---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 203.68"
title: "30"
number: "203.68"
heading: "What pre-application costs will BSEE consider in determining economic viability?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/203.68"
---

# §203.68. What pre-application costs will BSEE consider in determining economic viability?

- (a) We will not consider ineligible costs as set forth in [§ 203.89(h)](/cfr/30/203.89.md?p=h) in determining economic viability for purposes of royalty relief.
- (b) We will consider sunk costs according to the following table.

## 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.