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TABLE 1—GENERAL SUPERFUND SECTION

State Site name City/County Notes (a)

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MI ..... Torch Lake ................................................................................ Houghton .................................................................................. P 

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(a)* * * 

* P = Sites with partial deletion(s). 

[FR Doc. 2013–19759 Filed 8–15–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

43 CFR Part 3000 

[L13100000 PP0000 LLWO310000; L1990000 

PO0000 LLWO320000] 

RIN 1004–AE32 

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, 2013. 

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–AE32. 

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 Faith 

Bremner, Regulatory Affairs Analyst, 

202–912–7441. 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 simply 

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. The 

Department of the Interior, therefore, for 

good cause finds under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B) and (d)(3) that notice and 

public comment procedures are 

unnecessary. 

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 2011 to the 4th 

Quarter of 2012, 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, 30 fees will remain 

the same and 18 fees will increase. Nine 

of the fee increases will amount to $5 

each. The largest increase, $55, will be 

applied to the fee for adjudicating a 

mineral patent application containing 

more than 10 claims, which will 

increase from $2,940 to $2,995. The fee 

for adjudicating a patent application 

containing 10 or fewer claims will 

increase by $25—from $1,470 to $1,495. 

In this rule, we will correct the title 

given in the table for 43 CFR part 3730. 

The title used in prior rules, ‘‘Multiple 

Use, Mining,’’ is actually the title for 

Group 3700, the group of regulations 

that includes part 3730. The specific 

title for part 3730, in which the fee for 

a notice of protest of placer mining 

operations is found at 43 CFR 3736.2(b), 

is ‘‘Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite 

Withdrawals: General.’’ This is a 

technical revision that has no 

substantive effect. 

The calculations that resulted in the 

new fees are included in the table 

below: 


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FIXED COST RECOVERY FEES FY14 

Document/Action Existing fee 1 Existing value 2 IPD–GDP 

Increase 3 New value 4 New fee 5

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

Noncompetitive lease application .................................... $ 390 $ 390 .65 $ 7.19 $ 397 .84 $ 400 

Competitive lease application .......................................... 150 151 .60 2.79 154 .39 155 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating 

rights ............................................................................. 85 87 .46 1.61 89 .07 90 

Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production ... 10 11 .66 0.21 11 .87 10 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee ................................................................................ 205 204 .06 3.75 207 .81 210 

Lease consolidation ......................................................... 430 431 .46 7.94 439 .40 440 

Lease renewal or exchange ............................................ 390 390 .65 7.19 397 .84 400 

Lease reinstatement, Class I ........................................... 75 75 .79 1.39 77 .18 75 

Leasing under right-of-way .............................................. 390 390 .65 7.19 397 .84 400 

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

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

Geothermal (part 3200) 

Noncompetitive lease application .................................... 390 390 .65 7.19 397 .84 400 

Competitive lease application .......................................... 150 151 .60 2.79 154 .39 155 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating 

rights ............................................................................. 85 87 .46 1.61 89 .07 90 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee ................................................................................ 205 204 .06 3.75 207 .81 210 

Lease consolidation ......................................................... 430 431 .46 7.94 439 .40 440 

Lease reinstatement ........................................................ 75 75 .79 1.39 77 .18 75 

Nomination of lands: ........................................................ 110 109 .15 2.01 111 .16 110 

plus per acre nomination fee .................................... 0.11 0 .10915 0.00201 0 .11116 0.11 

Site license application .................................................... 60 58 .30 1.07 59 .37 60 

Assignment or transfer of site license ............................. 60 58 .30 1.07 59 .37 60 

Coal (parts 3400, 3470) 

License to mine application ............................................. 10 11 .66 0.21 11 .87 10 

Exploration license application ........................................ 320 320 .68 5.90 326 .58 325 

Lease or lease interest transfer ....................................... 65 64 .15 1.18 65 .33 65 

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

Applications other than those listed below ...................... 35 34 .99 0.64 35 .63 35 

Prospecting permit application amendment .................... 65 64 .15 1.18 65 .33 65 

