§ 3000.12 - What is the fee schedule for fixed fees?


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  • § 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 Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. 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) and the change in the Consumer Price Index for all goods and all urban consumers (CPI-U) by way of publication of a final rule in the Federal Register and will subsequently be posted on the BLM website (https://www.blm.gov) before October 1 each year. Revised fees are effective each year on October 1.

    Table 1 to Paragraph (a)—FY 2024 Processing and Filing Fee Table

    Document/action FY 2024 fee
    Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150):
    Competitive lease application $195.
    Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 115.
    Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production 15.
    Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee 265.
    Lease consolidation 560.
    Lease renewal or exchange 505.
    Lease reinstatement, Class I 100.
    Leasing under right-of-way 505.
    Geophysical exploration permit application—Alaska 30.
    Renewal of exploration permit—Alaska 30.
    Geothermal (part 3200):
    Noncompetitive lease application 505.
    Competitive lease application 195.
    Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 115.
    Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee 265.
    Lease consolidation 560.
    Lease reinstatement 100.
    Nomination of lands 140.
    plus per acre nomination fee 0.14.
    Site license application 75.
    Assignment or transfer of site license 75.
    Coal (parts 3400, 3470):
    License to mine application 15.
    Exploration license application 415.
    Lease or lease interest transfer 85.
    Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500, 3580):
    Applications other than those listed below 45.
    Prospecting permit application amendment 85.
    Extension of prospecting permit 135.
    Lease modification or fringe acreage lease 40.
    Lease renewal 650.
    Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights 40.
    Transfer of overriding royalty 40.
    Use permit 40.
    Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease 40.
    Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada 40.
    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, 3860, 3870):
    Application to open lands to location 15.
    Notice of location * 25.
    Amendment of location 15.
    Transfer of mining claim/site 15.
    Recording an annual FLPMA filing 15.
    Deferment of assessment work 135.
    Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on Stockraising Homestead Act lands 40.
    Mineral patent adjudication 3,815 (more than 10 claims).
    1,905 (10 or fewer claims).
    Adverse claim 135.
    Protest 85.
    Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930):
    Exploration license application 400.
    Application for assignment or sublease of record title or overriding royalty 80.
    Onshore Oil and Gas Operations and Production (parts 3160, 3170):
    Application for Permit to Drill 12,155.

    (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; 86 FR 56440, Oct. 4, 2021; 87 FR 57641, Sept. 21, 2022; 88 FR 66699, Sept. 28, 2023]