For Integrated Consent to Establish applications, one year fee may be retained and the rest refunded as per reference cited. For renewal of integrated Consent to establish application, one year fee of the received application may be retained and the rest refunded. For integrated consent to operate applications where consent to establish has been obtained, one year fee may be retained and the rest refunded in case the project is dropped before commencement of production. No refund need be made in case the project is dropped after commencement of production. No refund need be made in case of renewal applications for Consent to Operate.