[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 185 (Friday, September 23, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 65558-65563]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22841]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

43 CFR Part 3000

[16X.LLWO310000.L13100000.PP0000]
RIN 1004-AE47


Minerals Management: Adjustment of Cost Recovery Fees

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final rule updates the fees set forth in the Bureau of 
Land Management (BLM) mineral resources regulations for the processing 
of certain minerals program-related actions. It also adjusts certain 
filing fees for minerals-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, 2016.

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-AE47.

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 Mark Purdy, Regulatory Affairs, 202-912-
7635. 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's minerals program published a final cost 
recovery rule (70 FR 58854) establishing or revising fees and service 
charges imposed in connection with the processing of certain minerals 
program-related actions (2005 Cost Recovery Rule). In addition to 
establishing the fees and charges, the 2005 Cost Recovery Rule also 
established the method the BLM 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 (43 CFR parts 3000-
3900) 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 
updates those fees and service charges consistent with that direction. 
The fee adjustments in this rule are based on the mathematical formula 
set forth in the 2005 Cost Recovery Rule. The public had an opportunity 
to comment on that adjustment procedure as part of the 2005 rulemaking. 
Accordingly, the Department of the Interior 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 fee adjustments in this rule may be 
effective less than 30 days after publication. See 43 CFR 3000.10(c).

II. Discussion of Final Rule

    The BLM's minerals program publishes a fee update rule each year, 
which becomes effective on October 1. As set forth in the 2005 Cost 
Recovery Rule, 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. In this case, the fee update rule is based on 
the change in the IPD-GDP from the 4th Quarter of 2014 to the 4th 
Quarter of 2015 and reflects 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 for fees equal to 
or greater than $1, or to the nearest cent for fees under $1, to 
establish the new fee.
    Under this rule, 30 fees will remain the same and 18 fees will 
increase. Of the 18 fees that are being increased by this rule, 15 of 
the increases are equal to $5 each. The largest increase, $35, will be 
applied to the fee for adjudicating a mineral patent application 
containing more than 10 claims, which will increase from $3,075 to 
$3,110. The fee for adjudicating a patent application containing 10 or 
fewer claims will increase by $20, from $1,535 to $1,555. The ``plus 
per acre nomination fee'' for geothermal development will increase from 
$0.11 to $0.12.
    The calculations that resulted in the new fees are included in the 
table below:

                                          Fixed Cost Recovery Fees FY17
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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            $410        $408.656         $4.5770       $413.2334            $415
Competitive lease application...             160         158.591          1.7762        160.3668             160
Assignment and transfer of                    90          91.486          1.0246         92.5106              95
 record title or operating
 rights.........................
Overriding royalty transfer,                  10          12.196          0.1366         12.3326              10
 payment out of production......
Name change, corporate merger or             215         213.467          2.3908        215.8580             215
 transfer to heir/devisee.......
Lease consolidation.............             450         451.337          5.0550        456.3921             455
Lease renewal or exchange.......             410         408.656          4.5770        413.2334             415
Lease reinstatement, Class I....              80          79.279          0.8879         80.1672              80
Leasing under right-of-way......             410         408.656          4.5770        413.2334             415
Geophysical exploration permit                25  ..............  ..............  ..............              25
 application--Alaska \6\........
Renewal of exploration permit--               25  ..............  ..............  ..............              25
 Alaska \7\.....................
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                                             Geothermal (part 3200)
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Noncompetitive lease application             410        408.6565          4.5770        413.2334             415
Competitive lease application...             160        158.5906          1.7762        160.3668             160
Assignment and transfer of                    90         91.4859          1.0246         92.5106              95
 record title or operating right

