(a) The table in this section shows the fixed fees that you must pay to the BLM for the services listed for Fiscal Year 2016. 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.
FY 2016 Processing and Filing Fee Table------------------------------------------------------------------------
Document/action FY 2016 fee------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150)------------------------------------------------------------------------Noncompetitive lease $410
application.Competitive lease application.. 160Assignment and transfer of 90
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............ 450Lease renewal or exchange...... 410Lease reinstatement, Class I... 80Leasing under right-of-way..... 410Geophysical exploration permit 25
application--Alaska.Renewal of exploration permit-- 25
Alaska.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Geothermal (part 3200)------------------------------------------------------------------------Noncompetitive lease 410
application.Competitive lease application.. 160Assignment and transfer of 90
record title or operating
rights.Name change, corporate merger 215
or transfer to heir/devisee.Lease consolidation............ 450Lease reinstatement............ 80Nomination of lands............ 115
plus per acre nomination 0.11
fee.Site license application....... 60Assignment or transfer of site 60
license.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Coal (parts 3400, 3470)------------------------------------------------------------------------License to mine application.... 10Exploration license application 335Lease or lease interest 65
transfer.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500,
3580)------------------------------------------------------------------------Applications other than those 35
listed below.Prospecting permit application 65
amendment.Extension of prospecting permit 110Lease modification or fringe 30
acreage lease.Lease renewal.................. 525Assignment, sublease, or 30
transfer of operating rights.Transfer of overriding royalty. 30Use permit..................... 30Shasta and Trinity hardrock 30
mineral lease.Renewal of existing sand and 30
gravel lease in Nevada.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730)------------------------------------------------------------------------Notice of protest of placer 10
mining operations.------------------------------------------------------------------------
Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870)------------------------------------------------------------------------Application to open lands to 10
location.Notice of location *........... 20Amendment of location.......... 10Transfer of mining claim/site.. 10Recording an annual FLPMA 10
filing.Deferment of assessment work... 110Recording a notice of intent to 30
locate mining claims on
Stockraising Homestead Act
lands.Mineral patent adjudication.... 3,075 (more than 10 claims)
1,535 (10 or fewer claims)Adverse claim.................. 110Protest........................ 65------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930)------------------------------------------------------------------------Exploration license application 320Application for assignment or 65
sublease of record title or
overriding royalty.------------------------------------------------------------------------* 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.
(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]