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on the Federal Contractor Reporting 

page on the VETS Web site at: http://

www.dol.gov/vets/. 

(i) Single hiring location. Contractors 

and subcontractors doing business at 

one hiring location may complete and 

submit a single VETS–4212 Report 

using the web-based filing system. 

(ii) Multiple hiring locations. 

Contractors and subcontractors doing 

business at more than 10 locations must 

submit their VETS–4212 Reports in the 

form of an electronic data file in 

accordance with the instructions for 

filing the VETS–4212 Report. In these 

cases, state consolidated reports count 

as one location each. Contractors and 

subcontractors may submit VETS–4212 

Reports in the form of electronic data 

files through the web-based filing 

system. Electronic data files also may be 

transmitted electronically as an email 

attachment (if they do not exceed the 

size stated in the specifications), or 

submitted on compact discs or other 

electronic storage media. 

(2) Alternative filing methods. (i) 

Contractors and subcontractors with 10 

or fewer hiring locations may file their 

VETS–4212 Report in paper format. 

Contractors and subcontractors may 

download a version of the VETS–4212 

Report from the VETS Web site or send 

a written request for the paper version 

of the VETS–4212 Report to: Office of 

the Assistant Secretary for Veterans’ 

Employment and Training, U.S. 

Department of Labor, 200 Constitution 

Avenue NW., Room S–1325, 

Washington, DC 20210, Attn: VETS– 

4212 Report Form Request. 

(ii) VETS–4212 Reports in paper 

format or electronic data files on 

compact discs or other electronic 

storage media may be delivered by U.S. 

mail or courier delivery service to the 

addresses set forth in the instructions 

for completing the report. Paper copies 

of the VETS–4212 Reports and 

electronic data files (if they do not 

exceed the size stated in the 

specifications) also may be sent as email 

attachments to the address indicated in 

the instructions. 

§ 61–300.20 How will DOL determine 

whether a contractor or subcontractor is 

complying with the requirements of this 

part? 

During the course of a compliance 

evaluation, OFCCP may determine 

whether a contractor or subcontractor 

has submitted its VETS–4212 Report(s) 

as required by this part. 

§ 61–300.99 What is the OMB control 

number for this part? 

Pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act, 44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq., and its 

implementing regulations at 5 CFR part 

1320, the Office of Management and 

Budget has assigned Control No. 1293– 

0005 to the information collection 

requirements of this part. 

[FR Doc. 2014–22818 Filed 9–24–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4510–79–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

43 CFR Part 3000 

[L13100000 PP0000 LLWO310000] 

RIN 1004–AE36 

Minerals Management: Adjustment of 

Cost Recovery Fees 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This final rule amends the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

mineral resources regulations to update 

some fees that cover the BLM’s cost of 

processing certain documents relating to 

its minerals programs and some filing 

fees for mineral-related documents. 

These updated fees include those for 

actions such as lease renewals and 

mineral patent adjudications. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

October 1, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: You may send inquiries or 

suggestions to Director (630), Bureau of 

Land Management, 2134LM, 1849 C 

Street NW., Washington, DC 20240; 

Attention: RIN 1004–AE36. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steven Wells, Chief, Division of Fluid 

Minerals, 202–912–7143; Mitchell 

Leverette, Chief, Division of Solid 

Minerals, 202–912–7113; or Anna 

Atkinson, Regulatory Affairs Analyst, 

202–912–7438. Persons who use a 

telecommunications device for the deaf 

(TDD) may leave a message for these 

individuals with the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days 

a week. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

The BLM has specific authority to 

charge fees for processing applications 

and other documents relating to public 

lands under section 304 of the Federal 

Land Policy and Management Act of 

1976 (FLPMA), 43 U.S.C. 1734. In 2005, 

the BLM published a final cost recovery 

rule (70 FR 58854) establishing or 

revising certain fees and service charges, 

and establishing the method it would 

use to adjust those fees and service 

charges on an annual basis. 

At 43 CFR 3000.12(a), the regulations 

provide that the BLM will annually 

adjust fees established in Subchapter C 

according to changes in the Implicit 

Price Deflator for Gross Domestic 

Product (IPD–GDP), which is published 

quarterly by the U.S. Department of 

Commerce. See also 43 CFR 3000.10. 

This final rule will allow the BLM to 

update these fees and service charges by 

October 1 of this year, as required by the 

2005 regulation. The fee recalculations 

are based on a mathematical formula. 

