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Release #: 3031
Date: February 17, 2004
States Receive More than $1 Billion from
Share of Federal Mineral Revenues
(WASHINGTON) - Secretary of the Interior
Gale Norton announced today that 36 states received more than $1
billion during 2003 as part of their share of federal revenues
collected by the Department’s Minerals Management Service.
The $1,096,699,888 distributed to states during
the year, was nearly 46 percent more than 2002 payments to states that
totaled $753 million.
"Responsible energy
development on public lands and offshore areas contribute greatly to
states and local governments,” Norton said. “The money enables local
governments to fund important projects for the betterment of
communities and the lives of Americans."
The nearly $1.1 billion distributed through
December of last year represents the states’ cumulative share of
revenues collected from mineral production on federal lands located
within their borders, and from federal offshore oil and gas tracts
adjacent to their shores.
“In many cases states share their revenues with
counties, which apply the money to meet needs like infrastructure
improvements and school funding,” MMS Director Johnnie Burton said.
During calendar year 2003, the state of Wyoming
again led all states by receiving more than $503 million as its share
of revenues collected from mineral production on federal lands within
its borders, including oil, gas and coal production. New Mexico’s
share was more than $318 million, while $62.7 million was received by
the state of Colorado. Other states sharing revenues included Utah
with more than $54.4 million; Louisiana with $31.5 million; Montana at
$26.9 million; and California with more than $25.3 million. (Complete
table provided below)
A state is entitled to a share of the mineral
revenues collected from federal lands located within that state’s
boundaries. For the majority of onshore federal lands, states receive
50 percent of the revenues while the other 50 percent goes to various
funds of the U.S. Treasury, including the DOI Reclamation Fund.
Alaska receives a 90 percent share as prescribed by the Alaska
Statehood Act. States may also receive appropriations from the
offshore royalty-funded Land and Water Conservation Fund to help them
with park and land acquisitions.
In addition, coastal states with producing
federal offshore tracts adjacent to their seaward boundaries receive
27 percent of those mineral royalties. Remaining offshore revenues
collected by the Minerals Management Service are deposited in various
accounts of the U.S. Treasury, with the majority of those revenues
going to the General Fund.
MMS is the federal agency in the U.S. Department
of the Interior that manages the nation's oil, natural gas, and other
mineral resources on the outer continental shelf in federal offshore
waters. The agency also collects, accounts for, and disburses mineral
revenues from Federal and American Indian lands. Between 1982 and
2003, MMS distributed more than $135 billion in revenues from onshore
and offshore lands, an average of more than $6 billion per year, to
the Nation, States and American Indians. Nearly $1 billion from those
revenues go into the Land and Water Conservation Fund annually for the
development of State and Federal park and recreation lands.
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
South Dakota
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wyoming
Total
|
$14,601,401
$13,126,183
$128,474
$4,379,518
$25,336,757
$62,703,158
$387,298
$54
$1,880,786
$100,822
$6,438
$1,928,091
$55,782
$31,561,211
$425,844
$17,427
$1,231,716
$169,832
$26,906,699
$15,125
$5,015,687
$318,768,793
$118
$5,139,095
$301,952
$3,541,950
$30,608
$22,312
$20,602
$413,977
$19,069,085
$54,443,508
$2,099
$815,708
$379,821
$503,771,957
$1,096,699,888 |
Relevant Web
Sites
MMS Main Website
Media Contacts
Hugh Vickery
202/208-6416
Curtis Carey
202/208-3985
MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for
America
U.S. Department of the Interior |