(b) If you meet the eligibility requirement in paragraph (a) of this section, we distribute these certified in lieu funds to you as follows:

1. (1) Starting in the Federal fiscal year that begins on October 1, 2008, we annually distribute funds to you based on 50 percent of reclamation fees received for coal produced during the previous Federal fiscal year in your State or on Indian lands within your jurisdiction;
2. (2) The funds we annually distribute to you are in lieu of moneys we otherwise would distribute to you from State share funds under § 872.14 or Tribal share funds under § 872.17 had you not been excluded from receiving those funds under section 401(f)(3)(B) of SMCRA; and

3. (3) Subject to § 872.35, we annually distribute certified in lieu funds to you as shown in the following table:

   In the Federal fiscal year(s) beginning on . . .	The amount of certified in lieu funds we annually distribute to you will be equal to . . .
   (i) October 1, 2008	25 percent of your 50 percent share of annual reclamation fee collections.
   (ii) October 1, 2009	50 percent of your 50 percent share of annual reclamation fee collections.
   (iii) October 1, 2010	75 percent of your 50 percent share of annual reclamation fee collections.
   (iv) October 1, 2011, and thereafter	100 percent of your 50 percent share of annual reclamation fee collections.