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Name change, corporate merger or             215        213.4672          2.3908        215.8580             215
 transfer to heir/devisee.......
Lease consolidation.............             450        451.3371          5.0550        456.3921             455
Lease reinstatement.............              80         79.2793          0.8879         80.1672              80
Nomination of lands.............             115        114.1784          1.2788        115.4572             115
Plus per acre nomination fee....            0.11         0.11418          0.0013          0.1155            0.12
Site license application........              60         60.9906          0.6831         61.6737              60
Assignment or transfer of site                60         60.9906          0.6831         61.6737              60
 license........................
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                                             Coal (parts 3400, 3470)
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License to mine application.....              10         12.1960          0.1366         12.3326              10
Exploration license application.             335        335.4592          3.7571        339.2163             340
Lease or lease interest transfer              65         67.1047          0.7516         67.8562              70
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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         36.5987          0.4099         37.0086              35
 listed below...................
Prospecting permit amendment....              65         67.1047          0.7516         67.8562              70
Extension of prospecting permit.             110        109.7853          1.2296        111.0149             110
Lease modification or fringe                  30         30.5060          0.3417         30.8477              30
 acreage lease..................
Lease renewal...................             525        524.5451          5.8749        530.4200             530
Assignment, sublease, or                      30         30.5060          0.3417         30.8477              30
 transfer of operating rights...
Transfer of overriding royalty..              30         30.5060          0.3417         30.8477              30
Use permit......................              30         30.5060          0.3417         30.8477              30
Shasta and Trinity hardrock                   30         30.5060          0.3417         30.8477              30
 mineral lease..................
Renewal of existing sand and                  30         30.5060          0.3417         30.8477              30
 gravel lease in Nevada.........
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                                        Multiple Use; Mining (Group 3700)
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Notice of protest of placer                   10         12.1960          0.1366         12.3326              15
 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         12.1960          0.1366         12.3326              10
 location.......................
Notice of Location..............              20         18.2886          0.2048         18.4935              20
Amendment of location...........              10         12.1960          0.1366         12.3326              10
Transfer of mining claim/site...              10         12.1960          0.1366         12.3326              10
Recording an annual FLPMA filing              10         12.1960          0.1366         12.3326              10
Deferment of assessment work....             110        109.7853          1.2296        111.0149             110
Recording a notice of intent to               30         30.5060          0.3417         30.8477              30
 locate mining claims on
 Stockraising Homestead Act
 lands..........................
Mineral Patent adjudication
    (more than ten claims)......           3,075      3,074.0626         34.4295       3108.4921           3,110
    (ten or fewer claims).......           1,535      1,537.0153         17.2146      1,554.2298           1,555
Adverse claim...................             110        109.7853          1.2296        111.0149             110
Protest.........................              65         67.1047          0.7516         67.8562              70
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                                  Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930)
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Exploration License Application.             320        321.7561          3.6037        325.3597             325
Assignment or sublease of record              65         65.4479          0.7330         66.1809              65
 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 (March 25, 2016).

III. How Fees Are Adjusted
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    \1\ The Existing Fee was established by the 2015 (Fiscal Year 
2016) cost recovery fee update rule published September 30, 2015 (80 
FR 58625), effective October 1, 2015.
    \2\ The Existing Value is the figure from the New Value column 
in the previous year's rule.
    \3\ From 4th Quarter 2014 (109.067) to 4th Quarter 2015 
(110.286), the IPD-GDP increased by 1.12 percent. The value in the 
IPD-GDP Increase column is 1.12 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 2016 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.
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    The figures in the Existing Fee column in the table above represent 
the base value of the existing fee (shown in the Existing Value column) 
rounded to the closest multiple of $5 for fees equal to or greater than 
$1, or to the nearest

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cent for fees under $1. In calculating the annual adjustment to the 
fee, however, the BLM begins with the unrounded base fee, represented 
in the Existing Value column. 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 the new fees are derived from rounding the 
new values to the closest multiple of $5 for fees equal to or greater 
than $1, or to the nearest cent 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 for fees equal to or 
greater than $1, 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 will 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 
inflationary adjustment factor to existing user fees for processing 
certain actions associated with the onshore minerals programs. However, 
most of these fee increases are less than 2 percent, and none of the 
increases materially affects the budgetary impact of any of the 
affected fees or charges.
    Finally, this rule will not raise novel legal or policy 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.). As a result a Regulatory 
Flexibility Analysis is not required. The Small Business Administration 
defines small entities as individual, limited partnerships, or small 
companies considered to be at arm's length from the control of any 
parent companies if they meet the following size requirements as 
established for each North American Industry Classification System 
(NAICS) code:

 Iron ore mining (NAICS code 212210): 750 or fewer employees
 Gold ore mining (NAICS code 212221): 1,500 or fewer employees
 Silver ore mining (NAICS code 212222): 250 or fewer employees
 Lead ore mining (NAICS code 212231): 750 or fewer employees
 Copper ore mining (NAICS code 212234): 1,500 or fewer 
employees
 Uranium-Radium-Vanadium ore mining (NAICS code 212291): 250 or 
fewer employees
 All Other Metal ore mining (NAICS code 212299): 750 or fewer 
employees
 Bituminous Coal and Lignite Surface Mining (NAICS code 
212111)--1,250 or fewer employees
 Bituminous Coal Underground Mining (NAICS code 212112)--1,500 
or fewer employees
 Crude Petroleum and Natural Gas Extraction (NAICS code 
211111)--1,250 or fewer employees
 Natural Gas Liquid Extraction (NAICS code 211112)--750 or 
fewer employees
 All Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining (NAICS code 212399)--500 
or fewer employees

