---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 585.508"
title: "30"
number: "585.508"
heading: "What rent payments must I pay on ROW grants or RUE grants associated with renewable energy projects?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/585.508"
---

# §585.508. What rent payments must I pay on ROW grants or RUE grants associated with renewable energy projects?

- (a) For each ROW grant BOEM approves under [subpart D](/cfr/30/subpartD.md) of this part, you must pay annual rent of $5 per acre to ONRR as provided in [30 CFR 1218.51](/cfr/30/1218.51.md) and as determined by [§ 585.301(a)](/cfr/30/585.301.md?p=a), but in no case less than $450, for use of the grant, unless specified otherwise in the grant.
- (b) For each RUE grant BOEM approves under [subpart D](/cfr/30/subpartD.md) of this part, you must pay rent to ONRR as provided in [30 CFR 1218.51](/cfr/30/1218.51.md) in the amount of:
  - (1) $5 per acre per year; or
  - (2) **A minimum of $450 per year.**
- (c) You must make the rent payments required by paragraphs [(a)](#a) and [(b)](#b) of this section on:
  - (1) An annual basis;
  - (2) For a 5-year period; or
  - (3) **For multiples of 5 years.**
- (d) You must make the first annual rent payment upon approval of your ROW grant or RUE grant request, as provided in [§ 585.500](/cfr/30/585.500.md), and all subsequent rent payments to ONRR in accordance with the regulations at [30 CFR 1218.51](/cfr/30/1218.51.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 89 FR 42740, May 15, 2024, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1337.

### Source

Source: 88 FR 6430, Jan. 31, 2023, unless otherwise noted.