285.500—How do I make payments under this part?
(a)
For acquisition fees or the initial 6-months rent paid for the preliminary term of your lease, you must make credit card or automated clearing house payments through the Pay.gov Web site, and you must include one copy of the Pay.gov confirmation receipt page with your unsolicited request or signed lease instrument. You may access the Pay.gov Web site through links on the MMS Offshore Web site at: http://www.mms.gov/offshore or directly through Pay.gov at: https://www.pay.gov/paygov/.
(b)
For rent during the preliminary term, subsequent to the first 6-months rent, or the site assessment term; or operating fees during the operations term, you must make your payments as required in § 218.51 of this chapter.
(c)
This table summarizes payments you must make for leases and grants, unless otherwise specified in the Final Sale Notice: