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43 CFR §3473.2

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  1. (a)An application for a license to mine must include payment of the filing fee found in the fee schedule in § 3000.12 of this chapter. BLM may waive the filing fee for applications filed by relief agencies as provided in § 3440.1-1(b) of this chapter.
  2. (b)An application for an exploration license must include payment of the filing fee found in the fee schedule in § 3000.12 of this chapter.
  3. (c)An instrument of transfer of a lease or an interest in a lease must include payment of the filing fee found in the fee schedule in § 3000.12 of this chapter.
  4. (d)BLM will charge applicants for a royalty rate reduction a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in § 3000.11 of this chapter.
  5. (e)BLM will charge applicants for logical mining unit formation or modification a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in § 3000.11 of this chapter.
  6. (f)The applicant who nominates a tract for a competitive lease 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 below. BLM will include in the sale notice under § 3422.2(b)(9) of this chapter a statement of the total cost recovery fee paid to BLM by the applicant up to 30 days before the competitive lease sale. The cost recovery process for a competitive coal lease follows:
    1. (1)The applicant nominating the tract for competitive leasing must pay the cost recovery amount before BLM will publish a notice of the competitive lease sale;
    2. (2)Before the lease is issued:
      1. (i)The successful bidder, if someone other than the applicant, must pay to BLM the cost recovery amount specified in the sale notice; and
      2. (ii)The successful bidder must pay all processing costs BLM incurs after the date of the sale notice;
    3. (3)If the successful bidder is someone other than the applicant, BLM will refund to the applicant the amount paid under paragraph (f)(1) of this section; and
    4. (4)If there is no successful bidder, the applicant remains responsible for all processing fees.
  7. (g)BLM will charge applicants for modification of a coal lease a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in § 3000.11 of this chapter.