Summary: This proposed rule would amend 30 CFR parts 260 and 203 to conform the regulations to the decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in Santa Fe Snyder Corp., et al. v. Norton (the Decision). That decision found that certain provisions of the MMS regulations interpreting section 304 of the Deep Water Royalty Relief Act are contrary to the requirements of the statute.

All the links below are Adobe's PDF files. This page contains the public comments on this proposed rule received from:

	Citizen Terry Holland January 3, 2008
	NOIA Kim Harb February 12, 2008
	API Eric G. Milito February 19, 2008
	Citizen B. Sachau Chevron
	J. Keith Couvillion February 19, 2008
	Citizen R. Kirk

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