[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55678-55683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22885]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Parts 3000, 3910, and 3930

[L13100000 PP0000 LLWO310000; L1990000 PO0000 LLWO320000]
RIN 1004-AE18


Minerals Management: Adjustment of Cost Recovery Fees

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule amends the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 
mineral resources regulations to update some fees that cover the BLM's 
cost of processing certain documents relating to its mineral programs 
and some filing fees for mineral-related documents. These updates 
include fees for actions such as lease renewals and mineral patent 
adjudications. This rule also moves the oil shale cost recovery fee 
amounts from the rule text to the general cost recovery fee table so 
that mineral cost recovery fees can be found in one location.

DATES: This final rule is effective October 1, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steve Salzman, Chief, Division of 
Fluid Minerals, (202) 912-7143, or Faith Bremner, Regulatory Affairs 
Analyst, (202) 912-7441. Persons who use a telecommunications device 
for the deaf (TDD) may leave a message for these individuals with the 
Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a 
day, 7 days a week.

ADDRESSES: You may send inquiries or suggestions to Director (630), 
Bureau of Land Management, MS-LS 401, 1849 C Street, NW., Washington, 
DC 20240; Attention: RIN 1004-AE18.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

    The BLM has specific authority to charge fees for processing 
applications and other documents relating to public lands under section 
304 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA), 43 
U.S.C. 1734. In 2005, the BLM published a final cost recovery rule (70 
FR 58854) establishing or revising certain fees and service charges, 
and establishing the method it would use to adjust those fees and 
service charges on an annual basis.
    At 43 CFR 3000.12(a), the regulations provide that the BLM will 
annually adjust fees established in Subchapter C according to changes 
in the Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Domestic Product (IPD-GDP), 
which is published quarterly by the U.S. Department of Commerce. See 
also 43 CFR 3000.10. Because the fee recalculations are simply based on 
a mathematical formula, we have changed the fees in this final rule 
without providing opportunity for notice and comment. This final rule 
will allow the BLM to update these fees and service charges by October 
1 of this year, as required by the 2005 regulation. The public had an 
opportunity to comment on this procedure during the comment period on 
the original cost recovery rule, and this new rule simply administers 
the procedure set forth in those regulations. The Department of the 
Interior, therefore, for good cause finds under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 
(d)(3) that notice and public comment procedures are unnecessary and 
that the rule may be effective less than 30 days after publication.

II. Discussion of Final Rule

    The BLM publishes a fee update rule each year, which becomes 
effective on October 1 of that year. The fee updates are based on the 
IPD-GDP for the 4th Quarter of the preceding calendar year. The BLM's 
most recent fee update rule became effective on October 1, 2009, 74 FR 
49330 (Sept. 28, 2009), based on the IPD-GDP for the 4th Quarter of 
2008. This fee update rule is based on the IPD-GDP for the 4th Quarter 
of 2009, thus reflecting the rate of inflation over the four calendar 
quarters since the 4th Quarter of 2008.
    The fee is calculated by applying the IPD-GDP to the base value 
from the previous year's rule. This results in an updated base value. 
This updated base value is then rounded to the closest multiple of $5, 
or to the nearest cent for fees under $1, to establish the new fee.
    Under this rule, 44 fees will remain the same, and 4 fees will 
increase, as follows:
    (A) The Geothermal Program's lands nomination fee will increase 
from plus 10 cents per acre to plus 11 cents per acre;
    (B) The Solid Minerals (other than Coal and Oil Shale) Program's 
lease renewal fee will increase from $480 to $485;
    (C) The Mining Law Administration Program's fee for mineral patent 
adjudication of more than 10 claims will increase from $2,820 to 
$2,840; and
    (D) The Mining Law Administration Program's fee for mineral patent 
adjudication of 10 or fewer claims will increase from $1,410 to $1,420.
    In this rule we also moved the cost recovery fees for the oil shale 
program into the Processing and Filing Fee Table at 43 CFR 3000.12. We 
added a reference to the f ee table in the relevant sections of the 
rule text at 43 CFR sections 3910.31, 3933.20, and 3933.31. This is an 
administrative revision for the convenience of the reader and has no 
substantive effect.
    The calculations that resulted in the new fees are included in the 
table below.

