# Relief or Reduction in Royalty Rates-Deep Water Royalty Relief for OCS Oil and Gas Leases Issued After 2000
> **Bureau of Land Management** · Final rule. · Published 2002-01-15 · Effective 2002-02-14 · 67 FR 1862
## Document
- **Document number:** 02-438
- **Category:** oil-gas-leasing
- **Sub-agency:** Bureau of Land Management
- **Federal Register citation:** 67 FR 1862
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 203
- **Publication date:** 2002-01-15
- **Effective date:** 2002-02-14
## Abstract

This rule revises regulations on royalty relief for oil and gas producers on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It provides for suspension or reduction of royalty on a case-by-case basis for certain additional categories of OCS leases under part 203 of this title. Also, it identifies circumstances when we may consider royalty relief apart from our end-of-life and deepwater royalty relief (DWRR) programs.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/01/15/02-438/relief-or-reduction-in-royalty-rates-deep-water-royalty-relief-for-ocs-oil-and-gas-leases-issued)
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