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Release: #3158
Date: October 19, 2004
 

States earn $1.24 billion in FY ’04 mineral revenues

DENVER -- More than $1.24 billion was distributed to 36 states during Fiscal Year 2004 as part of their share of federal revenues collected by the Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service (MMS).

The $1,248,693,178 distributed to states during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30 compares with Fiscal Year 2003 payments to states that totaled $1,019,980,807.

“These revenues can be crucial to states where energy production occurs,” said Johnnie Burton, Director of the Minerals Management Service.  “In many cases,” she said, “states share their revenues with individual counties and the money is used for a variety of local needs ranging from school funding to infrastructure improvements.”

The $1.24 billion distributed through September of this 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 state waters boundary.

During Fiscal Year 2004, the state of Wyoming again led all states by receiving more than $564 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 $364 million, while $80.5 million was received by the state of Colorado.  Other states sharing revenues included Utah with more than $69 million; Louisiana with more than $39 million; Montana at $30.2 million; California with more than $28.9 million; and Texas, which received more than $15 million in Fiscal Year 2004.

MMS is the federal agency responsible for collecting, auditing and disbursing revenues associated with mineral leases on federal and American Indian lands.  Disbursements are made to states on a monthly basis as royalties, rents, bonuses and other revenues are collected by MMS.

A state is entitled to a share of the mineral revenues collected from federal lands located within that state’s boundaries.  Most states receive 50 percent of the revenue collected from leases on onshore federal land, while the other 50 percent goes to various funds of the U. S. Treasury, including the Reclamation Fund for water projects.  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 MMS are deposited in various accounts of the U.S. Treasury, with the majority of those revenues going to the General Fund.

Since its creation in 1982, MMS has collected and distributed approximately $143 billion to federal, state and American Indian accounts.  MMS is one of the largest annual contributors to the U.S. Treasury. 

States receiving revenues during Fiscal Year 2004 include:

Alabama

$14,316,127

Alaska 

$17,543,935

Arizona           

$152,314

Arkansas

$2,365,308

California

                              $28,931,791 

Colorado

$80,531,107

Florida

$24,956

Idaho

$2,172,061

Illinois  

$113,909

Indiana                        

$59

Kansas                        

$1,519,882

Kentucky                    

$90,388

Louisiana

$39,621,446

Michigan

$405,314

Minnesota

$11,185

Mississippi                   

Missouri                      

Montana                      

Nebraska                    

Nevada                       

New Mexico               

North Carolina

North Dakota              

Ohio                            

Oklahoma                   

Oregon                        

$1,165,829

$711,805

$30,294,623

$20,027

$2,651,062

$364,957,736

$119

$6,155,005

$350,454

$4,756,477

$11,470

Pennsylvania                

South Carolina 

South Dakota              

Tennessee

Texas                          

$27,852

$102

$473,553

$99

$15,212,841

Utah

$69,013,576

Virginia

Washington

$21,774

$472,266

West Virginia

$264,172

Wyoming

 

Total:

$564,332,554

 

$1,248,693,178

 
Relevant Web Sites:
  
MMS Main Website

Media Contacts:
   Patrick Etchart   (303) 231-3162
   Nicolette Nye     (202) 208-3985

 

MMS: Securing Ocean Energy & Economic Value for America
U.S. Department of the Interior

 


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Last Updated: 10/19/2004, 12:01 PM Central Time