Title 11 . Natural Resources

Chapter 86 . (No Regulations Filed)

Section 769. Production royalty payments and returns

11 AAC 86.769. Production royalty payments and returns

(a) Production royalty returns must be prepared and submitted on forms available from the division. Completed returns and payments must be submitted to the department office in Anchorage or Fairbanks.

(b) Production royalty returns must be filed for each year after 1989 in which production occurs, or minerals produced from state land are sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of; returns are not otherwise required.

(c) Production royalty returns and payments are due every year on May 1 for the preceding calendar year.

(d) Upon written request, the division may grant an extension of time to file a production royalty return and to pay the royalty payment. The written request must be received by the division no later than 10 days before the due date set in (c) of this section. The written request must include a complete statement of the reasons for the request. An extension of time may not exceed 120 days. Interest accrues on the unpaid balance of a royalty payment during the term of an extension.

History: Eff. 7/26/91, Register 119; am 8/26/98, Register 147; am 1/19/2002, Register 161

Authority: AS 38.05.212

Editor's note: The mailing and geographic addresses for submission of production royalty returns described in 11 AAC 86.769(a) are the following: for Anchorage: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land and Water, 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 900, Robert B. Atwood Building, Anchorage, Alaska 99501; for Fairbanks: State of Alaska, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mining, Land and Water, 3700 Airport Way, Fairbanks, Alaska 99709.