Payment | Amount | Due date | Payment mechanism | Section reference | |
Initial payments for leases | |||||
(1) If your lease is issued competitively | Bid Deposit | As set in Final Sale Notice/depends on bid | With bid | Pay.gov | § 585.501 . |
Bonus Balance | Within 10 business days of receiving the unsigned lease | 30 CFR 1218.51 | § 585.225 . | ||
(2) If your lease is issued non-competitively | Acquisition Fee | $0.25 per acre, unless otherwise set by the Director | With application | Pay.gov | § 585.502 . |
(3) All leases | Initial Rent | $3 per acre per year | Within 45 calendar days after receiving your copy of the executed lease from BOEM | Pay.gov | § 585.503 . |
Subsequent payments for leases and project easements | |||||
(4) All leases | Subsequent Rent, unless otherwise provided in the terms of the lease | $3 per acre per year | Annually | 30 CFR 1218.51 | §§ 585.503 and 585.504 . |
(5) If you have a project easement | Rent, unless otherwise provided in the terms of the grant | Greater of $5 per acre per year or $450 per year | Upon COP or GAP approval, then annually | 30 CFR 1218.51 | § 585.507 . |
(6) If your commercial lease is producing | Operating Fee | Determined by the formula in § 585.506 | Annually | 30 CFR 1218.51 | § 585.506 . |
Payments for ROW grants and RUE grants1 | |||||
(7) All ROW grants and RUE grants | Initial Rent | Greater of $5 per acre per year or $450 per year, unless otherwise established in the grant | Grant execution | Pay.gov | § 585.508 . |
Subsequent Rent | Annually or in 5-year batches | 30 CFR 1218.51 |
1 There is no acquisition fee for ROW grants or RUE grants.
30 C.F.R. §585.500