The public had an opportunity to 

comment on this procedure during the 

comment period on the original cost 

recovery rule, and this new rule 

administers the procedure set forth in 

those regulations. Therefore, the BLM 

has changed the fees in this final rule 

without providing opportunity for 

additional notice and comment. 

Accordingly, the Department of the 

Interior for good cause finds under 5 

U.S.C. 553(b)(B) that notice and public 

comment procedures are unnecessary 

and that the rule may be effective less 

than 30 days after publication. 

II. Discussion of Final Rule 

The BLM publishes a fee update rule 

each year, which becomes effective on 

October 1 of that year. The fee updates 

are based on the change in the IPD–GDP 

from the 4th Quarter of one calendar 

year to the 4th Quarter of the following 

calendar year. This fee update rule is 

based on the change in the IPD–GDP 

from the 4th Quarter of 2012 to the 4th 

Quarter of 2013, thus reflecting the rate 

of inflation over four calendar quarters. 

The fee is calculated by applying the 

IPD–GDP to the base value from the 

previous year’s rule, also known as the 

‘‘existing value.’’ This calculation 

results in an updated base value. The 

updated base value is then rounded to 

the closest multiple of $5, or to the 

nearest cent for fees under $1, to 

establish the new fee. 

Under this rule, 31 fees will remain 

the same and 17 fees will increase. 

Fourteen of the fee increases will 

amount to $5 each. The largest increase, 

$40, will be applied to the fee for 

adjudicating a mineral patent 

application containing more than 10 

claims, which will increase from $2,995 

to $3,035. The fee for adjudicating a 

patent application containing 10 or 

fewer claims will increase by $25—from 

$1,495 to $1,520. 

The calculations that resulted in the 

new fees are included in the table 

below: 


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FIXED COST RECOVERY FEES

[FY15] 

Document/Action Existing 

fee 1 Existing value 2 IPDGDP Increase 3 New value 4 New fee 5

Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150) 

Noncompetitive lease application ...................................... $400 $397.84262 $5.76872 $403.61134 $405 

Competitive lease application ............................................ 155 154.39399 2.23871 156.63270 155 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 90 89.06505 1.29144 90.35649 90 

Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production ..... 10 11.87326 0.17216 12.04542 10 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee ................................................................................. 210 207.81845 3.01337 210.83182 210 

Lease consolidation ........................................................... 440 439.39382 6.37121 445.76503 445 

Lease renewal or exchange .............................................. 400 397.84262 5.76872 403.61134 405 

Lease reinstatement, Class I ............................................. 75 77.18139 1.11913 78.30052 80 

Leasing under right-of-way ................................................ 400 397.84262 5.76872 403.61134 405 

Geophysical exploration permit application—Alaska ........ 25 ........................ ........................ ........................ 6 25 

Renewal of exploration permit—Alaska ............................ 25 ........................ ........................ ........................ 7 25 

Geothermal (part 3200) 

Noncompetitive lease application ...................................... 400 397.84262 5.76872 403.61134 405 

Competitive lease application ............................................ 155 154.39399 2.23871 156.63270 155 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 90 89.06505 1.29144 90.35649 90 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee ................................................................................. 210 207.81845 3.01337 210.83182 210 

Lease consolidation ........................................................... 440 439.39382 6.37121 445.76503 445 

Lease reinstatement .......................................................... 75 77.18139 1.11913 78.30052 80 

Nomination of lands ........................................................... 110 111.15701 1.61178 112.76879 115 

plus per acre nomination fee ..................................... 0 .11 0.11116 0.00161 0.11277 0.11 

Site license application ...................................................... 60 59.37670 0.86096 60.23766 60 

Assignment or transfer of site license ............................... 60 59.37670 0.86096 60.23766 60 

Coal (parts 3400, 3470) 

License to mine application ............................................... 10 11.87326 0.17216 12.04542 10 

Exploration license application .......................................... 325 326.58226 4.73544 331.31770 330 

Lease or lease interest transfer ........................................ 65 65.32894 0.94727 66.27621 65 

Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500, 3580) 

Applications other than those listed below ........................ 35 35.63018 0.51664 36.14682 35 

Prospecting permit application amendment ...................... 65 65.32894 0.94727 66.27621 65 

Extension of prospecting permit ........................................ 105 106.88014 1.54976 108.42990 110 

