---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 550.196"
title: "30"
number: "550.196"
heading: "Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/550.196"
---

# §550.196. Reimbursements for reproduction and processing costs.

- (a) BOEM will reimburse you for costs of reproducing data and information that the Regional Director requests if:
  - (1) You deliver geophysical and geological (G&G) data and information to BOEM for the Regional Director to inspect or select and retain;
  - (2) BOEM receives your request for reimbursement and the Regional Director determines that the requested reimbursement is proper; and
  - (3) The cost is at your lowest rate or at the lowest commercial rate established in the area, whichever is less.
- (b) BOEM will reimburse you for the costs of processing geophysical information (that does not include cost of data acquisition):
  - (1) If, at the request of the Regional Director, you processed the geophysical data or information in a form or manner other than that used in the normal conduct of business; or
  - (2) If you collected the information under a permit that BOEM issued to you before October 1, 1985, and the Regional Director requests and retains the information.
- (c) When you request reimbursement, you must identify reproduction and processing costs separately from acquisition costs.
- (d) BOEM will not reimburse you for data acquisition costs or for the costs of analyzing or processing geological information or interpreting geological or geophysical information.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 1751; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64623, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.