[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 186 (Thursday, September 25, 2014)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57476-57481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-22836]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 3000

[L13100000 PP0000 LLWO310000]
RIN 1004-AE36


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 minerals programs 
and some filing fees for mineral-related documents. These updated fees 
include those for actions such as lease renewals and mineral patent 
adjudications.

DATES: This final rule is effective October 1, 2014.

ADDRESSES: You may send inquiries or suggestions to Director (630), 
Bureau of Land Management, 2134LM, 1849 C Street NW., Washington, DC 
20240; Attention: RIN 1004-AE36.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Wells, Chief, Division of Fluid 
Minerals, 202-912-7143; Mitchell Leverette, Chief, Division of Solid 
Minerals, 202-912-7113; or Anna Atkinson, Regulatory Affairs Analyst, 
202-912-7438. 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.

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. 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 fee recalculations are based on a mathematical 
formula. The public had an opportunity to comment on this procedure 
during the comment period on the original cost recovery rule, and this 
new rule administers the procedure set forth in those regulations. 
Therefore, the BLM has changed the fees in this final rule without 
providing opportunity for additional notice and comment. Accordingly, 
the Department of the Interior for good cause finds under 5 U.S.C. 
553(b)(B) 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 
change in the IPD-GDP from the 4th Quarter of one calendar year to the 
4th Quarter of the following calendar year. This fee update rule is 
based on the change in the IPD-GDP from the 4th Quarter of 2012 to the 
4th Quarter of 2013, thus reflecting the rate of inflation over four 
calendar quarters.
    The fee is calculated by applying the IPD-GDP to the base value 
from the previous year's rule, also known as the ``existing value.'' 
This calculation results in an updated base value. The 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, 31 fees will remain the same and 17 fees will 
increase. Fourteen of the fee increases will amount to $5 each. The 
largest increase, $40, will be applied to the fee for adjudicating a 
mineral patent application containing more than 10 claims, which will 
increase from $2,995 to $3,035. The fee for adjudicating a patent 
application containing 10 or fewer claims will increase by $25--from 
$1,495 to $1,520.
    The calculations that resulted in the new fees are included in the 
table below:

