30 C.F.R. § 218.51 How to make payments.
Title 30 - Mineral Resources
(a) Definitions. ACH—Automated Clearing House. A type of EFT using the ACH network. Courtesy Notice—An MMS-issued notice of rental or bonus due. Deferred Bonus Payment—Lease bonus paid in equal annual installments over a specified number of years. EFT—Electronic Funds Transfer. Any paperless transfer of funds a bank initiates through an electronic terminal. For MMS purposes, EFT is limited to FEDWIRE and ACH transfers. FEDWIRE—A type of EFT using the Federal Reserve Wire network. Invoice Document Identification—The MMS-assigned invoice document identification (four alpha and eight numeric characters). Payment—Any monies for royalty, bonus, rental, late payment charge, assessment, penalty, or other money sent to MMS. Person—Any individual, firm, corporation, association, partnership, consortium, or joint venture (when established as a separate entity). The term does not include Federal agencies. Report—Form MMS–2014, Report of Sales and Royalty Remittance. RIK—Royalty in kind. (b) General Instructions. You must make all payments to MMS electronically to the extent it is cost effective and practical. If you pay money to MMS or to an Indian tribe or allottee, you must follow these procedures: (1) If MMS instructs you to use EFT, you must use EFT for all payments to MMS and/or a tribe. (2) Contact MMS before using EFT. MMS will provide you with EFT payment instructions. (3) Separate any payments on a Federal lease from any payments on an Indian lease. (4) If you are not required to use EFT, use one of the following types of payment documents. MMS prefers that you use these payment documents in the order presented: (i) Commercial check drawn on a solvent bank; (ii) Certified check; (iii) Cashier's check; (iv) Money order; (v) Bank draft drawn on a solvent bank; or (vi) Federal Reserve check. (5) You must include your payor code on all payments. (6) You must pay in U.S. dollars. (c) How to complete a non-EFT payment. (1) Make any payment on a Federal lease payable to: “Department of the Interior-Minerals Management Service” or “DOI-MMS.” (2) For an Indian allottee payment, send a separate payment for each Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) agency or area office represented by the leases on your report or invoice document. You must include the name of the applicable BIA agency or area office on your payment. Make your payment document payable to: “Department of the Interior-Minerals Management Service for BIA [Name] Agency (allotted)” or “DOI-MMS for BIA [Name] Agency (allotted).” (3) For an Indian tribal payment other than a lockbox payment, send a separate payment for each tribe represented by the leases on your report or invoice document. You must include the name of the Indian tribe on your payment. Make it payable to: “Department of the Interior-Minerals Management Service for BIA [Name of Tribe]” or “DOI-MMS for BIA [Name of Tribe].” (4) For an Indian tribal lockbox payment, follow the instructions MMS provides you on how to report and make the lockbox payment. These instructions are specific to each tribe's lockbox written agreement with the bank authorized to receive payments on the tribe's mineral leases. You will receive these instructions from MMS when you are required to use a tribal lockbox for reports and payments. (d) Where to send a non-EFT payment when you use the U.S. Postal Service. (1) For a payment to an Indian tribal lockbox, send your payment to the appropriate tribal lockbox address. (2) For a Federal nonproducing lease rental or deferred bonus payment, send it to:
Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue Management, P.O. Box 5640, Denver, CO 80217–5640. (3) For all other Federal and Indian lease payments other than those going to an Indian tribal lockbox, send them to:
Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue Management, P.O. Box 5810, Denver, CO 80217–5810. (e) Where to send a non-EFT payment when you use a courier or overnight delivery service. You should send this type of payment to:
Minerals Management Service, Minerals Revenue Management, Building 85, Denver Federal Center, Room A–614, Denver, CO 80225–0165. (f) How to prepare and what to include on your payment document. (1) For Form MMS–2014 payments, you must include both your payor code (block 2) and your payor-assigned document number (block 3a). (2) For invoice payments, including RIK invoice payments, you must include both your payor code and invoice document identification (four-letter prefix and eight-digit number). (3) For bonus payments: (i) For one-fifth bonus payments for offshore oil, gas, and sulphur leases, follow the instructions in the Notice of Lease Offering. (ii) For payment of the four-fifths bonus for an offshore lease, use EFT and follow the instructions in §218.155(c). (iii) For the successful bidder's bonus in the competitive sale of a coal, geothermal, or offshore mineral (other than oil, gas or sulfur) lease, follow the instructions and terms of the Notice of Competitive Lease Sale. (iv) For installment payments of deferred bonuses, you must use EFT. (4) If you are paying a lease rental you must: (i) See 30 CFR 218.155(c) for instructions on how to pay first-year rentals of an offshore oil, gas, or sulfur lease; (ii) See the Notice of Lease Offering for instructions on how to pay first-year rentals other than those covered in paragraph (f)(4)(i) of this section. (iii) Include the MMS Courtesy Notice, when provided, or write your payor code and government-assigned lease number on the payment document when paying a rental that is not reported on Form MMS–2014 and not paid by EFT. (g) When is a payment to MMS due? (1) All payments are due to MMS at the time law, regulation, or lease terms require unless MMS approves a change according to part 243 of this chapter. If you file an appeal, and the requirement to submit payment is suspended, the original payment due date for purposes such as calculating late payment interest is not changed. (2) If you use the U.S. Postal Service, courier, or overnight mail to send your payment, it is due at the MMS addresses in paragraphs (d) and (e) of this section before 4 p.m. Mountain Time on the due date, regardless of when you sent it. (3) If you use EFT to send your payment, it is due in the MMS account by the payment due date. You are responsible for your actions or your bank's actions that cause a late or incorrect payment. You will not be held responsible for mechanical or system failures of EFT payments. (h) What happens if payments are late or overdue? (1) If MMS receives your payment late, MMS will impose a late-payment interest charge under 30 CFR 218.54. (2) If you do not pay an amount you owe, MMS may assess civil penalties under part 241 of this chapter or other applicable regulations. [62 FR 19498, Apr. 22, 1997, as amended at 66 FR 45773, Aug. 30, 2001; 67 FR 19112, Apr. 18, 2002]
Title 30: Mineral Resources
PART 218—COLLECTION OF ROYALTIES, RENTALS, BONUSES AND OTHER MONIES DUE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Subpart B—Oil and Gas, General
§ 218.51 How to make payments.
