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[43 CFR 3600] Title 43 Part 3600 : Code of Federal Regulations ';
Title 43 Part 3600
Title 43 → Subtitle B → Chapter II → Subchapter C → Part 3600
§3601.1 Purpose.
§3601.3 Authority.
§3601.5 Definitions.
§3601.6 Policy.
§3601.8 Public availability of information.
§3601.9 Information collection.
§3601.10 Limitations on BLM's discretion to dispose of mineral materials.
§3601.11 When will environmental considerations prevent BLM from disposing of mineral materials?
§3601.12 What areas does BLM exclude from disposal of mineral materials?
§3601.13 How can I obtain mineral materials from Federal lands that have been withdrawn to aid a function of another Federal agency or of a State or local government agency?
§3601.14 When can BLM dispose of mineral materials from unpatented mining claims?
§3601.20 Rights of parties.
§3601.21 What rights does a person have under a materials sales contract or use permit?
§3601.22 What rights remain with the United States when BLM sells or issues a permit for mineral materials?
§3601.30 Pre-application activities—how and when may I sample and test mineral materials?
§3601.40 Mining and reclamation plans.
§3601.41 What information must I include in my mining plan?
§3601.42 What information must I include in my reclamation plan?
§3601.43 What is the process for BLM to approve my mining and reclamation plans?
§3601.44 How and when may my mining or reclamation plan be modified?
§3601.50 Administration of sales contracts and free use permits.
§3601.51 How will BLM inspect my operation?
§3601.52 After I finish my operations, when must I remove improvements and equipment?
§3601.60 Cancellation.
§3601.61 When may BLM cancel my contract or permit?
§3601.62 Cancellation procedure.
§3601.70 Unauthorized use.
§3601.71 What constitutes unauthorized use?
§3601.72 What are the consequences of unauthorized use?
§3601.80 How do I appeal a final decision by BLM?
§3602.10 Applying for a mineral materials sales contract.
§3602.11 How do I request a sale of mineral materials?
§3602.12 How does the mineral materials sales process affect other users of the same public lands?
§3602.13 How does BLM measure and establish the price of mineral materials?
§3602.14 What kind of financial security does BLM require?
§3602.15 What will happen to my bond if I transferred all of my interests or operations to another bonded party?
§3602.20 Administration of mineral materials sales.
§3602.21 What payment terms apply to my mineral materials sales contract?
§3602.22 When will a contract terminate?
§3602.23 When will BLM make refunds or allow credits?
§3602.24 When may I assign my materials sales contract?
§3602.25 What rights and responsibilities does my assignee assume?
§3602.26 If I assign my contract, when do my obligations under the contract end?
§3602.27 When will BLM extend the term of a contract?
§3602.28 What records must I maintain and how long must I keep them?
§3602.29 How will BLM verify my production?
§3602.30 Noncompetitive sales.
§3602.31 What volume limitations and fees generally apply to noncompetitive mineral materials sales?
§3602.32 What volume and other limitations pertain to noncompetitive sales associated with public works projects?
§3602.33 How will BLM dispose of mineral materials for use in developing Federal mineral leases?
§3602.34 What is the term of a noncompetitive contract?
§3602.40 Competitive sales.
§3602.41 When will BLM sell mineral materials on a competitive basis?
§3602.42 How does BLM publicize competitive mineral materials sales?
§3602.43 How does BLM conduct competitive mineral materials sales?
§3602.44 How do I make a bid deposit?
§3602.45 What final steps will BLM take before issuing me a contract?
§3602.46 What is the term of a competitive contract?
§3602.47 When and how may I renew my competitive contract and what is the fee?
§3602.48 What may BLM require when renewing my contract?
§3602.49 When will BLM issue a non-renewable contract?
§3603.10 Disposal of mineral materials from community pits and common use areas.
§3603.11 What rights pertain to users of community pits?
§3603.12 What rights pertain to users of common use areas?
§3603.13 What price does BLM charge under materials sales contracts for mineral materials from community pits and common use areas?
§3603.14 What plans do I need to prepare to mine or remove mineral materials from a community pit or common use area?
§3603.20 Reclamation.
§3603.21 What reclamation requirements pertain to community pits and common use areas?
§3603.22 What fees must I pay to cover the cost of reclamation of community pits and common use areas?
§3604.10 Permits for free use of mineral materials.
§3604.11 How do I apply for a free use permit?
§3604.12 Who may obtain a free use permit?
§3604.13 When will BLM decline to issue a free use permit to a qualified applicant?
§3604.20 Administration of free use permits.
§3604.21 What is the term of a free use permit?
§3604.22 What conditions and restrictions pertain to my free use permit?
§3604.23 When and how may I assign my free use permit?
§3604.24 Who may remove materials on my behalf?
§3604.25 What bond requirements pertain to free use permits?
§3604.26 When will BLM cancel my permit?
