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30 CFR §1243.7

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If you assume an appellant's responsibility to post a bond or other surety instrument or demonstrate financial solvency under § 1243.5, you:
  1. (a)Must notify ONRR in writing at the address specified in § 1243.200(a) that you are assuming the appellant's responsibility under this part;
  2. (b)May not assert that you are not otherwise liable for royalties or other payments under 30 U.S.C. 1712(a), or any other theory, as a defense if ONRR calls your bond or requires you to pay based on your demonstration of financial solvency; and
  3. (c)May end your voluntarily-assumed responsibility for posting a bond or other surety instrument only after the appellant under this part either:
    1. (1)Pays or posts a bond or other surety instrument; or
    2. (2)Demonstrates financial solvency.