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operator of any motorized vehicle, 

whether or not the vehicle is in motion, 

is prohibited. 

b. Possession of alcohol by minors. 

The following are prohibited: 

i. Consumption or possession of any 

alcoholic beverage by a person under 21 

years of age on public lands. 

ii. Selling, offering to sell, or 

otherwise furnishing or supplying any 

alcoholic beverage to a person under 21 

years of age on public lands. 

c. Operation of a motor vehicle while 

under the influence of alcohol, 

marijuana, narcotics, or dangerous drugs 

is prohibited. 

3. Drug Paraphernalia 

a. The possession of drug 

paraphernalia is prohibited. 

4. Disorderly Conduct 

a. Disorderly conduct is prohibited. 

Disorderly conduct means that an 

individual, with the intent of recklessly 

causing public alarm, nuisance, 

jeopardy, or violence, or recklessly 

creating a risk thereof: 

i. Engages in fighting or violent 

behavior; 

ii. Uses language, an utterance or 

gesture, or engages in a display or act 

that is physically threatening or 

menacing, or is done in a manner that 

is likely to inflict injury or incite an 

immediate breach of the peace. 

iii. Obstructs, resists, or attempts to 

elude a law enforcement officer, or fails 

to follow their orders or directions. 

5. Eviction of Persons 

a. The temporary closure and 

restriction area is closed to any person 

who: 

i. Has been evicted from the event by 

the permit holder, whether or not the 

eviction was requested by the BLM; 

ii. Has been evicted from the event by 

the BLM; or 

iii. Has been ordered by a law 

enforcement officer to leave the area of 

the permitted event. 

b. Any person evicted from the event 

forfeits all privileges to be present 

within the temporary closure and 

restriction area. 

6. Motor Vehicles 

a. Motor vehicles must comply with 

the following requirements: 

i. The operator of a motor vehicle 

must possess a valid driver’s license. 

ii. Motor vehicles and trailers must 

possess evidence of valid registration. 

iii. Motor vehicle operators must 

possess evidence of valid insurance. 

iv. Motor vehicles and trailers must 

not block a street used for vehicular 

travel or a pedestrian pathway. Parking 

any off-highway vehicle in violation of 

posted restrictions; or in such a manner 

as to obstruct or impede normal or 

emergency traffic movement or the 

parking of other vehicles; creating a 

safety hazard; or endangering any 

person, property, or feature is 

prohibited. Vehicles parked in violation 

are subject to citation, removal, and/or 

impoundment at the owner’s expense. 

v. Motor vehicles must not exceed the 

posted speed limit. 

vi. Operating a vehicle through, 

around, or beyond a restrictive sign, 

barricade, fence, or traffic control barrier 

or device is prohibited. 

vii. Failure to obey any person 

authorized to direct traffic or control 

access to event area including law 

enforcement officers, BLM officials, and 

designated race officials is prohibited. 

b. The temporary closure area is 

closed to motor vehicle use, except as 

provided below. Motor vehicles may be 

operated within the temporary closure 

area under the circumstances listed 

below: 

i. Race participants and support 

vehicles on designated routes; 

ii. BLM, medical, law enforcement, 

and firefighting vehicles are authorized 

at all times; 

iii. Vehicles operated by the permit 

holder’s staff or contractors and 

volunteers are authorized at all times. 

These vehicles must display evidence of 

event registration at all times in such 

manner that it is visible to the front of 

the vehicle while the vehicle is in 

motion. 

7. Public Camping 

a. The temporary closure and 

restriction area is closed to public 

camping with the following exceptions: 

i. The permitted event’s spectators, 

who are camped in designated spectator 

areas, as marked by protective fencing, 

barriers, and informational signage 

provided by the permit holder; 

ii. The permit holder’s authorized 

staff, contractors, and BLM-authorized 

event managers. 

b. Spectator area site reservations, 

denying other visitors or parties from 

utilizing unoccupied portions of the 

spectator area by marking with flags, 

tape, posts, cones, etc., is prohibited. 