Lease modification or fringe acreage lease ...................... 30 29.69876 0.43063 30.12939 30 

Lease renewal ................................................................... 510 510.66459 7.40464 518.06923 520 

Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights ...... 30 29.69876 0.43063 30.12939 30 

Transfer of overriding royalty ............................................ 30 29.69876 0.43063 30.12939 30 

Use permit ......................................................................... 30 29.69876 0.43063 30.12939 30 

Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease ....................... 30 29.69876 0.43063 30.12939 30 

Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada ..... 30 29.69876 0.43063 30.12939 30 

Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730) 

Notice of protest of placer mining operations ................... 10 11.87326 0.17216 12.04542 10 

Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870) 

Application to open lands to location ................................ 10 11.87326 0.17216 12.04542 10 

Notice of location ............................................................... 20 17.80469 0.25817 18.06285 20 

Amendment of location ...................................................... 10 11.87326 0.17216 12.04542 10 

Transfer of mining claim/site ............................................. 10 11.87326 0.17216 12.04542 10 

Recording an annual FLPMA filing ................................... 10 11.87326 0.17216 12.04542 10 

Deferment of assessment work ......................................... 105 106.88014 1.54976 108.42990 110 

Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on 

Stockraising Homestead Act lands ................................ 30 29.69876 0.43063 30.12939 30 

Mineral patent adjudication: 

(more than 10 claims) ................................................ 2,995 2,992.71679 43.39439 3,036.11118 3,035 

(10 or fewer claims) ................................................... 1,495 1,496.34279 21.69697 1,518.03976 1,520 

Adverse claim .................................................................... 105 106.88014 1.54976 108.42990 110 

Protest ............................................................................... 65 65.32894 0.94727 66.27621 65 

Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930) 

Exploration license application .......................................... 315 313.24175 4.54201 317.78375 320 


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FIXED COST RECOVERY FEES—Continued 

[FY15] 

Document/Action Existing 

fee 1 Existing value 2 IPDGDP Increase 3 New value 4 New fee 5

Application for assignment or sublease of record title or 

overriding royalty ............................................................ 65 63.71601 0.92388 64.63989 65 

1The Existing Fee was established by the 2013 (Fiscal Year 2014) cost recovery fee update rule published August 16, 2013 (78 FR 49945), 

effective October 1, 2013. 2The Existing Value is the figure from the New Value column in the previous year’s rule. 

3From 4th Quarter 2012 to 4th Quarter 2013, the IPD–GDP increased by 1.45 percent. The value in the IPD–GDP Increase column is 1.45 

percent of the Existing Value. 4The sum of the Existing Value and the IPD–GDP Increase is the New Value. 

5The New Fee for Fiscal Year 2015 is the New Value rounded to the nearest $5 for values equal to or greater than $1, or to the nearest 

penny for values under $1. 6Section 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Pub. L. 109–58) directed in subsection (i) that ‘‘the Secretary shall not implement a rulemaking 

that would enable an increase in fees to recover additional costs related to processing drilling-related permit applications and use authorizations.’’ 

In the 2005 cost recovery rule, the BLM interpreted this prohibition to apply to geophysical exploration permits. 70 FR 58854–58855. While the 

$25 fees for geophysical exploration permit applications for Alaska and renewals of exploration permits for Alaska pre-dated the 2005 cost recovery rule and were not affected by the Energy Policy Act prohibition, the BLM interprets the Energy Policy Act provision as prohibiting it from increasing this $25 fee. 7The BLM interprets the Energy Policy Act prohibition discussed in footnote 6, above, as prohibiting it from increasing this $25 fee, as well. 

Source for Implicit Price Deflator for Gross Domestic Product data: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis (April 25, 

2014). 

III. How Fees Are Adjusted 

Each year, the figures in the Existing 

Value column in the table above (not 

those in the Existing Fee column) are 

used as the basis for calculating the 

adjustment to these fees. The Existing 

Value is the figure from the New Value 

column in the previous year’s rule. In 

this year’s published table we have 

expanded the Existing Value, IPD–GDP 

Increase, and New Value columns to 

five decimal places to more accurately 

reflect the actual values from the 

calculation spreadsheets. In the case of 

fees that were not in the table the 

previous year, or that had no figure in 

the New Value column the previous 

year, the Existing Value is the same as 

the Existing Fee. Because the new fees 

are derived from the new values— 

rounded to the nearest $5 or the nearest 

penny for fees under $1—adjustments 

based on the figures in the Existing Fee 

column would lead to significantly 

over- or under-valued fees over time. 

