Amendments of Regulations to Establish Liability for Royalty Due on Federal and Indian Leases, and to Establish Responsibility to Pay and Report Royalty and Other Payments

Résumé

The Minerals Management Service (MMS) hereby gives notice that it is further extending the public comment period on a Notice of Proposed Rule, which was published in the Federal Register on June 9, 1995. The proposed rule would establish and clarify which persons may be held liable for unpaid or underpaid royalties, compensatory royalties, or other payments on Federal and Indian mineral leases. On July 27, 1995, MMS published a notice in the Federal Register extending the comment period on this proposed rule to September 8, 1995. MMS will further extend the comment period from September 8, 1995, to January 8, 1996.