Vehicles and trailers may not be left 

unattended for over 72 hours. 

c. Allowing any pet or other animal to 

be unrestrained is prohibited. All pets 

must be restrained by a leash of not 

more than six feet in length. 

d. Failure to observe restricted area 

quiet hours of midnight to 6 a.m. is 

prohibited. 

8. Weapons 

a. Discharging or use of firearms or 

other weapons is prohibited. 

b. The prohibition above shall not 

apply to county, state, tribal and Federal 

law enforcement personnel who are 

working in their official capacity at the 

event. 

9. Race Course Closure 

a. The designated race course as 

shown in the Lake Havasu Field Office 

approved RMP and Decision Record is 

closed to public entry during the 

temporary closure. 

b. The temporary closure area is 

closed to use by members of the public 

with the following exceptions: 

i. The person is an employee or 

authorized volunteer with the BLM, a 

law enforcement officer, emergency 

medical service provider, fire protection 

provider, or another public agency 

employee working at and assigned to 

the event; 

ii. The person is working at or 

attending the event directly on behalf of 

the permit holder. 

c. Failure to obey any official sign 

posted by the BLM, law enforcement, La 

Paz County, or the permit holder is 

prohibited. 

Enforcement: Any person who 

violates these closures or restrictions 

may be tried before a United States 

magistrate and fined in accordance with 

18 U.S.C. 3571, imprisoned no more 

than 12 months under 43 U.S.C. 1733(a) 

and 43 CFR 8360.0–7, or both. In 

accordance with 43 CFR 8365.1–7, state 

or local officials may also impose 

penalties for violations of Arizona law. 

A complete list of laws and regulations 

applicable to public lands in Arizona 

may be viewed at: http://

www.azd.uscourts.gov/sites/default/ 

files/general-orders/19-14.pdf. 

(Authority: 43 CFR 8364.1) 

Jason West, 

Field Manager. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–32–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Office of Natural Resources Revenue 

[Docket No. ONRR–2011–0002; DS63644000 

DRT000000.CH7000 201D1113RT] 

States’ Decisions on Participating in 

Accounting and Auditing Relief for 

Federal Oil and Gas Marginal 

Properties 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Office 

of Natural Resources Revenue, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 


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SUMMARY: Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue (ONRR) regulations provide 

two types of accounting and auditing 

relief for Federal onshore or Outer 

Continental Shelf lease production from 

marginal properties. Each year, ONRR 

provides a list of qualifying marginal 

Federal oil and gas properties to States 

that receive a portion of Federal 

royalties from those properties. Each 

State then decides whether to 

participate in relief, and if so, whether 

to allow one or both relief options. For 

calendar year 2020, ONRR provides this 

notice of the affected States’ decision 

regarding whether relief should be 

allowed and, if so, which type of relief 

will be allowed. 

DATES: Effective January 1, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Robert Sudar, Market and Spatial 

Analytics, Coordination, Enforcement, 

Valuations, and Appeals Division, 

ONRR, at (303) 231–3511; or email to 

Robert.Sudar@onrr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

regulations, codified under 30 CFR part 

1204, subpart C, implement certain 

provisions of section 7 of the Federal 

Oil and Gas Royalty Simplification and 

Fairness Act of 1996 (30 U.S.C. 1726), 

which allows States to relieve the 

lessees of marginal properties from 

certain reporting, accounting, and 

auditing requirements. Each State makes 

an annual determination as to whether 

to allow relief, and if so, what types. 

Two relief options are authorized: (1) 

Notification-based royalty report and 

payment relief which, if selected, allows 

lessees or designees to forgo filing 

monthly reports and making monthly 

royalty payments and, instead, to file 

one annual royalty report and make one 

annual royalty payment, and (2) other 

requested appropriate accounting and 

auditing relief, as proposed by lessees or 

designees and approved by ONRR, after 

consultation with the affected State(s). 

