MMS Issues Guidelines and Fee Requirements for Royalty Relief Applications - June 26, 1996

The U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) today is issuing two sets of guidelines on application requirements and evaluation procedures relating to requests for royalty rate relief on Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) leases, and the fees that will be applicable for processing such applications. The guidelines take effect July 1, 1996.