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permission from the COTP. Spectator 

vessels may safely transit outside the 

regulated area but may not anchor, 

block, loiter in, or impede the transit of 

participants or official patrol vessels. 

The Coast Guard may be assisted by 

other Federal, State, or local law 

enforcement agencies in enforcing this 

regulation. 

This notice is issued under authority 

of 33 CFR 100.1101(a) and 5 U.S.C. 

552(a). In addition to this notice in the 

Federal Register, the Coast Guard will 

provide the maritime community with 

notification of this enforcement period 

via the Local Notice to Mariners, marine 

information broadcasts, local radio 

stations and area newspapers. If the 

COTP or his designated representative 

determines that the regulated area need 

not be enforced for the full duration 

stated in this notice, he or she may use 

a Broadcast Notice to Mariners to grant 

general permission to enter the 

regulated area. 

Dated: August 26, 2010. 

T.H. Farris, 

Captain, U.S. Coast Guard, Captain of the 

Port San Diego. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22798 Filed 9–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 9110–04–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

43 CFR Parts 3000, 3910, and 3930 

[L13100000 PP0000 LLWO310000; L1990000 

PO0000 LLWO320000] 

RIN 1004–AE18 

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 mineral programs and some filing 

fees for mineral-related documents. 

These updates include fees for actions 

such as lease renewals and mineral 

patent adjudications. This rule also 

moves the oil shale cost recovery fee 

amounts from the rule text to the 

general cost recovery fee table so that 

mineral cost recovery fees can be found 

in one location. 

DATES: This final rule is effective 

October 1, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Salzman, Chief, Division of Fluid 

Minerals, (202) 912–7143, 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. 

ADDRESSES: You may send inquiries or 

suggestions to Director (630), Bureau of 

Land Management, MS–LS 401, 1849 C 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20240; 

Attention: RIN 1004–AE18. 

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. 

Because the fee recalculations are 

simply based on a mathematical 

formula, we have changed the fees in 

this final rule without providing 

opportunity for notice and comment. 

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 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. 

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 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 IPD–GDP for the 4th 

Quarter of the preceding calendar year. 

The BLM’s most recent fee update rule 

became effective on October 1, 2009, 74 

FR 49330 (Sept. 28, 2009), based on the 

IPD–GDP for the 4th Quarter of 2008. 

This fee update rule is based on the 

IPD–GDP for the 4th Quarter of 2009, 

thus reflecting the rate of inflation over 

the four calendar quarters since the 4th 

Quarter of 2008. 

The fee is calculated by applying the 

IPD–GDP to the base value from the 

previous year’s rule. This results in an 

updated base value. This 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, 44 fees will remain 

the same, and 4 fees will increase, as 

follows: 

(A) The Geothermal Program’s lands 

nomination fee will increase from plus 

10 cents per acre to plus 11 cents per 

acre; 

(B) The Solid Minerals (other than 

Coal and Oil Shale) Program’s lease 

renewal fee will increase from $480 to 

$485; 

(C) The Mining Law Administration 

Program’s fee for mineral patent 

adjudication of more than 10 claims will 

increase from $2,820 to $2,840; and 

(D) The Mining Law Administration 

Program’s fee for mineral patent 

adjudication of 10 or fewer claims will 

increase from $1,410 to $1,420. 

In this rule we also moved the cost 

recovery fees for the oil shale program 

into the Processing and Filing Fee Table 

at 43 CFR 3000.12. We added a 

reference to the f ee table in the relevant 

sections of the rule text at 43 CFR 

sections 3910.31, 3933.20, and 3933.31. 

