Interior Department Docket BLM-2025-0138 Final Rule

2026-10164: Revisions to Regulations Regarding Oil and Gas Leasing; Fees, Rentals, and Royalties; 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.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

379 words as published, May 21, 2026. View the original →

Federal Register, Volume 91 Issue 98 (Thursday, May 21, 2026) [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 [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2026-10164] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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: [email protected]; 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 www.regulations.gov.

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] 0

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

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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