Accordingly, fee adjustments are made 

by multiplying the annual change in the 

IPD–GDP by the figure in the Existing 

Value column. This calculation defines 

the New Value for this year, which is 

then rounded to the nearest $5 or the 

nearest penny for fees under $1, to 

establish the New Fee. 

IV. Procedural Matters 

Regulatory Planning and Review 

(Executive Order 12866) 

This document is not a significant 

rule and the Office of Management and 

Budget has not reviewed this rule under 

Executive Order 12866. 

The BLM has determined that the rule 

will not have an annual effect on the 

economy of $100 million or more. It will 

not adversely affect in a material way 

the economy, a sector of the economy, 

productivity, competition, jobs, the 

environment, public health or safety, or 

State, local, or tribal governments or 

communities. The changes in today’s 

rule are much smaller than those in the 

2005 final rule, which did not approach 

the threshold in Executive Order 12866. 

For instructions on how to view a copy 

of the analysis prepared in conjunction 

with the 2005 final rule, please contact 

one of the persons listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

above. 

This rule will not create 

inconsistencies or otherwise interfere 

with an action taken or planned by 

another agency. This rule does not 

change the relationships of the onshore 

minerals programs with other agencies’ 

actions. These relationships are 

included in agreements and memoranda 

of understanding that would not change 

with this rule. 

In addition, this final rule does not 

materially affect the budgetary impact of 

entitlements, grants, or loan programs, 

or the rights and obligations of their 

recipients. This rule applies an inflation 

factor that increases some existing user 

fees for processing documents 

associated with the onshore minerals 

programs. However, most of these fee 

increases are less than 2 percent and 

none of the increases materially affect 

the budgetary impact of user fees. 

Finally, this rule will not raise novel 

legal issues. As explained above, this 

rule simply implements an annual 

process to account for inflation that was 

adopted by and explained in the 2005 

cost recovery rule. 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act 

This final rule will not have a 

significant economic effect on a 

substantial number of small entities as 

defined under the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.). A Regulatory 

Flexibility Analysis is not required. 

Accordingly, a Small Entity Compliance 

Guide is not required. For the purposes 

of this section, a small entity is defined 

by the Small Business Administration 

(SBA) for mining (broadly inclusive of 

metal mining, coal mining, oil and gas 

extraction, and the mining and 

quarrying of nonmetallic minerals) as an 

individual, limited partnership, or small 

company considered to be at arm’s 

length from the control of any parent 

companies, with fewer than 500 

employees. The SBA defines a small 

entity differently, however, for leasing 

Federal land for coal mining. A coal 

lessee is a small entity if it employs not 

more than 250 people, including people 

working for its affiliates. 

The SBA would consider many, if not 

most, of the operators the BLM works 

with in the onshore minerals programs 

to be small entities. The BLM notes that 

this final rule does not affect service 

industries, for which the SBA has a 

different definition of ‘‘small entity.’’ 

The final rule may affect a large 

number of small entities since 17 fees 

for activities on public lands will be 

increased. However, the BLM has 

concluded that the effects will not be 

significant. Most of the fixed fee 

increases will be less than 2 percent as 

a result of this final rule. The 

adjustments result in no increase in the 

fee for the processing of 31 documents 

relating to the BLM’s minerals 

programs. The highest adjustment, in 


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dollar terms, is for adjudications of 

mineral patent applications involving 

more than 10 mining claims, which will 

be increased by $40. For the 2005 final 

rule, the BLM completed a threshold 

analysis, which is available for public 

review in the administrative record for 

that rule. For instructions on how to 

view a copy of that analysis, please 

contact one of the persons listed in the 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section above. The analysis for the 2005 

rule concluded that the fees would not 

have a significant economic effect on a 

substantial number of small entities. 

The fee increases implemented in 

today’s rule are substantially smaller 

than those provided for in the 2005 rule. 

The Small Business Regulatory 

Enforcement Fairness Act 

This final rule is not a ‘‘major rule’’ 

as defined at 5 U.S.C. 804(2). The final 

rule will not have an annual effect on 

the economy greater than $100 million; 

it will not result in major cost or price 

increases for consumers, industries, 

government agencies, or regions; and it 

will not have significant adverse effects 

on competition, employment, 

investment, productivity, innovation, or 

the ability of U.S.-based enterprises to 

compete with foreign-based enterprises. 