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                                          Fixed Cost Recovery Fees FY11
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                                   Existing fee   Existing value      IPD-GDP
         Document/Action                \1\             \2\        increase \3\    New value \4\    New fee \5\
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                                 Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150)
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Noncompetitive lease application           $ 375        $ 374.68          $ 2.55        $ 377.23           $ 375
Competitive lease application...             145          145.40            0.99          146.39             145
Assignment and transfer of                    85           83.88            0.57           84.45              85
 record title or operating
 rights.........................
Overriding royalty transfer,                  10           11.18            0.08           11.26              10
 payment out of production......
Name change, corporate merger or             195          195.72            1.33          197.05             195
 transfer to heir/devisee.......
Lease consolidation.............             415          413.82            2.81          416.63             415
Lease renewal or exchange.......             375          374.68            2.55          377.23             375
Lease reinstatement, Class I....              75           72.69            0.49           73.18              75
Leasing under right-of-way......             375          374.68            2.55          377.23             375
Geophysical exploration permit                25  ..............  ..............  ..............            25 6
 application--Alaska............
Renewal of exploration permit--               25  ..............  ..............  ..............            25 7
 Alaska.........................
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                                              Geothermal (part 3200)
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 Noncompetitive lease                        375          374.68            2.55          377.23             375
 application....................
Competitive lease application...             145          145.40            0.99          146.39             145
Assignment and transfer of                    85           83.88            0.57           84.45              85
 record title or operating
 rights.........................
Name change, corporate merger or             195          195.72            1.33          197.05             195
 transfer to heir/devisee.......
Lease consolidation.............             415          413.82            2.81          416.63             415
Lease reinstatement.............              75           72.69            0.49           73.18              75
Nomination of lands.............             105          104.69            0.71          105.40             105
    plus per acre nomination fee            0.10         0.10469         0.00071         0.10540            0.11
Site license application........              55           55.92            0.38           56.30              55
Assignment or transfer of site                55           55.92            0.38           56.30              55
 license........................
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                                             Coal (parts 3400, 3470)
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License to mine application.....              10           11.18            0.08           11.26              10
Exploration license application.             310          307.57            2.09          309.66             310
Lease or lease interest transfer              60           61.52            0.42           61.94              60
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                   Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500, 3580)
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Applications other than those                 35           33.55            0.23           33.78              35
 listed below...................
Prospecting permit application                60           61.52            0.42           61.94              60
 amendment......................
Extension of prospecting permit.             100          100.66            0.68          101.34             100
Lease modification or fringe                  30           27.97            0.19           28.16              30
 acreage lease..................
Lease renewal...................             480          480.93            3.27          484.20             485
Assignment, sublease, or                      30           27.97            0.19           28.16              30
 transfer of operating rights...
Transfer of overriding royalty..              30           27.97            0.19           28.16              30
Use permit......................              30           27.97            0.19           28.16              30
Shasta and Trinity hardrock                   30           27.97            0.19           28.16              30
 mineral lease..................
Renewal of existing sand and                  30           27.97            0.19           28.16              30
 gravel lease in Nevada.........
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                                        Multiple Use; Mining (part 3700)
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Notice of protest of placer                   10           11.18            0.08           11.26              10
 mining operations..............
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                      Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870)
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Application to open lands to                  10           11.18            0.08           11.26              10
 location.......................
Notice of location..............              15           16.77            0.11           16.88              15
Amendment of location...........              10           11.18            0.08           11.26              10
Transfer of mining claim/site...              10           11.18            0.08           11.26              10
Recording an annual FLPMA filing              10           11.18            0.08           11.26              10
Deferment of assessment work....             100          100.66            0.68          101.34             100
Recording a notice of intent to               30           27.97            0.19           28.16              30
 locate mining claims on
 Stockraising Homestead Act
 lands..........................
Mineral patent adjudication:
    (more than 10 claims).......           2,820        2,818.47           19.17        2,837.64           2,840
     (10 or fewer claims).......           1,410        1,409.23            9.58        1,418.81           1,420
Adverse claim...................             100          100.66            0.68          101.34             100
Protest.........................              60           61.52            0.42           61.94              60
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                                  Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930)
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Exploration license application.             295             295            2.01          297.01             295

