[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: 43CFR3000.12]



[Page 328-329]

 

                    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.  3000.12  What is the fee schedule for fixed fees?



    (a) The table in this section shows the fixed fees that you must pay 

to BLM for the services listed for Fiscal Year 2006. These fees are 

nonrefundable and must be included with documents you file under this 

chapter. Fees will be adjusted annually according to the change in the 

Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Domestic Product (IPD-GDP) by way of 

publication of a final rule in the Federal Register, and will 

subsequently be posted on the BLM Web site (http://www.blm.gov) before 

October 1 each year. Revised fees are effective each year on October 1.



                      FY 2006 Processing Fee Table

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              Document/action                            Fee

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Oil and Gas (Parts 3100, 3110, 3120,

 3130):

    Noncompetitive lease application......  $335

    Competitive lease application.........  130

    Assignment and transfer...............  75

    Overriding royalty transfer, payment    10

     out of production.

    Name change, corporate merger, or       175

     transfer to heir/devisee.

    Leases consolidation..................  370

    Lease renewal or exchange.............  335

    Lease reinstatement, Class I..........  65

    Leasing under right-of-way............  335

Geothermal (Part 3200):

    Noncompetitive lease application......  335

    Competitive lease application.........  130

    Assignment and transfer of record       75

     title or operating right.

    Name change, corporate merger or        175

     transfer to heir/devisee.

    Lease consolidation...................  370

    Lease reinstatement...................  65

Coal (Parts 3400, 3470):

    License to mine application...........  10

    Exploration license application.......  275

    Lease or lease interest transfer......  55

Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal

 and Oil Shale (Part 3500):

    Applications other than those listed    30

     below.

    Prospecting permit application          55

     amendment.

    Extension of prospecting permit.......  90

    Lease renewal.........................  430

Mining Law Administration (Parts 3800,

 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870)

    Notice of Location *..................  15

    Amendment of location.................  10

    Transfer of mining claim/site.........  10

    Recording an annual FLPMA filing (Sec.  10

       3835.30).

    Deferment of Assessment Work..........  90

    Mineral Patent Adjudication...........  2,520 (more than 10 claims)

                                            1,260 (10 or fewer claims)

    Adverse claim.........................  90

    Protest...............................  55

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* The existing fee for recording a mining claim or site location (43 CFR

  3833) is a total of $165. This includes the initial maintenance fee of

  $125 and one-time $30 location fee required by Statute and a $10

  service charge. The service charge would become a processing fee and

  would increase to $15 under in the final rule making the total fee

  $170.



    (b) The amount of a fixed fee is not subject to appeal to the 

Interior Board



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of Land Appeals pursuant to part 4, subpart E, of this title.



[70 FR 58873, Oct. 7, 2005]