For the 2005 final rule, which 

established the fee adjustment 

procedure that this rule implements, the 

BLM completed a threshold analysis, 

which is available for public review in 

the administrative record for that rule. 

The fee increases implemented in 

today’s rule are substantially smaller 

than those provided for in the 2005 rule. 

Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

This final rule will not have a 

substantial direct effect on the States, on 

the relationship between the national 

government and the States, or on the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. In accordance 

with Executive Order 13132, therefore, 

we find that the final rule does not have 

significant federalism effects. A 

federalism assessment is not required. 

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

These regulations contain information 

collection requirements. As required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), the BLM 

submitted a copy of the proposed 

information collection requirements to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review. The OMB approved 

the information collection requirements 

under the following Control Numbers: 

Oil and Gas 

(1) 1004–0034 which expires July 31, 

2015; 

(2) 1004–0137 which expires October 

31, 2014; 

(3) 1004–0162 which expires July 31, 

2015; 

(4) 1004–0185 which expires 

December 31, 2015; 

Geothermal 

(5) 1004–0132 which expires 

December 31, 2016; 

Coal 

(6) 1004–0073 which expires August 

31, 2016; 

Mining Claims 

(7) 1004–0025 which expires March 

31, 2016; 

(8) 1004–0114 which expires October 

31, 2016; and 

Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than 

Oil Shale 

(9) 1004–0121 which expires March 

31, 2016. 

Takings Implication Assessment 

(Executive Order 12630) 

As required by Executive Order 

12630, the BLM has determined that 

this rule will not cause a taking of 

private property. No private property 

rights will be affected by a rule that 

merely updates fees. The BLM therefore 

certifies that this final rule does not 

represent a governmental action capable 

of interference with constitutionally 

protected property rights. 

Civil Justice Reform (Executive Order 

12988) 

In accordance with Executive Order 

12988, the BLM finds that this final rule 

will not unduly burden the judicial 

system and meets the requirements of 

sections 3(a) and 3(b)(2) of the Executive 

Order. 

The National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) 

The BLM has determined that this 

final rule is administrative and involves 

only procedural changes addressing fee 

requirements. In promulgating this rule, 

the government is conducting routine 

and continuing government business of 

an administrative nature having limited 

context and intensity. Therefore, it is 

categorically excluded from 

environmental review under Section 

102(2)(C) of NEPA, pursuant to 43 CFR 

46.205 and 46.210(c) and (i). The final 

rule does not meet any of the 12 criteria 

for exceptions to categorical exclusions 

listed at 43 CFR 46.215. 

Pursuant to Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) 

regulations and the environmental 

policies and procedures of the 

Department of the Interior, the term 

‘‘categorical exclusions’’ means 

categories of actions ‘‘which do not 

individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment and which have been 

found to have no such effect in 

procedures adopted by a Federal agency 

in implementation of [CEQ] regulations 

(§ 1507.3) and for which, therefore, 

neither an environmental assessment 

nor an environmental impact statement 

is required.’’ 40 CFR 1508.4; see also 

BLM National Environmental Policy Act 

Handbook H–1790–1, Ch. 4, at 17 (Jan. 

2008). 

The Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995 

The BLM has determined that this 

final rule is not significant under the 

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 

1995, 2 U.S.C. 1501 et seq., because it 

will not result in State, local, private 

sector, or tribal government 

expenditures of $100 million or more in 

any one year, 2 U.S.C. 1532. This rule 

will not significantly or uniquely affect 

small governments. Therefore, the BLM 

is not required to prepare a statement 

containing the information required by 

the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act. 

Consultation and Coordination With 

Indian Tribal Governments (Executive 

Order 13175) 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13175, the BLM has determined that 

this final rule does not include policies 

that have tribal implications. A key 

factor is whether the rule would have 

substantial direct effects on one or more 

Indian tribes. The BLM has not found 

any substantial direct effects. 

Consequently, the BLM did not utilize 

the consultation process set forth in 

Section 5 of the Executive Order. 

Information Quality Act 

In developing this rule, the BLM did 

not conduct or use a study, experiment, 

or survey requiring peer review under 

the Information Quality Act (Public Law 

106–554). 