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Application for assignment or                 60              60            0.41           60.41             60
 sublease of record title or
 overriding royalty.............
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Source for Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Domestic Product data: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
  Economic Analysis.
\1\ The Existing Fee was established by the 2009 (Fiscal Year 2010) cost recovery fee update rule published
  September 28, 2009 (74 FR 49330), effective October 1, 2009.
\2\ The Existing Value is the figure from the New Value column in the previous year's rule. In the case of fees
  that were not in the table the previous year, or that had no figure in the New Value column the previous year,
  the Existing Value is the same as the Existing Fee.
\3\ From 4th Quarter 2008 to 4th Quarter 2009, the IPD-GDP increased by 0.68 percent. The value in the IPD-GDP
  Increase column is 0.68 percent of the Existing Value.
\4\ The sum of the Existing Value and the IPD-GDP Increase is the New Value.
\5\ The New Fee for 2011 is the New Value rounded to the nearest $5 for values equal to or greater than $1, or
  to the nearest penny for values under $1.
\6\ Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109-58) directed in subsection (i) that ``the
  Secretary shall not implement a rulemaking that would enable an increase in fees to recover additional costs
  related to processing drilling-related permit applications and use authorizations.'' In the 2005 cost recovery
  rule, the BLM interpreted this prohibition to apply to geophysical exploration permits. 70 FR 58854--58855.
  While the $25 fees for geophysical exploration permit applications for Alaska and renewals of exploration
  permits for Alaska pre-dated the 2005 cost recovery rule and were not affected by the Energy Policy Act
  prohibition, we interpret the provision quoted as prohibiting us from increasing this $25 fee.
\7\ We interpret the Energy Policy Act prohibition discussed in footnote 6, above, as prohibiting us from
  increasing this $25 fee, as well.

III. How Fees Are Adjusted

    Each year, the figures in the Existing Value column in the table 
above, not those in the Existing Fee column, are used as the basis for 
calculating the adjustment to these fees. The Existing Value is the 
figure from the New Value column in the previous year's rule. In the 
case of fees that were not in the table the previous year, or that had 
no figure in the New Value column the previous year, the Existing Value 
is the same as the Existing Fee. Because in setting the fees, values 
are rounded to the nearest $5, or the nearest penny for fees under $1, 
adjustments based on the figures in the Existing Fee column would lead 
to significantly over-or-under-valued fees over time. Fee adjustments 
are made by multiplying the annual change in the IPD-GDP by the figure 
in the Existing Value column. This calculation defines a new value for 
this year, which is then rounded to the nearest $5, or the nearest 
penny for fees under $1, to establish the new fee.

IV. Procedural Matters

Regulatory Planning and Review (Executive Order 12866)