Extension of prospecting permit ...................................... 105 104 .95 1.93 106 .88 105 

Lease modification or fringe acreage lease .................... 30 29 .16 0.54 29 .70 30 

Lease renewal .................................................................. 500 501 .44 9.23 510 .67 510 

Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights ..... 30 29 .16 0.54 29 .70 30 

Transfer of overriding royalty ........................................... 30 29 .16 0.54 29 .70 30 

Use permit ........................................................................ 30 29 .16 0.54 29 .70 30 

Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease ...................... 30 29 .16 0.54 29 .70 30 

Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada ... 30 29 .16 0.54 29 .70 30 

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

Notice of protest of placer mining operations .................. 10 11 .66 0.21 11 .87 10 

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

Application to open lands to location ............................... 10 11 .66 0.21 11 .87 10 

Notice of location ............................................................. 15 17 .48 0.32 17 .80 20 

Amendment of location .................................................... 10 11 .66 0.21 11 .87 10 

Transfer of mining claim/site ............................................ 10 11 .66 0.21 11 .87 10 

Recording an annual FLPMA filing .................................. 10 11 .66 0.21 11 .87 10 

Deferment of assessment work ....................................... 105 104 .95 1.93 106 .88 105 

Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on 

Stockraising Homestead Act lands .............................. 30 29 .16 0.54 29 .70 30 

Mineral patent adjudication: 

(more than 10 claims) ............................................... 2,940 2,938 .65 54.07 2,992 .72 2,995 

(10 or fewer claims) .................................................. 1,470 1,469 .31 27.04 1,496 .35 1,495 

Adverse claim .................................................................. 105 104 .95 1.93 106 .88 105 

Protest .............................................................................. 65 64 .15 1.18 65 .33 65 


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FIXED COST RECOVERY FEES FY14—Continued 

Document/Action Existing fee 1 Existing value 2 IPD–GDP 

Increase 3 New value 4 New fee 5

Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930) 

Exploration license application ........................................ 310 307 .58 5.66 313 .24 315 

Application for assignment or sublease of record title or 

overriding royalty .......................................................... 65 62 .56 1.15 63 .71 65 

1The Existing Fee was established by the 2012 (Fiscal Year 2013) cost recovery fee update rule published September 10, 2012 (77 FR 

55420), effective October 1, 2012. 2The Existing Value is the figure from the New Value column in the previous year’s rule. 

3From 4th Quarter 2011 to 4th Quarter 2012, the IPD–GDP increased by 1.84 percent. The value in the IPD–GDP Increase column is 1.84 

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 2014 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 26, 

2013). 

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 

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 3 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 18 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 3 percent as 

a result of this final rule. The 

adjustments result in no increase in the 

fee for the processing of 30 documents 

relating to the BLM’s minerals 

programs. The highest adjustment, in 

dollar terms, is for adjudications of 

mineral patent applications involving 


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more than 10 mining claims, which will 

be increased by $55. 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, 2013; 

Coal 

(6) 1004–0073 which expires August 

31, 2013, renewal pending; 

Mining Claims 

(7) 1004–0025 which expires March 

31, 2016; 

(8) 1004–0114 which expires August 

31, 2013; 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 (Pub. L. 

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 

Faith Bremner 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. 

Tommy P. Beaudreau, 

Acting 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 

2014. 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 2014 PROCESSING AND FILING FEE TABLE

Document/action FY 2014 fee 

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

Noncompetitive lease application ............................................................................................................................... $400 

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 .................................................................................................................................................... 440 

Lease renewal or exchange ........................................................................................................................................ 400 

Lease reinstatement, Class I ...................................................................................................................................... 75 

Leasing under right-of-way ......................................................................................................................................... 400 

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

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

Geothermal (part 3200) 

Noncompetitive lease application ............................................................................................................................... 400 

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 .................................................................................................................................................... 440 

Lease reinstatement .................................................................................................................................................... 75 

Nomination of lands .................................................................................................................................................... 110 

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 .................................................................................................................................... 325 

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 ................................................................................................................................. 105 

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

Lease renewal ............................................................................................................................................................. 510 

