---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 228.66"
title: "36"
number: "228.66"
heading: "Refunds."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/228.66"
---

# §228.66. Refunds.


Upon termination of any contract, payments in excess of $10 may be refunded, less the costs incurred by the United States, under any of the following conditions:

- (a) **Payment in excess of value.** If the total payment exceeds the value of the mineral material removed, unless it is the minimum annual payment in lieu of production;
- (b) **Insufficiency of material.** If insufficient mineral material existed in the sale area to provide the quantity of material estimated to have been available;
- (c) **Cancellation.**
  - (1) If the contract is cancelled by the authorized officer for reasons which are beyond the purchaser's control; or
  - (2) If the contract is cancelled by mutual agreement. This refund provision is not a warranty that a specific quantity of material exists in the sale area.

## Notes

### Amendments

[49 FR 29784, July 24, 1984, as amended at 78 FR 33724, June 5, 2013]

### Source

Source: 49 FR 29784, July 24, 1984, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 478, 551; 30 U.S.C. 226, 352, 601, 611; 94 Stat. 2400.

### Source

Source: 39 FR 31317, Aug. 28, 1974, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 36142, July 14, 1981.

### Amendments

[49 FR 29784, July 24, 1984, as amended at 78 FR 33724, June 5, 2013]