Effects on the Nation’s Energy Supply 

(Executive Order 13211) 

In accordance with Executive Order 

13211, the BLM has determined that 

this final rule is not likely to have a 

significant adverse effect on the supply, 

distribution, or use of energy. The 

distribution of or use of energy would 

not be unduly affected by this final rule. 

It merely adjusts certain administrative 

cost recovery fees to account for 

inflation. 


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Author 

The principal author of this rule is 

Anna Atkinson of the Division of 

Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Land 

Management. 

List of Subjects in 43 CFR Part 3000 

Public lands—mineral resources, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

Janice M. Schneider, 

Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals 

Management. 

For reasons stated in the preamble, 

the Bureau of Land Management 

amends 43 CFR Chapter II as follows: 

PART 3000—MINERALS 

MANAGEMENT: GENERAL 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 3000 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; 30 

U.S.C. 181 et seq., 301–306, 351–359, and 

601 et seq.; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 40 U.S.C. 471 et 

seq.; 42 U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; 

and Pub. L. 97–35, 95 Stat. 357. 

Subpart 3000—General 

■ 2. Amend § 3000.12 by revising 

paragraph (a) to read as follows: 

§ 3000.12 What is the fee schedule for 

fixed fees? 

(a) The table in this section shows the 

fixed fees that you must pay to the BLM 

for the services listed for Fiscal Year 

2015. 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 2015 PROCESSING AND FILING FEE TABLE

Document/Action FY 2015 Fee 

Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150) 

Noncompetitive lease application ..................................................................................... $405. 

Competitive lease application ........................................................................................... 155. 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights .............................................. 90. 

Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production .................................................... 10. 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee ........................................... 210. 

Lease consolidation .......................................................................................................... 445 

Lease renewal or exchange .............................................................................................. 405. 

Lease reinstatement, Class I ............................................................................................ 80. 

Leasing under right-of-way ............................................................................................... 405. 

Geophysical exploration permit application—Alaska ........................................................ 25. 

Renewal of exploration permit—Alaska ............................................................................ 25. 

Geothermal (part 3200) 

Noncompetitive lease application ..................................................................................... 405. 

Competitive lease application ........................................................................................... 155. 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights .............................................. 90. 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee ........................................... 210. 

Lease consolidation .......................................................................................................... 445. 

Lease reinstatement .......................................................................................................... 80. 

Nomination of lands .......................................................................................................... 115. 

plus per acre nomination fee ..................................................................................... 0.11. 

Site license application ..................................................................................................... 60. 

Assignment or transfer of site license .............................................................................. 60. 

Coal (parts 3400, 3470) 

License to mine application .............................................................................................. 10. 

Exploration license application .......................................................................................... 330. 

Lease or lease interest transfer ........................................................................................ 65. 

Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500, 3580) 

Applications other than those listed below ....................................................................... 35. 

Prospecting permit application amendment ...................................................................... 65. 

Extension of prospecting permit ....................................................................................... 110. 

Lease modification or fringe acreage lease ...................................................................... 30. 

Lease renewal ................................................................................................................... 520. 

Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights ...................................................... 30. 

Transfer of overriding royalty ............................................................................................ 30. 

Use permit ......................................................................................................................... 30. 

Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease ....................................................................... 30. 

Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada .................................................... 30. 

Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730) 

Notice of protest of placer mining operations ................................................................... 10. 

Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3850, 3860, 3870) 

Application to open lands to location ................................................................................ 10. 


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FY 2015 PROCESSING AND FILING FEE TABLE—Continued 

Document/Action FY 2015 Fee 

Notice of location* ............................................................................................................. 20. 

Amendment of location ..................................................................................................... 10. 

Transfer of mining claim/site ............................................................................................. 10. 

Recording an annual FLPMA filing ................................................................................... 10. 

Deferment of assessment work ........................................................................................ 110. 

Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on Stockraising Homestead Act 

lands.

30. 

Mineral patent adjudication ............................................................................................... 3,035 (more than 10 claims). 

1,520 (10 or fewer claims). 

Adverse claim .................................................................................................................... 110. 

Protest ............................................................................................................................... 65. 

Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930) 

Exploration license application .......................................................................................... 320. 

Application for assignment or sublease of record title or overriding royalty .................... 65. 

*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. 

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[FR Doc. 2014–22836 Filed 9–24–14; 8:45 am] 

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