Rule2026-10164

Revisions to Regulations Regarding Oil and Gas Leasing; Fees, Rentals, and Royalties; Correction

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Published
May 21, 2026
Effective
June 29, 2026

Issuing agencies

Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau

Abstract

The Bureau of Land Management is correcting a direct final rule that appeared in the Federal Register on April 29, 2026. The document revises existing regulations pertaining to royalty on production to effectuate changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act enacted on July 4, 2025.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2026)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 29920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10164]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 3100

[Docket No. BLM-2025-0138; A2407-014-004-065516, #O2509-014-004-125222]
RIN 1004-AF41


Revisions to Regulations Regarding Oil and Gas Leasing; Fees, 
Rentals, and Royalties; Correction

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management is correcting a direct final 
rule that appeared in the Federal Register on April 29, 2026. The 
document revises existing regulations pertaining to royalty on 
production to effectuate changes required by the One Big Beautiful Bill 
Act enacted on July 4, 2025.

DATES: This correction is effective on June 29, 2026, unless 
significant adverse comments are received on the direct final rule (91 
FR 23017, April 29, 2026) by May 29, 2026. If significant adverse 
comments are received, notice will be published in the Federal Register 
before the effective date either withdrawing the rule and this 
correction or issuing a new final rule that responds to any significant 
adverse comments and withdraws this correction.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Cowan, Senior Minerals Leasing 
Specialist, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9aeaf3f9f5edfbf4daf8f6f7b4fdf5ec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66160f050911070826040a0b48010910">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>; telephone: 720-838-1641. 
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of 
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or 
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals 
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within 
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in 
the United States.
    For a summary of the final rule, please see the abstract 
description of the document in Docket Number BLM-2025-0138 on 
<a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. 2026-08280 appearing on page 
23017 in the Federal Register of Wednesday, April 29, 2026, the 
following corrections are made:


Sec.  3103.31  [Corrected]

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1. On page 23020, in the first column, in amendment 2, the section 
heading is corrected to read ``Sec.  3103.31 Royalty on production.''

Lanny E. Erdos,
Director, Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement, 
Exercising Authority of the Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals 
Management.
[FR Doc. 2026-10164 Filed 5-20-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4331-29-P


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