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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO–320–1990–05–24 1A]
Mining Claim and Site Maintenance
and Location Fees
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Restoration of location and
maintenance fees.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) is publishing this
notice to advise the mining community
that the location fee for newly located
mining claims or sites has been restored
from $25 to $30 per mining claim or
site. In addition, the annual
maintenance fee has been restored from
$100 to $125 per mining claim or site.
BLM reduced the fees on December 8,
2004, as directed by statute. The statute
further provided that the fees would
return to their formerly increased levels
when BLM had met certain conditions.
These conditions have now been met
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and the fees have returned to the levels
that are reflected in the regulations
found at 43 CFR 3830.21 (2004). Mining
claim holders must pay a $30 location
fee and a $125 maintenance fee for all
mining claims and sites recorded on or
after June 30, 2005. In addition, the
annual maintenance fee due September
1, 2005, is $125 per mining claim or
site, as reflected in the current
regulations.
Effective Date: The fees that are
listed in 43 CFR 3830.21 (2004) are
again effective as of June 30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may mail suggestions
or inquiries to Bureau of Land
Management, Solid Minerals Group,
Room 501 LS, 1849 C Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20240–0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Roger Haskins in the Solid Minerals
Group at (202) 452–0355. For assistance
in reaching Mr. Haskins, persons who
use a tele-communications device for
the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service at 1–(800)
877–8339, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week.
DATES:
On July 1,
2004, the Department of the Interior
adjusted the location and maintenance
fees for mining claims and sites based
upon the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as
required by the Mining Law. See 69 FR
40,294. The Department increased the
location fee from $25 to $30 and
increased the annual maintenance fee
from $100 to $125. The Interior and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act for
fiscal year 2005, Division E, Title I,
Section 120 of Public Law 108–447 of
December 8, 2004, directed the
Department of the Interior to roll back
these location and maintenance fees for
mining claims and sites to their pre-July
2004 level. This meant that, as of
December 8, 2004, the location fee was
rolled back from $30 to $25 per new
location and the annual maintenance fee
was rolled back from $125 to $100 per
mining claim or site. However, the 2005
Appropriations Act also provided that
the fees would return to their increased
levels when the Department met certain
conditions, including establishing a
plan of operations tracking system and
filing a report with Congress regarding
the length of time it takes the
Department to approve proposed mining
plans of operations and recommending
steps to reduce current delays. The
Department met these conditions on
June 30, 2005. Therefore, in accordance
with the terms of the 2005
Appropriations Act, the fees have
returned to the rates established in
2004. Mining claim holders must pay a
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$30 location fee and a $125
maintenance fee for all mining claims
and sites recorded on or after June 30,
2005. In addition, the annual
maintenance fee due September 1, 2005,
is $125 per mining claim or site. The
complete listing of fees and service
charges may be found at 43 CFR 3830.21
(2004).
Under the regulations at 43 CFR
3834.23(c), if a mining claimant timely
pays pre-increase fees, the BLM will
provide notice to the claimant and an
opportunity to pay the difference.
Although the fee increase addressed by
this notice was not directly a CPI–based
increase, the 2004 increase that has been
restored was CPI–based. Therefore, we
believe that the cure provisions of the
rule will apply if a claimant timely pays
$100 for a claim on or before September
1, 2005. However, the BLM will issue an
additional rule before September 1,
2005, further clarifying that mining
claimants may cure the filing of an
insufficient payment of fees when the
fees have changed through means other
than a CPI adjustment, as was the case
here.
Kathleen Clarke,
Director, Bureau of Land Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[WO-320-1990-05-24 1A]
Mining Claim and Site Maintenance and Location Fees
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Restoration of location and maintenance fees.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is publishing this notice
to advise the mining community that the location fee for newly located
mining claims or sites has been restored from $25 to $30 per mining
claim or site. In addition, the annual maintenance fee has been
restored from $100 to $125 per mining claim or site. BLM reduced the
fees on December 8, 2004, as directed by statute. The statute further
provided that the fees would return to their formerly increased levels
when BLM had met certain conditions. These conditions have now been met
and the fees have returned to the levels that are reflected in the
regulations found at 43 CFR 3830.21 (2004). Mining claim holders must
pay a $30 location fee and a $125 maintenance fee for all mining claims
and sites recorded on or after June 30, 2005. In addition, the annual
maintenance fee due September 1, 2005, is $125 per mining claim or
site, as reflected in the current regulations.
DATES: Effective Date: The fees that are listed in 43 CFR 3830.21
(2004) are again effective as of June 30, 2005.
ADDRESSES: You may mail suggestions or inquiries to Bureau of Land
Management, Solid Minerals Group, Room 501 LS, 1849 C Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20240-0001.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Roger Haskins in the Solid Minerals
Group at (202) 452-0355. For assistance in reaching Mr. Haskins,
persons who use a tele-communications device for the deaf (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-(800) 877-8339, 24
hours a day, 7 days a week.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 1, 2004, the Department of the
Interior adjusted the location and maintenance fees for mining claims
and sites based upon the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as required by the
Mining Law. See 69 FR 40,294. The Department increased the location fee
from $25 to $30 and increased the annual maintenance fee from $100 to
$125. The Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act for fiscal
year 2005, Division E, Title I, Section 120 of Public Law 108-447 of
December 8, 2004, directed the Department of the Interior to roll back
these location and maintenance fees for mining claims and sites to
their pre-July 2004 level. This meant that, as of December 8, 2004, the
location fee was rolled back from $30 to $25 per new location and the
annual maintenance fee was rolled back from $125 to $100 per mining
claim or site. However, the 2005 Appropriations Act also provided that
the fees would return to their increased levels when the Department met
certain conditions, including establishing a plan of operations
tracking system and filing a report with Congress regarding the length
of time it takes the Department to approve proposed mining plans of
operations and recommending steps to reduce current delays. The
Department met these conditions on June 30, 2005. Therefore, in
accordance with the terms of the 2005 Appropriations Act, the fees have
returned to the rates established in 2004. Mining claim holders must
pay a $30 location fee and a $125 maintenance fee for all mining claims
and sites recorded on or after June 30, 2005. In addition, the annual
maintenance fee due September 1, 2005, is $125 per mining claim or
site. The complete listing of fees and service charges may be found at
43 CFR 3830.21 (2004).
Under the regulations at 43 CFR 3834.23(c), if a mining claimant
timely pays pre-increase fees, the BLM will provide notice to the
claimant and an opportunity to pay the difference. Although the fee
increase addressed by this notice was not directly a CPI-based
increase, the 2004 increase that has been restored was CPI-based.
Therefore, we believe that the cure provisions of the rule will apply
if a claimant timely pays $100 for a claim on or before September 1,
2005. However, the BLM will issue an additional rule before September
1, 2005, further clarifying that mining claimants may cure the filing
of an insufficient payment of fees when the fees have changed through
means other than a CPI adjustment, as was the case here.
Kathleen Clarke,
Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 05-13070 Filed 6-30-05; 8:45 am]
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