    The SBA standards were adjusted as of February 26, 2016, per 13 CFR 
121.104. The SBA would consider many, if not most, of the operators 
with whom the BLM works 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 because 
18 fees for activities on public lands will be increased. However, most 
of the fee increases will be less than 2 percent. The adjustments 
result in no increase in the fees for processing 30 actions relating to 
the BLM's minerals programs. The highest adjustment, in dollar terms, 
is for adjudications of mineral patent applications involving more than 
10 mining claims; that fee will increase by $35. Accordingly, the BLM 
has concluded that the economic effect of the rule's changes will not 
be significant, even for small entities. For the 2005 Cost Recovery 
Rule, the BLM completed a Regulatory Flexibility Act 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. 
Accordingly, a Small Entity Compliance Guide is not required.

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, 
the BLM therefore finds that the final rule does not have federalism 
implications, and a federalism assessment is not required.

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The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

    This rule does not contain information collection requirements that 
require a control number from the Office of Management and Budget in 
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501-
3521). After the effective date of this rule, the new fees may affect 
the non-hour burdens associated with the following control numbers:
Oil and Gas
(1) 1004-0034 which expires July 31, 2018;
(2) 1004-0137 which expires January 31, 2018;
(3) 1004-0162 which expires October 31, 2018;
(4) 1004-0185 which expires March 31, 2019;
Geothermal
(5) 1004-0132 which expires December 31, 2016;
Coal
(6) 1004-0073 which expires August 31, 2016; \8\
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    \8\ A request for renewal is pending with the Office of 
Management and Budget.
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Mining Claims
(7) 1004-0025 which expires March 31, 2019;
(8) 1004-0114 which expires October 31, 2016; and
Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Oil Shale
(9) 1004-0121 which expires August 31, 2016.\8\

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 qualifies as a routine 
financial transaction and a regulation of an administrative, financial, 
legal, or procedural nature that is categorically excluded from 
environmental review under 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. 
Therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental 
impact statement is required in connection with the rule (40 CFR 
1508.4).

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. Specifically, the rule would not have substantial direct 
effects on one or more Indian tribes. 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. It merely adjusts 
certain administrative cost recovery fees to account for inflation.

Author

    The principal author of this rule is Mark Purdy 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.

Amanda C. Leiter,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management.

    For reasons stated in the preamble, the Bureau of Land Management 
amends 43 CFR part 3000 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 2017. 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.

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                 FY 2017 Processing and Filing Fee Table
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        Document/action                        FY 2017 fee
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             Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150)
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Noncompetitive lease             $415.
 application.
Competitive lease application..  $160.
Assignment and transfer of       $95.
 record title or operating
 rights.
Overriding royalty transfer,     $10.
 payment out of production.
Name change, corporate merger    $215.
 or transfer to heir/devisee.
Lease consolidation............  $455.
Lease renewal or exchange......  $415.
Lease reinstatement, Class I...  $80.
Leasing under right-of-way.....  $415.
Geophysical exploration permit   $25.
 application--Alaska.
Renewal of exploration permit--  $25.
 Alaska.
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                         Geothermal (part 3200)
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Noncompetitive lease             $415.
 application.
Competitive lease application..  $160.
Assignment and transfer of       $95.
 record title or operating
 rights.
Name change, corporate merger    $215.
 or transfer to heir/devisee.
Lease consolidation............  $455.
Lease reinstatement............  $80.
Nomination of lands............  $115.
  plus per acre nomination fee.  $0.12.
Site license application.......  $60.
Assignment or transfer of site   $60.
 license.
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                         Coal (parts 3400, 3470)
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License to mine application....  $10.
Exploration license application  $340.
Lease or lease interest          $70.
 transfer.
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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.
 listed below.
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Prospecting permit application   $70.
 amendment.
Extension of prospecting permit  $110.
Lease modification or fringe     $30.
 acreage lease.
Lease renewal..................  $530.
Assignment, sublease, or         $30.
 transfer of operating rights.
Transfer of overriding royalty.  $30.
Use permit.....................  $30.
Shasta and Trinity hardrock      $30.
 mineral lease.
Renewal of existing sand and     $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      $15.
 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.
 location.
Notice of location*............  $20.
Amendment of location..........  $10.
Transfer of mining claim/site..  $10.
Recording an annual FLPMA        $10.
 filing.
Deferment of assessment work...  $110.
Recording a notice of intent to  $30.
 locate mining claims on
 Stockraising Homestead Act
 lands.
Mineral patent adjudication....  $3,110 (more than 10 claims).
                                 $1,555 (10 or fewer claims).
Adverse claim..................  $110.
Protest........................  $70.
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              Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930)
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Exploration license application  $325.
Application for assignment or    $65.
 sublease of 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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