[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 43, Volume 2]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 43CFR3000.10]



[Page 327]

 

                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR

 

    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

 

PART 3000_MINERALS MANAGEMENT: GENERAL--Table of Contents

 

                          Subpart 3000_General

 

Sec.  3000.10  What do I need to know about fees in general?



    (a) Setting fees. Fees may be statutorily set fees, relatively 

nominal filing fees, or processing fees intended to reimburse BLM for 

its reasonable processing costs. For processing fees, BLM takes into 

account the factors in Section 304 (b) of the Federal Land Policy and 

Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1734(b)) before deciding a 

fee. BLM considers the factors for each type of document when the 

processing fee is a fixed fee and for each individual document when the 

fee is decided on a case-by-case basis, as explained in Sec.  3000.11.

    (b) Conditions for filing. BLM will not accept a document that you 

submit without the proper filing or processing fee amounts except for 

documents where BLM sets the fee on a case-by-case basis. Fees are not 

refundable except as provided for case-by-case fees in Sec.  3000.11. 

BLM will keep your fixed filing or processing fee as a service charge 

even if we do not approve your application or you withdraw it completely 

or partially.

    (c) Periodic adjustment. We will periodically adjust fees 

established in this subchapter according to change in the Implicit Price 

Deflator for Gross Domestic Product, which is published annually by the 

U.S. Department of Commerce for the previous year. Because the fee 

recalculations are simply based on a mathematical formula, we will 

change the fees in final rules without opportunity for notice and 

comment.

    (d) Timing of fee applicability. (1) For a document BLM receives 

before November 7, 2005, we will not charge a fixed fee or a case-by-

case fee under this subchapter for processing that document, except for 

fees applicable under then-existing regulations.

    (2) For a document BLM receives on or after November 7, 2005, you 

must include required fixed fees with documents you file, as provided in 

Sec.  3000.12(a) of this chapter, and you are subject to case-by-case 

processing fees as provided in Sec.  3000.11 of this chapter and under 

other provisions of this chapter.



[70 FR 58872, Oct. 7, 2005]