View all text of Subpart E [§ 3830.90 - § 3830.97]
§ 3830.96 - What if I pay insufficient processing fees or annual maintenance fees for previously recorded mining claims or sites?
(a) If your payment only covers one mining claim and you pay only part of the processing fee or only part of the annual maintenance fee, then the BLM will not accept your filing.
(b) If your payment covers multiple mining claims or sites and you pay only part of the processing fees due for any document filings or only part of the annual maintenance fees for previously recorded mining claims or sites, or any combination of these fees, absent other instructions from you, the BLM will apply the partial payment in serial number order until the money runs out. Any underpayment of fees remaining following the expiration of the notice under § 3834.23 is not subject to the partial payment process described in this paragraph.
(c) If your partial payment for multiple mining claims is submitted in a year in which the BLM adjusts the maintenance fees under § 3834.21, the BLM will apply the partial payment in the amount based on the fee in effect immediately before the adjustment was made to each mining claim or site in serial number order until the money runs out. The BLM will then follow the procedures described in § 3834.23 with respect to each mining claim or site for which the BLM received the full amount of the fee in effect immediately before the adjustment was made. Any underpayment of fees remaining following the expiration of the notice under § 3834.23 is not subject to the partial payment process described in this paragraph.
(d) For any claims or sites for which there are no funds in your partial payment to pay the annual maintenance fee, you will forfeit the mining claims or sites not covered by your partial payment unless you pay the additional funds necessary to complete the full payment on or before September 1.
(e) If the BLM rejects your FLPMA document because you have not included sufficient funds to pay the processing fee, you will forfeit the mining claims or sites not covered by your partial payment unless you pay the additional funds necessary to complete the full payment on or before the date that the document must be filed.