apply for royalty relief under §§ [203.61(b)](/cfr/30/203.61.md?p=b) and [203.62](/cfr/30/203.62.md) for an individual lease, unit or project if you:

- (a) Hold a pre-Act lease (as defined in [§ 203.0](/cfr/30/203.0.md)) that we have assigned to an authorized field (as defined in [§ 203.0](/cfr/30/203.0.md));
- (b) Propose an expansion project (as defined in [§ 203.0](/cfr/30/203.0.md)); or
- (c) Propose a development project (as defined in [§ 203.0](/cfr/30/203.0.md)).

## 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.