This is an administrative revision for 

the convenience of the reader and 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 FY11 

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 ........................................ $ 375 $ 374.68 $ 2.55 $ 377.23 $ 375 

Competitive lease application .............................................. 145 145.40 0.99 146.39 145 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 85 83.88 0.57 84.45 85 

Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production ....... 10 11.18 0.08 11.26 10 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee .................................................................................... 195 195.72 1.33 197.05 195 

Lease consolidation ............................................................. 415 413.82 2.81 416.63 415 

Lease renewal or exchange ................................................ 375 374.68 2.55 377.23 375 

Lease reinstatement, Class I ............................................... 75 72.69 0.49 73.18 75 

Leasing under right-of-way .................................................. 375 374.68 2.55 377.23 375 

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

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

Geothermal (part 3200) 

Noncompetitive lease application ........................................ 375 374.68 2.55 377.23 375 

Competitive lease application .............................................. 145 145.40 0.99 146.39 145 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 85 83.88 0.57 84.45 85 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee .................................................................................... 195 195.72 1.33 197.05 195 

Lease consolidation ............................................................. 415 413.82 2.81 416.63 415 

Lease reinstatement ............................................................ 75 72.69 0.49 73.18 75 

Nomination of lands ............................................................. 105 104.69 0.71 105.40 105 

plus per acre nomination fee ........................................ 0.10 0.10469 0.00071 0.10540 0.11 

Site license application ........................................................ 55 55.92 0.38 56.30 55 

Assignment or transfer of site license ................................. 55 55.92 0.38 56.30 55 

Coal (parts 3400, 3470) 

License to mine application ................................................. 10 11.18 0.08 11.26 10 

Exploration license application ............................................ 310 307.57 2.09 309.66 310 

Lease or lease interest transfer ........................................... 60 61.52 0.42 61.94 60 

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

Applications other than those listed below .......................... 35 33.55 0.23 33.78 35 

Prospecting permit application amendment ........................ 60 61.52 0.42 61.94 60 

Extension of prospecting permit .......................................... 100 100.66 0.68 101.34 100 

Lease modification or fringe acreage lease ........................ 30 27.97 0.19 28.16 30 

Lease renewal ...................................................................... 480 480.93 3.27 484.20 485 

Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights ......... 30 27.97 0.19 28.16 30 

Transfer of overriding royalty ............................................... 30 27.97 0.19 28.16 30 

Use permit ............................................................................ 30 27.97 0.19 28.16 30 

Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease .......................... 30 27.97 0.19 28.16 30 

Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada ....... 30 27.97 0.19 28.16 30 

Multiple Use; Mining (part 3700) 

Notice of protest of placer mining operations ...................... 10 11.18 0.08 11.26 10 

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

Application to open lands to location ................................... 10 11.18 0.08 11.26 10 

Notice of location ................................................................. 15 16.77 0.11 16.88 15 

Amendment of location ........................................................ 10 11.18 0.08 11.26 10 

Transfer of mining claim/site ................................................ 10 11.18 0.08 11.26 10 

Recording an annual FLPMA filing ...................................... 10 11.18 0.08 11.26 10 

Deferment of assessment work ........................................... 100 100.66 0.68 101.34 100 

Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on 

Stockraising Homestead Act lands .................................. 30 27.97 0.19 28.16 30 

Mineral patent adjudication: 

(more than 10 claims) ................................................... 2,820 2,818.47 19.17 2,837.64 2,840 

(10 or fewer claims) ...................................................... 1,410 1,409.23 9.58 1,418.81 1,420 

Adverse claim ...................................................................... 100 100.66 0.68 101.34 100 

Protest .................................................................................. 60 61.52 0.42 61.94 60 

Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930) 

Exploration license application ............................................ 295 295 2.01 297.01 295 


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FIXED COST RECOVERY FEES FY11—Continued 

Document/Action Existing 

fee 1

Existing 

value 2

IPD–GDP 

increase 3 New value 4 New fee 5

Application for assignment or sublease of record title or 

overriding royalty .............................................................. 60 60 0.41 60.41 60 

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

1The Existing Fee was established by the 2009 (Fiscal Year 2010) cost recovery fee update rule published September 28, 2009 (74 FR 

49330), effective October 1, 2009. 2The 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. 3From 4th Quarter 2008 to 4th Quarter 2009, the IPD–GDP increased by 0.68 percent. The value in the IPD–GDP Increase column is 0.68 

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

5The New Fee for 2011 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, we interpret the provision quoted as prohibiting us from increasing this $25 

fee. 7We interpret the Energy Policy Act prohibition discussed in footnote 6, above, as prohibiting us from increasing this $25 fee, as well. 