§3604.27 What rights does a free use permit give me against other users of the land?
Authority: 30 U.S.C. 601 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1701 et seq.; Sec. 2, Act of September 28, 1962 (Pub. L. 87-713, 76 Stat. 652).
Source: 66 FR 58901, Nov. 23, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
(b) When you submit data and information under this part that you believe to be exempt from public disclosure, and that you wish BLM to withhold from such disclosure, you must clearly mark each page that you believe includes confidential information. BLM will keep all data and information confidential to the extent allowed by §2.13(c) of this title.
(b) Users of the lands covered by your materials sales contract or free use permit who acquire their rights later than the date BLM designated the tract for mineral materials disposal will be subject to your existing use authorization, as provided in §3602.12. This applies to uses due to any later settlement, location, lease, sale, or other appropriation under the general land laws, including the mineral leasing and mining laws.
(b) You must submit your sampling and testing findings to BLM. All information you submit under this section is subject to part 2 of this title. That part sets forth the rules of the Department of the Interior relating to public availability of information contained in Departmental records. (See §3601.8.)
(b) Your operation must not deviate from the plan BLM approves, unless it is modified under §3601.44.
(b) If you fail to respond to the notice under paragraph (a) of this section, or if delivery of the notice is refused, or not completed as described in §1810.2 of this chapter, BLM may cancel the contract or permit.
(b) BLM also may initiate a sale without a request under paragraph (a) of this section.
(c) You must pay a processing fee as provided in §§3602.31(b) and 3602.44(f). If the request is for mineral materials that are from a community pit or common use area this requirement does not apply.
[66 FR 58901, Nov. 23, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 58878, Oct. 7, 2005; 72 FR 50888, Sept. 5, 2007]
(c) This right does not prevent other uses or segregate the land from the operation of the public land laws, including the mining and mineral leasing laws. However, such subsequent uses must not interfere with the extraction of mineral materials.
(c) A performance bond may be a—
BLM will cancel your bond obligations following approval of the transfer of your interests or operations if the transferee provides a bond that assumes all of your existing liabilities as required in §3602.24. However, under §3602.26, you remain liable for any reclamation or other obligation that accrued during the time you held your interest.
(A) Once you have removed materials, you must make each subsequent installment payment monthly in an amount equal to the value of the minerals you remove each month. You must make the payment by the 15th day following the end of the month for which you are reporting. However, you must pay the balance of the purchase price not later than 60 days before the expiration date of the contract. BLM will credit your first installment payment to you at the time of your final payment unless we cancel your contract under §3601.61; or
(b) If you fail to comply with the terms and conditions of the contract and BLM cancels your contract under §3601.61, you will forfeit all moneys that you paid.
(a) Your contract terminates when—
(3) BLM cancels your contract under §3601.60 et seq. of this part.
(3) Materials you paid for are unavailable as a result of terminating your contract by mutual agreement under §3602.22(b).
(b) If your refund or credit is a result of terminating your contract by mutual agreement under §3602.22(b), BLM will reduce the amount of the refund or credit by the amount of the administrative cost of processing the disposal action. If these administrative costs exceed your total payments, BLM will not make a refund or allow a credit.
(c) BLM may credit to future production on the same contract, but not refund, payments that you make in lieu of production under §3602.21(a)(3). However, if, upon expiration of the contract, the total value of payments you have made exceeds the total value of mineral materials included in your contract, BLM will refund the difference in accordance with paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
(i) Furnishes a financial guarantee as required by §3602.14; or
(a) (1) For contracts with terms over 90 days, BLM receives your written request between 30 and 90 days before the contract expires; or
(c) BLM may require you to conduct pre-operation, annual, and post-operation volumetric surveys of the mine site.
In addition to the following sections, §§3602.31 through 3602.35, the provisions of §§3602.11 through 3602.29 also apply to noncompetitive sales.
(b) BLM will charge the purchaser a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in §3000.11 of this chapter.
(c) BLM will not approve multiple noncompetitive sales that exceed a total of 300,000 cubic yards (or weight equivalent) made in any one State for the benefit of any one purchaser, whether an individual, partnership, corporation, or other entity, in any period of 12 consecutive months.
(e) The volume limitations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section do not apply if:
[66 FR 58901, Nov. 23, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 58878, Oct. 7, 2005; 73 FR 35592, June 24, 2008]
BLM will not issue a noncompetitive contract for the sale of mineral materials for a term exceeding 5 years, excluding any contract extension under §3602.27 and any period that BLM may allow for removal of equipment and improvements under §3601.52.
In addition to the following sections, §§3602.41 through 3602.49, the provisions of §§3602.11 through 3602.29 also apply to competitive sales.
Except for sales from community pits and common use areas under subpart 3603 of this part, and noncompetitive sales under §3602.30 et seq., BLM will make sales only after inviting competitive bids through publication and posting under §3602.42.
