43 CFR §2866.15
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- (a)The BLM may waive or reduce your rent if you are licensed by the FCC as noncommercial and educational.
- (b)The BLM may evaluate and approve, in writing, any requests for waiver or reduction in the annual rent for authorizations granted to:
- (1)An amateur radio club (such as Civil Air Patrol) which provides a benefit to the general public or to the programs of the Secretary of the Interior;
- (2)A nonprofit organization; or
- (3)Holders that demonstrate that their rates will cause undue hardship and that it is in the public interest to waive or reduce the rent (see § 2806.15(b)(5)).
- (c)The BLM will not waive or reduce your rent when:
- (1)Your organization exists and operates for the principal benefit of its members;
- (2)The facility, system, space, or any part of the right-of-way area is being used for commercial purposes;
- (3)You charge the United States to occupy your facility; or
- (4)You charge rent to your occupant or occupants, beyond standard operation and maintenance fees, when those occupants' use or uses are exempted or waived from rent by the BLM.
- (d)The BLM will revoke your existing waiver or reduction of rent if the BLM determines that you no longer meet the criteria above for a waiver or reduction.