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 in setting the 

fees, values are 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. Fee adjustments are made by 

multiplying the annual change in the 

IPD–GDP by the figure in the Existing 

Value column. This calculation defines 

a 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 does apply an 

inflation factor that increases a handful 

of existing user fees for processing 

documents associated with the onshore 

minerals programs. However, most of 

these fee increases are less than 1 

percent and none of the increases 

materially affects 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 

proposed 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 will not affect a large 

number of small entities since only four 

fees for activities on public lands will be 

increased. We have concluded that the 

effects will not be significant. Only 4 

out of 48 fees will be adjusted upward, 

and most of the fixed fee increases will 

be less than 1 percent as a result of this 

final rule. 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. 


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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, 

2012; 

(2) 1004–0137 which expires 

September 30, 2010, renewal pending; 

(3) 1004–0162 which expires May 31, 

2012; 

(4) 1004–0185 which expires 

November 30, 2012; 

Geothermal 

(5) 1004–0132 which expires 

September 30, 2010, renewal pending; 

Coal 

(6) 1004–0073 which expires June 30, 

2013; 

Mining Claims 

(7) 1004–0025 which expires March 

31, 2013; 

(8) 1004–0114 which expires August 

31, 2013; and 

Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than 

Oil Shale 

(9) 1004–0121 which expires February 

28, 2013. 

Takings Implication Assessment 

(Executive Order 12630) 

As required by Executive Order 

12630, the Department of the Interior 

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 service 

fees. The Department 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 10 criteria 

for exceptions to categorical exclusions 

listed at 43 CFR 46.215. 

Pursuant to Council on 

Environmental Quality regulation (40 

CFR 1508.4) 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 

determined to have no such effect on 

procedures adopted by a Federal 

agency, and therefore require neither an 

environmental assessment nor an 

environmental impact statement. 

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. 

Author 

The principal author of this rule is 

Faith Bremner of the Division of 

Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Land 

Management. 

List of Subjects 

43 CFR Part 3000 

Public lands—mineral resources, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements. 

43 CFR Part 3910 

Environmental protection, 

Exploration licenses, Intergovernmental 

relations, Oil shale reserves, Public 

lands—mineral resources, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 


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43 CFR Part 3930 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Environmental protection, 

Mineral royalties, Oil shale reserves, 

Public lands—mineral resources, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Surety bonds. 

Ned Farquhar, 

Deputy 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) and the table following 

paragraph (b) 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 BLM for 

the services listed for Fiscal Year 2011. 

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. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

FY 2011 PROCESSING AND FILING FEE TABLE

Document/action FY 2011 fee 

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

Noncompetitive lease application .................................................................................................................................................... $375 

Competitive lease application .......................................................................................................................................................... 145 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights ............................................................................................................. 85 

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

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee .......................................................................................................... 195 

Lease consolidation ......................................................................................................................................................................... 415 

Lease renewal or exchange ............................................................................................................................................................ 375 

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

Leasing under right-of-way .............................................................................................................................................................. 375 

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

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

Geothermal (part 3200) 

Noncompetitive lease application .................................................................................................................................................... 375 

Competitive lease application .......................................................................................................................................................... 145 

Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights ............................................................................................................. 85 

Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee .......................................................................................................... 195 

Lease consolidation ......................................................................................................................................................................... 415 

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

Nomination of lands ......................................................................................................................................................................... 105 

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

Site license application .................................................................................................................................................................... 55 

Assignment or transfer of site license ............................................................................................................................................. 55 

Coal (parts 3400, 3470) 

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

Exploration license application ........................................................................................................................................................ 310 

Lease or lease interest transfer ....................................................................................................................................................... 60 

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

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

Prospecting permit application amendment .................................................................................................................................... 60 

Extension of prospecting permit ...................................................................................................................................................... 100 

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

Lease renewal ................................................................................................................................................................................. 485 