The regulations require ONRR to 

publish, no later than 30 days before the 

beginning of the calendar year, a list of 

the States and their decisions regarding 

marginal property relief. 

To qualify for the first relief option 

(notification-based relief) for calendar 

year 2021, properties must produce less 

than 1,000 barrels-of-oil-equivalent 

(BOE) per year for the base period (July 

1, 2019 through June 30, 2020). Annual 

reporting relief will begin January 1, 

2021, with the annual report and royalty 

payment due February 28, 2022, or 

March 31, 2022, if you have an 

estimated payment on file. To qualify 

for the second relief option (other 

requested relief), the combined 

equivalent production of the marginal 

properties during the base period must 

equal an average daily well production 

of less than 15 BOE per well per day, 

as calculated under 30 CFR 1204.4(c). 

The following table lists the States 

with qualifying marginal properties and 

each State’s decision as to the relief 

options it will allow in calendar year 

2021. An ‘‘N/A’’ means that the State 

did not provide ONRR its decision and, 

accordingly, no relief will be allowed to 

lessees in that State. 

State Notification-based relief 

(less than 1,000 BOE per year) 

Request-based relief 

(less than 15 BOE per well per day) 

Alabama ............................................................. No ..................................................................... No. 

Arkansas ............................................................. N/A ................................................................... Yes. 

California ............................................................ No ..................................................................... No. 

Colorado ............................................................. No ..................................................................... No. 

Kansas ................................................................ No ..................................................................... No. 

Louisiana ............................................................ Yes ................................................................... Yes. 

Michigan ............................................................. Yes ................................................................... Yes. 

Mississippi .......................................................... No ..................................................................... No. 

Montana .............................................................. No ..................................................................... No. 

Nebraska ............................................................ N/A ................................................................... No. 

Nevada ............................................................... N/A ................................................................... Yes. 

New Mexico ........................................................ No ..................................................................... Yes. 

North Dakota ...................................................... N/A ................................................................... Yes. 

Oklahoma ........................................................... No ..................................................................... No. 

South Dakota ...................................................... Yes ................................................................... Yes. 

Utah .................................................................... No ..................................................................... No. 

Wyoming ............................................................. Yes ................................................................... No 

A Federal oil and gas property located 

in a State where ONRR does not share 

a portion of Federal royalties with the 

State is eligible for relief if the property 

qualifies as marginal under 30 U.S.C. 

1726(c). For information on how to 

obtain relief, please refer to 30 CFR 

1204.205, viewable at https://

www.ecfr.gov/. 

Unless the information ONRR 

receives is proprietary data, all 

correspondence, records, or information 

that ONRR receives in response to this 

notice may be subject to disclosure 

under the Freedom of Information Act 

(FOIA) (5 U.S.C. 552 et seq.). If 

applicable, please highlight any 

proprietary portions, including any 

supporting documentation, or mark the 

page(s) containing proprietary data. We 

protect proprietary information under 

the Trade Secrets Act (18 U.S.C. 1905), 

FOIA Exemption 4 (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4)), 

and the Department of the Interior’s 

FOIA regulations (43 CFR part 2). 

Authority: Federal Oil and Gas Royalty 

Management Act of 1982, 30 U.S.C. 1701 et 

seq., as amended by Federal Oil and Gas 

Royalty Simplification and Fairness Act of 

1996 (RSFA, Pub. L. 104–185—Aug. 13, 

1996, as corrected by Pub. L. 104–200—Sept. 

22, 1996). 

Kimbra G. Davis, 

Director for the Office of Natural Resources 

Revenue. 

[States’ Decisions on Participating in 

Accounting and Auditing Relief for 

Federal Oil and Gas Marginal 

Properties] 

[FR Doc. 2020–27267 Filed 12–10–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4335–30–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

[RR83550000, 212R5065C6, 

RX.59389832.1009676] 

Change in Discount Rate for Water 

Resources Planning 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of change in discount 

rate. 


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