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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) 2023. 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 (http://www.blm.gov) before October 1 each year. Revised fees are effective each year on October 1.

Table 1 to Paragraph (a)—FY 2023 Processing and Filing Fee Table

Document/action FY 2023 fee Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150): Competitive lease application$185. Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights105. Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production15. Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee250. Lease consolidation525. Lease renewal or exchange475. Lease reinstatement, Class I90. Leasing under right-of-way475. Geophysical exploration permit application—Alaska30. Renewal of exploration permit—Alaska30. Geothermal (part 3200): Noncompetitive lease application475. Competitive lease application185. Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights105. Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee250. Lease consolidation525. Lease reinstatement90. Nomination of lands135. plus per acre nomination fee0.13. Site license application70. Assignment or transfer of site license70. Coal (parts 3400, 3470): License to mine application15. Exploration license application390. Lease or lease interest transfer80. Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500, 3580): Applications other than those listed below45. Prospecting permit application amendment80. Extension of prospecting permit130. Lease modification or fringe acreage lease35. Lease renewal610. Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights35. Transfer of overriding royalty35. Use permit35. Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease35. Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada35. Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730): Notice of protest of placer mining operations15. Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3860, 3870): Application to open lands to location15. Notice of location *20. Amendment of location15. Transfer of mining claim/site15. Recording an annual FLPMA filing15. Deferment of assessment work130. Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on Stockraising Homestead Act lands35. Mineral patent adjudication3,585 (more than 10 claims).
1,790 (10 or fewer claims).
Adverse claim130. Protest80. Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930): Exploration license application375. Application for assignment or sublease of record title or overriding royalty75. Onshore Oil and Gas Operations and Production (parts 3160, 3170): Application for Permit to Drill11,805.

* 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; 86 FR 56440, Oct. 4, 2021; 87 FR 57641, Sept. 21, 2022]