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                                            Fixed Cost Recovery Fees
                                                     [FY15]
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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         $400         $397.84262        $5.76872      $403.61134            $405
Competitive lease application...          155          154.39399         2.23871       156.63270             155
Assignment and transfer of                 90           89.06505         1.29144        90.35649              90
 record title or operating
 rights.........................
Overriding royalty transfer,               10           11.87326         0.17216        12.04542              10
 payment out of production......
Name change, corporate merger or          210          207.81845         3.01337       210.83182             210
 transfer to heir/devisee.......
Lease consolidation.............          440          439.39382         6.37121       445.76503             445
Lease renewal or exchange.......          400          397.84262         5.76872       403.61134             405
Lease reinstatement, Class I....           75           77.18139         1.11913        78.30052              80
Leasing under right-of-way......          400          397.84262         5.76872       403.61134             405
Geophysical exploration permit             25     ..............  ..............  ..............          \6\ 25
 application--Alaska............
Renewal of exploration permit--            25     ..............  ..............  ..............          \7\ 25
 Alaska.........................
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                                             Geothermal (part 3200)
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Noncompetitive lease application          400          397.84262         5.76872       403.61134             405
Competitive lease application...          155          154.39399         2.23871       156.63270             155
Assignment and transfer of                 90           89.06505         1.29144        90.35649              90
 record title or operating
 rights.........................
Name change, corporate merger or          210          207.81845         3.01337       210.83182             210
 transfer to heir/devisee.......
Lease consolidation.............          440          439.39382         6.37121       445.76503             445
Lease reinstatement.............           75           77.18139         1.11913        78.30052              80
Nomination of lands.............          110          111.15701         1.61178       112.76879             115
    plus per acre nomination fee            0.11         0.11116         0.00161         0.11277            0.11
Site license application........           60           59.37670         0.86096        60.23766              60
Assignment or transfer of site             60           59.37670         0.86096        60.23766              60
 license........................
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                                             Coal (parts 3400, 3470)
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License to mine application.....           10           11.87326         0.17216        12.04542              10
Exploration license application.          325          326.58226         4.73544       331.31770             330
Lease or lease interest transfer           65           65.32894         0.94727        66.27621              65
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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           35.63018         0.51664        36.14682              35
 listed below...................
Prospecting permit application             65           65.32894         0.94727        66.27621              65
 amendment......................
Extension of prospecting permit.          105          106.88014         1.54976       108.42990             110
Lease modification or fringe               30           29.69876         0.43063        30.12939              30
 acreage lease..................
Lease renewal...................          510          510.66459         7.40464       518.06923             520
Assignment, sublease, or                   30           29.69876         0.43063        30.12939              30
 transfer of operating rights...
Transfer of overriding royalty..           30           29.69876         0.43063        30.12939              30
Use permit......................           30           29.69876         0.43063        30.12939              30
Shasta and Trinity hardrock                30           29.69876         0.43063        30.12939              30
 mineral lease..................
Renewal of existing sand and               30           29.69876         0.43063        30.12939              30
 gravel lease in Nevada.........
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                      Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730)
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Notice of protest of placer                10           11.87326         0.17216        12.04542              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           11.87326         0.17216        12.04542              10
 location.......................
Notice of location..............           20           17.80469         0.25817        18.06285              20
Amendment of location...........           10           11.87326         0.17216        12.04542              10
Transfer of mining claim/site...           10           11.87326         0.17216        12.04542              10
Recording an annual FLPMA filing           10           11.87326         0.17216        12.04542              10
Deferment of assessment work....          105          106.88014         1.54976       108.42990             110
Recording a notice of intent to            30           29.69876         0.43063        30.12939              30
 locate mining claims on
 Stockraising Homestead Act
 lands..........................
Mineral patent adjudication:
    (more than 10 claims).......        2,995        2,992.71679        43.39439     3,036.11118           3,035
    (10 or fewer claims)........        1,495        1,496.34279        21.69697     1,518.03976           1,520
Adverse claim...................          105          106.88014         1.54976       108.42990             110
Protest.........................           65           65.32894         0.94727        66.27621              65
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                                  Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930)
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Exploration license application.          315          313.24175         4.54201       317.78375             320

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Application for assignment or              65           63.71601         0.92388        64.63989              65
 sublease of record title or
 overriding royalty.............
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\1\ The Existing Fee was established by the 2013 (Fiscal Year 2014) cost recovery fee update rule published
  August 16, 2013 (78 FR 49945), effective October 1, 2013.
\2\ The Existing Value is the figure from the New Value column in the previous year's rule.
\3\ From 4th Quarter 2012 to 4th Quarter 2013, the IPD-GDP increased by 1.45 percent. The value in the IPD-GDP
  Increase column is 1.45 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 Fiscal Year 2015 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, the BLM interprets the Energy Policy Act provision as prohibiting it from increasing this $25
  fee.
\7\ The BLM interprets the Energy Policy Act prohibition discussed in footnote 6, above, as prohibiting it from
  increasing this $25 fee, as well.
Source for Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Domestic Product data: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of
  Economic Analysis (April 25, 2014).

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 this 
year's published table we have expanded the Existing Value, IPD-GDP 
Increase, and New Value columns to five decimal places to more 
accurately reflect the actual values from the calculation spreadsheets. 
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 the new fees 
are derived from the new values--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. Accordingly, fee adjustments are made by 
multiplying the annual change in the IPD-GDP by the figure in the 
Existing Value column. This calculation defines the 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 applies an 
inflation factor that increases some existing user fees for processing 
documents associated with the onshore minerals programs. However, most 
of these fee increases are less than 2 percent and none of the 
increases materially affect 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 adopted by 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 may affect a large number of small entities since 17 
fees for activities on public lands will be increased. However, the BLM 
has concluded that the effects will not be significant. Most of the 
fixed fee increases will be less than 2 percent as a result of this 
final rule. The adjustments result in no increase in the fee for the 
processing of 31 documents relating to the BLM's minerals programs. The 
highest adjustment, in

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dollar terms, is for adjudications of mineral patent applications 
involving more than 10 mining claims, which will be increased by $40. 
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.

