Title 43

SECTION 3000.12

3000.12 What is the fee schedule for fixed fees

§ 3000.12 What is the fee schedule for fixed fees?

(a) The table in this section shows the fixed fees that must be paid to the BLM for the services listed for FY 2021. These fees are nonrefundable and must be included with documents filed 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 website (http://www.blm.gov) before October 1 each year. Revised fees are effective each year on October 1.

Table 1 to Paragraph (a) - FY 2021 Processing and Filing Fee Table

Document/action	FY 2021 fee
Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150):
Noncompetitive lease application	$445.
Competitive lease application	170.
Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights	100.
Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production	15.
Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee	230.
Lease consolidation	490.
Lease renewal or exchange	445.
Lease reinstatement, Class I	85.
Leasing under right-of-way	445.
Geophysical exploration permit application - Alaska	25.
Renewal of exploration permit - Alaska	25.
Geothermal (part 3200):
Noncompetitive lease application	445.
Competitive lease application	170.
Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights	100.
Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee	230.
Lease consolidation	490.
Lease reinstatement	85.
Nomination of lands	125.
plus per acre nomination fee	0.12.
Site license application	65.
Assignment or transfer of site license	65.
Coal (parts 3400, 3470):
License to mine application	15.
Exploration license application	365.
Lease or lease interest transfer	75.
Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500, 3580):
Applications other than those listed below	40.
Prospecting permit application amendment	75.
Extension of prospecting permit	120.
Lease modification or fringe acreage lease	35.
Lease renewal	570.
Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights	35.
Transfer of overriding royalty	35.
Use permit	35.
Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease	35.
Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada	35.
Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730):
Notice of protest of placer mining operations	15.
Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870):
Application to open lands to location	15.
Notice of location *	20.
Amendment of location	15.
Transfer of mining claim/site	15.
Recording an annual FLPMA filing	15.
Deferment of assessment work	120.
Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on Stockraising Homestead Act lands	35.
Mineral patent adjudication	3,340 (more than 10 claims). 1,670 (10 or fewer claims).
Adverse claim	120.
Protest	75.
Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930):
Exploration license application	350.
Application for assignment or sublease of record title or overriding royalty	70.

* To record a mining claim or site location, this processing fee along with the initial maintenance fee and the one-time location fee required by statute (43 CFR part 3833) must be paid.

(b) The amount of a fixed fee is not subject to appeal to the Interior Board of Land Appeals pursuant to part 4, subpart E, of this title.

[70 FR 58873, Oct. 7, 2005, as amended at 72 FR 24400, May 2, 2007; 72 FR 50886, Sept. 5, 2007, 73 FR 54720, Sept. 23, 2008; 74 FR 7193, Feb. 13, 2009; 74 FR 49334, Sept. 28, 2009; 75 FR 55682, Sept. 14, 2010; 76 FR 59062, Sept. 23, 2011; 77 FR 55424, Sept. 10, 2012; 78 FR 49949, Aug. 16, 2013; 79 FR 57480, Sept. 25, 2014; 80 FR 58629, Sept. 30, 2015; 81 FR 65561, Sept. 23, 2016; 83 FR 48960, Sept. 28, 2018; 84 FR 59733, Nov. 6, 2019; 85 FR 64060, Oct. 9, 2020]