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 2014 PROCESSING AND FILING FEE TABLE—Continued 

Document/action FY 2014 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 .................................................................................................................................. 105 

Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on Stockraising Homestead Act lands .................................... 30 

Mineral patent adjudication ......................................................................................................................................... 2,995 (more than 10 claims) 

1,495 (10 or fewer claims) 

Adverse claim .............................................................................................................................................................. 105 

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

Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930) 

Exploration license application .................................................................................................................................... 315 

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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BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 206 

[Docket ID: FEMA–2013–0015] 

RIN 1660–AA79 

Dispute Resolution Pilot Program for 

Public Assistance Appeals 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: Section 1105 of the Sandy 

Recovery Improvement Act of 2013 

directs FEMA to establish a nationwide 

Dispute Resolution Pilot Program 

(DRPP) in order to facilitate an efficient 

recovery from major disasters, including 

arbitration by an independent review 

panel, to resolve disputes relating to 

Public Assistance projects. This final 

rule establishes an option for arbitration 

under the Public Assistance Program 

administered by the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA). The 

option allows applicants to file for 

arbitration, instead of a second appeal 

under FEMA’s current Public Assistance 

Program. The requests for review under 

the DRPP must be submitted by 

December 31, 2015. This final rule 

provides the procedures and the 

standard of review that FEMA will 

apply under the arbitration option. 

DATES: Effective Date: August 16, 2013. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

William Roche, Infrastructure Branch 

Chief, Recovery Directorate, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street SW., Washington, DC, 20472– 

3100, Phone: (202) 212–2340 or Email: 

william.roche@fema.dhs.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Table of Abbreviations 

APA—Administrative Procedure Act 

ARRA—American Recovery and 

Reinvestment Act of 2009 

CFR—Code of Federal Regulations 

DRPP—Dispute Resolution Pilot Program 

EA—Environmental Assessment 

EIS—Environmental Impact Statement 

FEMA—Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

NEPA—National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 

OMB—Office of Management and Budget 

PRA—Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

RFA—Regulatory Flexibility Act 

SRIA—Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 

2013 

Stafford Act—Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, as 

amended 

Table of Contents 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Purpose of the Regulatory Action 

1. Need for the Regulatory Action 

2. Legal Authority for the Regulatory 

Action 

B. Summary of the Major Provisions of the 

Regulatory Action 

C. Summary of Costs and Benefits 

II. Background 

A. Sandy Recovery Improvement Act of 

2013 

B. Public Assistance Process for Project 

Approval 

C. Public Assistance Appeal Process under 

44 CFR 206.206 

III. Discussion of the Rule 

A. Scope 

B. Definitions 

C. Applicability 

D. Governing Rules 

E. Limitations 

F. Request for Arbitration 

G. Administrative Record 

H. Submissions Related to Arbitration 

I. Selection of Panel 

J. Challenge of Arbitrator(s) 

K. Preliminary Administrative Conference 

L. Jurisdictional and Arbitrability 

Challenges 

M. Hearing 

N. Standard of Review 

O. Ex Parte Communications 

P. Decision 

Q. Costs 

R. Frivolous Requests 

S. Deadline 

IV. Regulatory Analyses 

A. Administrative Procedure Act 

B. Executive Order 12866, Regulatory 

Planning and Review and Executive 

Order 13563, Improving Regulation and 

Regulatory Review 

C. Regulatory Flexibility Act 

D. Unfunded Mandates Reform Act 

E. Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 

F. National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969 

G. Executive Order 13175, Consultation 

and Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

H. Executive Order 13132, Federalism 

I. Executive Order 12630, Taking of Private 

Property 

J. Executive Order 12898, Environmental 

Justice 

K. Executive Order 12988, Civil Justice 

Reform 

L. Executive Order 13045, Protection of 

Children From Environmental Health 

Risks and Safety Risks 

M. Congressional Review Act 

I. Executive Summary 

A. Purpose of the Regulatory Action 

This section provides a concise 

description of the major provisions in 

this final rule. The Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) also 

provides a summary of the costs and 

benefits of this final rule in this section. 


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