Regulations last checked for updates: May 14, 2024

Title 30 - Mineral Resources last revised: May 09, 2024
§ 1210.200 - What is the purpose of this subpart?

This subpart explains your reporting requirements if you produce coal or other solid minerals from Federal or Indian leases. Included are your requirements for reporting production, sales, and royalties.

§ 1210.201 - How do I submit Form ONRR-4430, Solid Minerals Production and Royalty Report?

(a) What to submit. (1) You must submit a completed Form ONRR-4430 for—

(i) Production of all coal and other solid minerals from any Federal or Indian lease;

(ii) Sale of any such mineral;

(iii) Any such mineral held in stockpile or inventory; and

(iv) Payment of rents (other than those for which you receive from ONRR a Courtesy Notice as defined in § 1218.51(a) of this chapter), minimum royalty, deferred bonus, advance royalty, minimum royalty payable in advance, settlements, recoupments, and other financial obligations.

(2) You must submit a completed Form ONRR-4430 for any product you sell from a remote storage site. If you sell from five or fewer remote storage sites, you must report sales from each site on separate Forms ONRR-4430. If you sell from more than five remote storage sites, you must total the data from all sites and report the summarized data on one Form ONRR-4430.

(3) Instructions for completing and submitting Form ONRR-4430 are available on our Internet reporting web site or you may contact us toll free at 1-888-201-6416.

(b) When to submit. (1) Unless your lease terms specify a different frequency for royalty payments, you must submit your Form ONRR-4430 on or before the end of the month following the month in which you produce any solid mineral, sell any solid mineral, or hold any solid mineral production in stockpile or inventory. However, if the last day of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, your Form ONRR-4430 is due on the next business day.

(2) If your lease terms specify a different frequency for royalty payment, then you must submit your Form ONRR-4430 on or before the date on which you must pay royalty under the terms of the lease.

(3) You must submit your Form ONRR-4430 for payment of rents (other than those for which you receive from ONRR a Courtesy Notice as defined in § 1218.51(a) of this chapter), minimum royalty, deferred bonus, advance royalty, minimum royalty payable in advance, settlements, recoupments, and other financial obligations on or before the date on which you must pay those obligations under the terms of the lease.

(4) If the information on a previously reported Form ONRR-4430 is no longer correct, you must submit a revised Form ONRR-4430 by the last day of the month in which you learn that the previously reported information is no longer correct, except when the last day of the month falls on a weekend or holiday. If the last day of the month falls on a weekend or holiday, your revised Form ONRR-4430 is due on the first business day of the following month.

(c) How to submit. (1) You must submit Form ONRR-4430 electronically using our Internet reporting web site unless you meet the conditions in paragraph (c)(2). We will provide written instructions and a valid login and password before you begin reporting.

(2) You are not required to report electronically if you are a small business as defined by the U.S. Small Business Administration (13 CFR 121.201) and you have no computer, no plans to purchase a computer, and no contract with an electronic reporting service.

(3) If you do not report electronically, you must submit the completed Form ONRR-4430 to us at one of the following addresses, unless ONRR publishes notice in the Federal Register giving a different address:

(i) For U.S. Postal Service regular mail or Express Mail: Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR), P.O. Box 25165, MS 633000B, Denver, CO 80225-0165; or

(ii) For courier service or overnight mail (excluding Express Mail): Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Building 85, Denver Federal Center, Room A322, Denver, Colorado 80225.

[66 FR 45771, Aug. 30, 2001; 66 FR 50827, Oct. 5, 2001, as amended at 77 FR 25879, May 2, 2012; 87 FR 21745, Apr. 13, 2022]
§ 1210.202 - How do I submit sales summaries?

(a) What to submit. (1) You must submit sales summaries for all coal and other solid minerals produced from Federal and Indian leases and for any remote storage site from which you sell Federal or Indian solid minerals. You do not have to submit a sales summary for those months in which you do not sell any Federal or Indian production.