    This document is not a significant rule and the Office of 
Management and Budget has not reviewed this rule under Executive Order 
12866.
    The BLM has determined that the rule will not have an annual effect 
on the economy of $100 million or more. It will not adversely affect in 
a material way the economy, a sector of the economy, productivity, 
competition, jobs, the environment, public health or safety, or State, 
local, or Tribal governments or communities. The changes in today's 
rule are much smaller than those in the 2005 final rule, which did not 
approach the threshold in Executive Order 12866. For instructions on 
how to view a copy of the analysis prepared in conjunction with the 
2005 final rule, please contact one of the persons listed in the FOR 
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section, above.
    This rule will not create inconsistencies or otherwise interfere 
with an action taken or planned by another agency. This rule does not 
change the relationships of the onshore minerals programs with other 
agencies' actions. These relationships are included in agreements and 
memoranda of understanding that would not change with this rule.
    In addition, this final rule does not materially affect the 
budgetary impact of entitlements, grants, or loan programs, or the 
rights and obligations of their recipients. This rule does apply an 
inflation factor that increases a handful of existing user fees for 
processing documents associated with the onshore minerals programs. 
However, most of these fee increases are less than 1 percent and none 
of the increases materially affects the budgetary impact of user fees.
    Finally, this rule will not raise novel legal issues. As explained 
above, this rule simply implements an annual process to account for 
inflation that was proposed and explained in the 2005 cost recovery 
rule.

The Regulatory Flexibility Act

    This final rule will not have a significant economic effect on a 
substantial number of small entities as defined under the Regulatory 
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). A Regulatory Flexibility 
Analysis is not required. Accordingly, a Small Entity Compliance Guide 
is not required. For the purposes of this section, a small entity is 
defined by the Small Business Administration (SBA) for mining (broadly 
inclusive of metal mining, coal mining, oil and gas extraction, and the 
mining and quarrying of nonmetallic minerals) as an individual, limited 
partnership, or small company considered to be at arm's length from the 
control of any parent companies, with fewer than 500 employees. The SBA 
defines a small entity differently, however, for leasing Federal land 
for coal mining. A coal lessee is a small entity if it employs not more 
than 250 people, including people working for its affiliates.
    The SBA would consider many, if not most, of the operators the BLM 
works with in the onshore minerals programs to be small entities. The 
BLM notes that this final rule does not affect service industries, for 
which the SBA has a different definition of ``small entity.''
    The final rule will not affect a large number of small entities 
since only four fees for activities on public lands will be increased. 
We have concluded that the effects will not be significant. Only 4 out 
of 48 fees will be adjusted upward, and most of the fixed fee increases 
will be less than 1 percent as a result of this final rule. For the 
2005 final rule, the BLM completed a threshold analysis which is 
available for public review in the administrative record for that rule. 
(For instructions on how to view a copy of that analysis, please 
contact one of the persons listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION 
CONTACT section, above.) The analysis for the 2005 rule concluded that 
the fees would not have a significant economic effect on a substantial 
number of small entities. The fee increases implemented in today's rule 
are substantially smaller than those provided for in the 2005 rule.

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The Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act

    This final rule is not a ``major rule'' as defined at 5 U.S.C. 
804(2). The final rule will not have an annual effect on the economy 
greater than $100 million; it will not result in major cost or price 
increases for consumers, industries, government agencies, or regions; 
and it will not have significant adverse effects on competition, 
employment, investment, productivity, innovation, or the ability of 
U.S.-based enterprises to compete with foreign-based enterprises. For 
the 2005 final rule, which established the fee adjustment procedure 
that this rule implements, the BLM completed a threshold analysis, 
which is available for public review in the administrative record for 
that rule. The fee increases implemented in today's rule are 
substantially smaller than those provided for in the 2005 rule.

Executive Order 13132, Federalism

    This final rule will not have a substantial direct effect on the 
States, on the relationship between the national government and the 
States, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the 
various levels of government. In accordance with Executive Order 13132, 
therefore, we find that the final rule does not have significant 
federalism effects. A federalism assessment is not required.

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    These regulations contain information collection requirements. As 
required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 
seq.), the BLM submitted a copy of the proposed information collection 
requirements to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review. 
The OMB approved the information collection requirements under the 
following Control Numbers:
Oil and Gas
    (1) 1004-0034 which expires July 31, 2012;
    (2) 1004-0137 which expires September 30, 2010, renewal pending;
    (3) 1004-0162 which expires May 31, 2012;
    (4) 1004-0185 which expires November 30, 2012;
Geothermal
    (5) 1004-0132 which expires September 30, 2010, renewal pending;
Coal
    (6) 1004-0073 which expires June 30, 2013;
Mining Claims
    (7) 1004-0025 which expires March 31, 2013;
    (8) 1004-0114 which expires August 31, 2013; and
Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Oil Shale
    (9) 1004-0121 which expires February 28, 2013.