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, 2015;
    (2) 1004-0137 which expires October 31, 2014;
    (3) 1004-0162 which expires July 31, 2015;
    (4) 1004-0185 which expires December 31, 2015;
Geothermal
    (5) 1004-0132 which expires December 31, 2016;
Coal
    (6) 1004-0073 which expires August 31, 2016;
Mining Claims
    (7) 1004-0025 which expires March 31, 2016;
    (8) 1004-0114 which expires October 31, 2016; and
Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Oil Shale
    (9) 1004-0121 which expires March 31, 2016.

Takings Implication Assessment (Executive Order 12630)

    As required by Executive Order 12630, the BLM 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 fees. 
The BLM 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 12 criteria for exceptions to categorical exclusions listed at 
43 CFR 46.215.
    Pursuant to Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations 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 found to have no 
such effect in procedures adopted by a Federal agency in implementation 
of [CEQ] regulations (Sec.  1507.3) and for which, therefore, neither 
an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is 
required.'' 40 CFR 1508.4; see also BLM National Environmental Policy 
Act Handbook H-1790-1, Ch. 4, at 17 (Jan. 2008).

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 (Public Law 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.

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Author

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

 List of Subjects in 43 CFR Part 3000

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

Janice M. Schneider,
Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.

    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) 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 the BLM for the services listed for Fiscal Year 2015. 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 2015 Processing and Filing Fee Table
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              Document/Action                        FY 2015 Fee
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             Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150)
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Noncompetitive lease application..........  $405.
Competitive lease application.............  155.
Assignment and transfer of record title or  90.
 operating rights.
Overriding royalty transfer, payment out    10.
 of production.
Name change, corporate merger or transfer   210.
 to heir/devisee.
Lease consolidation.......................  445
Lease renewal or exchange.................  405.
Lease reinstatement, Class I..............  80.
Leasing under right-of-way................  405.
Geophysical exploration permit              25.
 application--Alaska.
Renewal of exploration permit--Alaska.....  25.
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                         Geothermal (part 3200)
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Noncompetitive lease application..........  405.
Competitive lease application.............  155.
Assignment and transfer of record title or  90.
 operating rights.
Name change, corporate merger or transfer   210.
 to heir/devisee.
Lease consolidation.......................  445.
Lease reinstatement.......................  80.
Nomination of lands.......................  115.
    plus per acre nomination fee..........  0.11.
Site license application..................  60.
Assignment or transfer of site license....  60.
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                         Coal (parts 3400, 3470)
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License to mine application...............  10.
Exploration license application...........  330.
Lease or lease interest transfer..........  65.
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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 listed below  35.
Prospecting permit application amendment..  65.
Extension of prospecting permit...........  110.
Lease modification or fringe acreage lease  30.
Lease renewal.............................  520.
Assignment, sublease, or transfer of        30.
 operating rights.
Transfer of overriding royalty............  30.
Use permit................................  30.
Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease.  30.
Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease   30.
 in Nevada.
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  Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730)
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Notice of protest of placer mining          10.
 operations.
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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.

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Notice of location\*\.....................  20.
Amendment of location.....................  10.
Transfer of mining claim/site.............  10.
Recording an annual FLPMA filing..........  10.
Deferment of assessment work..............  110.
Recording a notice of intent to locate      30.
 mining claims on Stockraising Homestead
 Act lands.
Mineral patent adjudication...............  3,035 (more than 10 claims).
                                            1,520 (10 or fewer claims).
Adverse claim.............................  110.
Protest...................................  65.
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              Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930)
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Exploration license application...........  320.
Application for assignment or sublease of   65.
 record title 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.

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