(2) If you sell from five or fewer remote storage sites, you must submit a sales summary for each site. If you sell from more than five remote storage sites, you may total the data from all sites and submit the summarized data as one sales summary. The details you report on the sales summary are for the same sales reported on Form ONRR-4430.

(3) Use the following table to determine the time frames for submitting sales summaries and the data elements you must include. Your submitted sales summaries must include the following data but may be internally generated documents from your own records. You do not need to re-format them before submitting them to us:

Data element Coal Sodium/potassium Western
phosphate
Metals All other leases with ad valorem royalty terms All other leases with no ad valorem royalty terms
(i) Purchaser Name or Unique IdentificationMonthlyMonthlyMonthlyMonthlyMonthlyAs Requested
(ii) Sales UnitsMonthlyMonthlyMonthlyMonthlyMonthlyMonthly
(iii) Gross ProceedsMonthlyMonthlyNot RequiredMonthlyMonthlyNot Required
(iv) Processing or washing costsMonthlyMonthlyNot RequiredMonthlyMonthlyNot Required
(v) Transportation costsMonthlyMonthlyNot RequiredMonthlyMonthlyNot Required
(vi) Name of product type soldNot RequiredMonthlyNot RequiredMonthlyMonthlyAs Requested
(vii) Btu/lbMonthlyNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot Required
(viii) Ash %MonthlyNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot Required
(ix) Sulfur %MonthlyNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot Required
(x) lbs SO2MonthlyNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot Required
(xi) Moisture %MonthlyNot RequiredMonthlyNot RequiredNot RequiredNot Required
(xii) By-product UnitsNot RequiredAs RequestedMonthlyAs RequestedAs RequestedNot Required
(xiii) P2O5 %Not RequiredNot RequiredMonthlyNot RequiredNot RequiredNot Required
(xiv) SizeNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredAs RequestedNot Required
(xv) Net Smelter Return dataNot RequiredNot RequiredNot RequiredMonthlyNot RequiredNot Required
(xvi) Other Data e.g., Royalty Calculation WorksheetAs RequestedMonthlyAs RequestedAs RequestedAs RequestedAs Requested.

(b) When to submit. (1) For leases with ad valorem royalty terms (that is, leases for which royalty is a percentage of the value of production), you must submit your sales summaries monthly at the same time you submit Form ONRR-4430. You do not have to submit a sales summary for any month in which you did not sell Federal or Indian production.

(2) For leases with no ad valorem royalty terms (that is, leases in which the royalty due is not a function of the value of production, such as cents-per-ton or dollars-per-unit), you must submit monthly sales summaries only if we specifically request you to do so.

(c) How to submit. (1) You should provide the sales summary data via electronic mail where possible. We will provide instructions and the proper email address for these submissions.

(2) If you submit sales summaries by paper copy, mail them to one of the following addresses, unless ONRR publishes notice in the Federal Register giving a different address:

(i) For U.S. Postal Service regular mail or Express Mail: Office of Natural Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 25165, MS 633000B, Denver, CO 80225-0165.

(ii) For courier service or overnight mail (excluding Express Mail): Office of Natural Resources Revenue, MS 633000B, Room A322, Bldg. 85, DFC, Denver, Colorado 80225-0165.

[48 FR 35641, Aug. 5, 1983, as amended at 76 FR 76615, Dec. 8, 2011; 87 FR 21745, Apr. 13, 2022]
§ 1210.203 - How do I submit sales contracts?

(a) What to submit. You must submit sales contracts, agreements, and contract amendments for the sale of all coal and other solid minerals produced from Federal and Indian leases with ad valorem royalty terms.

(b) When to submit. (1) For coal and metal production, you must submit the required documents semi-annually, no later than March 30 and September 30 of each year.

(2) For sodium, potassium, and phosphate production, and production from any other lease with ad valorem royalty terms, you must submit the required documents only if you are specifically requested to do so.

