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U.S. STATES EYE ROLE IN COLLECTING FEDERAL ROYALTY

07/03/1995
U.S. producing states are drafting a plan that would let them assume the Minerals Management Service's royalty collection functions. The plan is a counteroffer to the Interior Department's proposal to abolish MMS and let 38 producing states and 29 Indian tribes collect royalties (OGJ, Apr. 3, p. 38). After subtracting 25% of collection costs, MMS gives 50% of royalties to states where federal leases are located. Under the producing states' proposal, royalties and costs would be split evenly. Interior also proposed moving the Bureau of Land Management's lease inspection functions to states and tribes. MM...
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