# Royalty Relief for Producing Leases and Certain Existing Leases in Deep Water
> **US Department of the Interior** · Interim Rule and Information Gathering. · Published 1996-05-31 · Effective 1996-07-01 · 61 FR 27263
## Document
- **Document number:** 96-13626
- **Category:** other
- **Sub-agency:** US Department of the Interior
- **Federal Register citation:** 61 FR 27263
- **CFR reference:** 30 CFR 203
- **Publication date:** 1996-05-31
- **Effective date:** 1996-07-01
## Abstract

This interim rule establishes conditions for granting royalty relief on producing leases through their conversion to Net Revenue Share (NRS) leases, provides for suspensions of royalty payments on certain deep-water leases issued as the result of a lease sale held before November 28, 1995, and defines the information required for a complete application for royalty relief.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1996/05/31/96-13626/royalty-relief-for-producing-leases-and-certain-existing-leases-in-deep-water)
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