Takings Implication Assessment (Executive Order 12630)

    As required by Executive Order 12630, the Department of the 
Interior has determined that this rule will not cause a taking of 
private property. No private property rights will be affected by a rule 
that merely updates service fees. The Department therefore certifies 
that this final rule does not represent a governmental action capable 
of interference with constitutionally protected property rights.

Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order 12988)

    In accordance with Executive Order 12988, the BLM finds that this 
final rule will not unduly burden the judicial system and meets the 
requirements of sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of the Executive Order.

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

    The BLM has determined that this final rule is administrative and 
involves only procedural changes addressing fee requirements. In 
promulgating this rule, the government is conducting routine and 
continuing government business of an administrative nature having 
limited context and intensity. Therefore, it is categorically excluded 
from environmental review under section 102(2)(C) of NEPA, pursuant to 
43 CFR 46.205 and 46.210(c) and (i). The final rule does not meet any 
of the 10 criteria for exceptions to categorical exclusions listed at 
43 CFR 46.215.
    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality regulation (40 CFR 
1508.4) and the environmental policies and procedures of the Department 
of the Interior, the term ``categorical exclusions'' means categories 
of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant 
effect on the human environment and which have been determined to have 
no such effect on procedures adopted by a Federal agency, and therefore 
require neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact 
statement.

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

    The BLM has determined that this final rule is not significant 
under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995, 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., 
because it will not result in State, local, private sector, or Tribal 
government expenditures of $100 million or more in any one year, 2 
U.S.C. 1532. This rule will not significantly or uniquely affect small 
governments. Therefore, the BLM is not required to prepare a statement 
containing the information required by the Unfunded Mandates Reform 
Act.

Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments (Executive 
Order 13175)

    In accordance with Executive Order 13175, the BLM has determined 
that this final rule does not include policies that have Tribal 
implications. A key factor is whether the rule would have substantial 
direct effects on one or more Indian Tribes. The BLM has not found any 
substantial direct effects. Consequently, the BLM did not utilize the 
consultation process set forth in Section 5 of the Executive Order.

Information Quality Act

    In developing this rule, the BLM did not conduct or use a study, 
experiment, or survey requiring peer review under the Information 
Quality Act (Pub. L. 106-554).

Effects on the Nation's Energy Supply (Executive Order 13211)

    In accordance with Executive Order 13211, the BLM has determined 
that this final rule is not likely to have a significant adverse effect 
on the supply, distribution, or use of energy. The distribution of or 
use of energy would not be unduly affected by this final rule. It 
merely adjusts certain administrative cost recovery fees to account for 
inflation.

Author

    The principal author of this rule is Faith Bremner of the Division 
of Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Land Management.

List of Subjects

43 CFR Part 3000

    Public lands--mineral resources, Reporting and recordkeeping 
requirements.

43 CFR Part 3910

    Environmental protection, Exploration licenses, Intergovernmental 
relations, Oil shale reserves, Public lands--mineral resources, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

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43 CFR Part 3930

    Administrative practice and procedure, Environmental protection, 
Mineral royalties, Oil shale reserves, Public lands--mineral resources, 
Reporting and recordkeeping requirements, Surety bonds.

Ned Farquhar,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.

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For reasons stated in the preamble, the Bureau of Land Management 
amends 43 CFR Chapter II as follows:

PART 3000--MINERALS MANAGEMENT: GENERAL

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1. The authority citation for part 3000 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; 30 U.S.C. 181 et seq., 301-
306, 351-359, and 601 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 40 U.S.C. 471 et 
seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and Pub. L. 97-35, 95 
Stat. 357.