(c) How to submit. You must submit complete copies of the sales contracts and amendments to us at the applicable address given in § 1210.202(c)(2), unless ONRR publishes notice in the Federal Register giving a different address.

§ 1210.204 - How do I submit facility data?

(a) What to submit. (1) You must submit facility data if you operate a wash plant, refining, ore concentration, or other processing facility for any coal, sodium, potassium, metals, or other solid minerals produced from Federal or Indian leases with ad valorem royalty terms, regardless of whether the facility is located on or off the lease.

(2) You do not have to submit facility data for those months in which you do not process solid minerals produced from Federal or Indian leases and do not have any such minerals in stockpile inventory.

(3) You must include in your facility data all production processed in the facility from all properties, not just production from Federal and Indian leases.

(4) Facility data submissions must include the following minimum information:

(i) Identification of your facility;

(ii) Mines served;

(iii) Input quantity;

(iv) Input quality or ore grade (except for coal);

(v) Output quantity; and

(vi) Output quality or product grades.

(5) Your submitted facility data may be internally generated documents from your own records. You do not need to re-format them before submitting them to us.

(b) When to submit. You must submit your facility data monthly at the same time you submit your Form ONRR-4430.

(c) How to submit. (1) You should provide the facility data via electronic mail where possible. We will provide instructions and the proper email address for these submissions before you begin reporting.

(2) If you submit facility data by paper copy, send it to the applicable address given in § 1210.202(c)(2).

§ 1210.205 - What reports must I submit to claim allowances on Indian coal leases?

(a) General. You must submit the following ONRR forms to claim a transportation or washing allowance, as applicable, on Indian coal leases:

(1) Form ONRR-4292, Coal Washing Allowance Report, to claim an allowance for the reasonable, actual costs incurred to wash coal under § 1206.458 of this chapter.

(2) Form ONRR-4293, Coal Transportation Allowance Report, to claim an allowance for the reasonable, actual costs of transporting coal to a sales point or a washing facility remote from the mine or lease under § 1206.461 of this chapter.

(b) Reporting options. You must submit the forms manually. You may find the forms at http://www.onrr.gov/FM/Forms/AFSSol_Min.htm.

(c) Reporting address. You must submit completed Forms ONRR-4292 and ONRR-4293 by:

(1) U.S. Postal Service regular or express mail addressed to Office of Natural Resources Revenue, P.O. Box 25165, MS 633000B, Denver, CO 80225-0165;

(2) Special courier or overnight mail addressed to Office of Natural Resources Revenue, Building 85, Room A322, Denver Federal Center, West 6th Ave. and Kipling Blvd., Denver, Colorado 80225; or

(3) Complete and submit the form electronically as an email attachment to [email protected].

[73 FR 15897, Mar. 26, 2008, as amended at 76 FR 76615, Dec. 8, 2011; 77 FR 25879, 25880, May 2, 2012; 78 FR 30205, May 22, 2013; 87 FR 21745, 21746, Apr. 13, 2022]
§ 1210.206 - Will I need to submit additional documents or evidence to ONRR?

(a) Federal and Indian lease terms allow us to request detailed statements, documents, or other evidence necessary to verify compliance with lease terms and conditions and applicable rules.

(b) We will request this additional information as we need it, not as a regular submission.

[66 FR 45771, Aug. 30, 2001. Redesignated at 73 FR 15897, Mar. 26, 2008]
§ 1210.207 - How will information submissions be kept confidential?

Information submitted under this part that constitutes trade secrets or commercial and financial information that is identified as privileged or confidential, or that is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. 552,shall,except.

[66 FR 45771, Aug. 30, 2001. Redesignated at 73 FR 15897, Mar. 26, 2008]
authority: 5 U.S.C. 301
source: 48 FR 35641, Aug. 5, 1983, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 75 FR 61081, Oct. 4, 2010.
cite as: 30 CFR 1210.205