{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3473.2","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3473.2","heading":"Fees.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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.\n(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:\n(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;\n(2) Before the lease is issued:\n(i) The successful bidder, if someone other than the applicant, must pay to BLM the cost recovery amount specified in the sale notice; and\n(ii) The successful bidder must pay all processing costs BLM incurs after the date of the sale notice;\n(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\n(4) If there is no successful bidder, the applicant remains responsible for all processing fees.\n(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.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)","PART 3470—COAL MANAGEMENT PROVISIONS AND LIMITATIONS","Subpart 3473—Fees, Rentals, and Royalties"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"098a1afc4c4cd4a0d273a1e23030660439f8b5df8a25ce6b450ca3d0bd700e6a","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3473.1-3","next":"us/43-cfr-3473.3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}