Subpart 3000--General

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2. Amend Sec.  3000.12 by revising paragraph (a) and the table 
following paragraph (b) to read as follows:


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 2011. 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.
* * * * *
    (b) * * *

                 FY 2011 Processing and Filing Fee Table
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                    Document/action                        FY 2011 fee
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             Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Noncompetitive lease application......................              $375
Competitive lease application.........................               145
Assignment and transfer of record title or operating                  85
 rights...............................................
Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production                10
Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/                   195
 devisee..............................................
Lease consolidation...................................               415
Lease renewal or exchange.............................               375
Lease reinstatement, Class I..........................                75
Leasing under right-of-way............................               375
Geophysical exploration permit application--Alaska....                25
Renewal of exploration permit--Alaska.................                25
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Geothermal (part 3200)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Noncompetitive lease application......................               375
Competitive lease application.........................               145
Assignment and transfer of record title or operating                  85
 rights...............................................
Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/                   195
 devisee..............................................
Lease consolidation...................................               415
Lease reinstatement...................................                75
Nomination of lands...................................               105
    plus per acre nomination fee......................              0.11
Site license application..............................                55
Assignment or transfer of site license................                55
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         Coal (parts 3400, 3470)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
License to mine application...........................                10
Exploration license application.......................               310
Lease or lease interest transfer......................                60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500,
                                  3580)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Applications other than those listed below............                35
Prospecting permit application amendment..............                60
Extension of prospecting permit.......................               100
Lease modification or fringe acreage lease............                30
Lease renewal.........................................               485
Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights.                30
Transfer of overriding royalty........................                30
Use permit............................................                30
Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease.............                30
Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada...                30
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                    Multiple Use; Mining (part 3730)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice of protest of placer mining operations.........                10
------------------------------------------------------------------------

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  Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870)
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Application to open lands to location.................                10
Notice of location *..................................                15
Amendment of location.................................                10
Transfer of mining claim/site.........................                10
Recording an annual FLPMA filing......................                10
Deferment of assessment work..........................               100
Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims                  30
 on Stockraising Homestead Act lands..................
Mineral patent adjudication...........................  2,840 (more than
                                                              10 claims)
                                                            1,420 (10 or
                                                           fewer claims)
Adverse claim.........................................               100
Protest...............................................                60
------------------------------------------------------------------------
              Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930)
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Exploration license application.......................               295
Application for assignment or sublease of record title               60
 or overriding royalty................................
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* To record a mining claim or site location, you must pay this
  processing fee along with the initial maintenance fee and the one-time
  location fee required by statute. 43 CFR part 3833.

PART 3910--OIL SHALE EXPLORATION LICENSES

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3. The authority citation for part 3910 continues to read as follows:

    Authority:  25 U.S.C. 396(d) and 2107, 30 U.S.C. 241(a), 42 
U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b) and 1740.

Subpart 3910--Exploration Licenses

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4. Amend Sec.  3910.31 by revising paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows:


Sec.  3910.31  Filing of an application for an exploration license.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (2) The filing fee for an exploration license application found in 
the fee schedule in Sec.  3000.12 of this chapter;
* * * * *

PART 3930--MANAGEMENT OF OIL SHALE EXPLORATION AND LEASES

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5. The authority citation for part 3930 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107, 30 U.S.C. 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 
15927, 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740.

Subpart 3933--Assignments and Subleases

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6. Amend Sec.  3933.20 by revising the first sentence of the section to 
read as follows:


Sec.  3933.20  Filing fees.

    Each application for assignment or sublease of record title or 
overriding royalty must include the filing fee found in the fee 
schedule in Sec.  3000.12 of this chapter. * * *

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7. Amend Sec.  3933.31 by revising paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows:


Sec.  3933.31  Record title assignments.

* * * * *
    (b) * * *
    (3) The filing fee found in the fee schedule in Sec.  3000.12 of 
this chapter.
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