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 

Multiple Use; Mining (part 3730) 

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


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Document/action FY 2011 fee 

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

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

Notice of location * ........................................................................................................................................................................... 15 

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

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

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

Deferment of assessment work ....................................................................................................................................................... 100 

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

Mineral patent adjudication .............................................................................................................................................................. 2,840 (more than 

10 claims) 

1,420 (10 or 

fewer claims) 

Adverse claim .................................................................................................................................................................................. 100 

Protest .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 

Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930) 

Exploration license application ........................................................................................................................................................ 295 

Application for assignment or sublease of record title or overriding royalty ................................................................................... 60 

* 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. 

PART 3910—OIL SHALE 

EXPLORATION LICENSES 

■ 3. The authority citation for part 3910 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396(d) and 2107, 30 

U.S.C. 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 

1732(b) and 1740. 

Subpart 3910—Exploration Licenses 

■ 4. Amend § 3910.31 by revising 

paragraph (b)(2) to read as follows: 

§ 3910.31 Filing of an application for an 

exploration license. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(2) The filing fee for an exploration 

license application found in the fee 

schedule in § 3000.12 of this chapter; 

* * * * * 

PART 3930—MANAGEMENT OF OIL 

SHALE EXPLORATION AND LEASES 

■ 5. The authority citation for part 3930 

continues to read as follows: 

Authority: 25 U.S.C. 396d and 2107, 30 

U.S.C. 241(a), 42 U.S.C. 15927, 43 U.S.C. 

1732(b), 1733, and 1740. 

Subpart 3933—Assignments and 

Subleases 

■ 6. Amend § 3933.20 by revising the 

first sentence of the section to read as 

follows: 

§ 3933.20 Filing fees. 

Each application for assignment or 

sublease of record title or overriding 

royalty must include the filing fee found 

in the fee schedule in § 3000.12 of this 

chapter. * * * 

■ 7. Amend § 3933.31 by revising 

paragraph (b)(3) to read as follows: 

§ 3933.31 Record title assignments. 

* * * * * 

(b) * * * 

(3) The filing fee found in the fee 

schedule in § 3000.12 of this chapter. 

* * * * * 

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BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND 

SECURITY 

Federal Emergency Management 

Agency 

44 CFR Part 64 

[Docket ID FEMA–2010–0003; Internal 

Agency Docket No. FEMA–8149] 

Suspension of Community Eligibility 

AGENCY: Federal Emergency 

Management Agency, DHS. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: This rule identifies 

communities, where the sale of flood 

insurance has been authorized under 

the National Flood Insurance Program 

(NFIP), that are scheduled for 

suspension on the effective dates listed 

within this rule because of 

noncompliance with the floodplain 

management requirements of the 

program. If the Federal Emergency 

Management Agency (FEMA) receives 

documentation that the community has 

adopted the required floodplain 

management measures prior to the 

effective suspension date given in this 

rule, the suspension will not occur and 

a notice of this will be provided by 

publication in the Federal Register on a 

subsequent date. 

DATES: Effective Dates: The effective 

date of each community’s scheduled 

suspension is the third date (‘‘Susp.’’) 

listed in the third column of the 

following tables. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you want to determine whether a 

particular community was suspended 

on the suspension date or for further 

information, contact David Stearrett, 

Mitigation Directorate, Federal 

Emergency Management Agency, 500 C 

Street SW., Washington, DC 20472, 

(202) 646–2953. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NFIP 

enables property owners to purchase 

flood insurance which is generally not 

otherwise available. In return, 

communities agree to adopt and 

administer local floodplain management 

aimed at protecting lives and new 

construction from future flooding. 

Section 1315 of the National Flood 

Insurance Act of 1968, as amended, 42 

U.S.C. 4022, prohibits flood insurance 

coverage as authorized under the NFIP, 

42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.; unless an 

appropriate public body adopts 

adequate floodplain management 

measures with effective enforcement 

measures. The communities listed in 

this document no longer meet that 

statutory requirement for compliance 

with program regulations, 44 CFR part 

59. Accordingly, the communities will 


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