(8) If the sale is by request, the total cost recovery fee paid to BLM by the applicant up to 21 days before the sale;
(9) The site access that will be available to the purchaser;
(10) The method of bidding;
(11) If applicable, that the purchaser must file mining or reclamation plans;
(12) The bonding requirement;
(13) The location for inspection of contract terms and proposed stipulations;
(14) The address and telephone number of the office where you may obtain additional information;
(15) Whether BLM will renew the contract; and
(16) Any additional information that BLM deems necessary.
[66 FR 58901, Nov. 23, 2001, as amended at 70 FR 58878, Oct. 7, 2005]
(a) The applicant requesting a mineral materials sale must pay a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in §3000.11 of this chapter as modified by the provisions in this section and in §3602.42(b)(8). The cost recovery process for a competitive mineral materials sale follows:
(1) The applicant requesting the sale must pay the cost recovery fee amount before BLM will publish a sale notice.
(2) Before the contract is issued:
(i) The successful bidder, if someone other than the applicant, must pay to BLM the cost recovery amount specified in the sale notice; and
(ii) The successful bidder must pay all processing costs BLM incurs after the date of the sale notice.
(3) If the successful bidder is someone other than the applicant, BLM will refund to the applicant the amount paid under paragraph (a)(1) of this section.
(b) In conducting a competitive sale, BLM may require submission of sealed written bids, oral bids, or a combination of both. The sale notice will state how you must submit your bid. If 2 or more persons make identical high sealed bids, BLM will determine the highest bid by holding an oral auction among the persons making the identical high bids. If no oral bid is made higher than the sealed bids, BLM will pick the successful bidder by lot. After BLM announces the high bid at an oral auction, if you are the high bidder you must confirm that bid in writing at least by the close of business on the date of the sale, or by such time as BLM may specify in the sale notice.
(c) When BLM determines that it is in the public interest to do so, we may reject any or all bids, or may waive minor deficiencies in the bids that would not ordinarily affect the outcome of the bidding.
(f) BLM will charge the successful bidder a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in §3000.11 of this chapter and §3602.43.
(b) Reasons for denying a contract. We will deny you the contract, even if you made the highest bid, if—
(f) Awarding the contract to the second-highest bidder. If BLM determines that you are unable to meet the obligations of the contract, or if you fail to sign and return the contract within the time period specified, BLM may offer and award the contract for the amount of the high bid to the person making the next highest complete bid. That person must be qualified and willing to accept the contract, and must redeposit the amount required under §3602.44(b).
(g) Contract form. BLM will make all sales on BLM standard contract forms approved by the Director, Bureau of Land Management. We will include as necessary additional provisions and stipulations in the contract to conform to the provisions of the competitive sale notice and to address environmental concerns or other site-specific issues.
The term of the contract will be in the sales notice. BLM will not issue a competitive contract for the sale of mineral materials for a term exceeding 10 years. However, the 10-year period does not include any contract extension under §3602.27, any contract renewal under §3602.47, and any periods for removal of equipment and improvements under §3601.52 of this part.
(2) Your contract is not limited under §3602.49; and
(e) Fee. BLM will charge a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in §3000.11 of this chapter.
(a) Reappraisal. BLM will not grant a renewal without requiring a reappraisal under §3602.13.
(b) Bond amount and terms. Before renewing your contract, BLM may require you to increase, or allow you to decrease, the amount of the performance bond you posted under §3602.14. BLM may also require other bond modifications to ensure coverage for the renewed contract.
(a) BLM may offer you a contract restricted to a single term or otherwise limited in its duration. We will base this restriction on a finding that—
(b) If BLM limits a contract under this section, the sale notice under §3602.42 will include this information.
Generally, you do not need to perform reclamation after extracting mineral materials from community pits or common use areas. However, you must pay a reclamation fee as provided in §3603.22.
(a) You must pay a reclamation fee based on the amount of mineral materials you extract from the community pit or common use area, unless you make an alternative arrangement under paragraph (b) of this section. The reclamation fee you pay is a proportionate share of the total estimated cost of reclamation, determined by using the ratio of the material that you extract under your permit or contract to the total volume of the material BLM estimates will be extracted from the site.
(b) BLM may, at our discretion, allow purchasers and permittees to perform interim or final reclamation, where needed, in lieu of paying reclamation charges. If BLM allows you to perform reclamation in lieu of paying a fee, we may also require you to post a bond under §3602.14.
You may assign or transfer your free use permit to entities qualified under §3604.12. You must first obtain BLM's written approval.
BLM may require a bond or other security as a guarantee of your faithful compliance with the provisions of your permit and applicable regulations, including reclamation. The type of security must be one of those provided for in §3602.14(c) of this part.
Permits that BLM issues under this subpart constitute a superior right to remove the materials in accordance with the permit terms and provisions, as against any claim to or entry of the lands made after the date BLM designated the tract for mineral materials disposal. See §3602.12.