---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 291.109"
title: "30"
number: "291.109"
heading: "Can I ask for a fee waiver or a reduced processing fee?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/291.109"
---

# §291.109. Can I ask for a fee waiver or a reduced processing fee?

- (a) BSEE may grant a fee waiver or fee reduction in extraordinary circumstances. You may request a waiver or reduction of your fee by:
  - (1) Sending a written request to the BSEE Office of Policy and Analysis when you file your complaint; and
  - (2) Demonstrating in your request that you are unable to pay the fee or that payment of the full fee would impose an undue hardship upon you.
- (b) The BSEE Office of Policy and Analysis will send you a written decision granting or denying your request for a fee waiver or a fee reduction.
  - (1) If we grant your request for a fee reduction, you must pay the reduced processing fee within 30 days of the date you receive our decision.
  - (2) If we deny your request, you must pay the entire processing fee within 30 days of the date you receive the decision.
  - (3) **BSEE's decision granting or denying a fee waiver or reduction is final for the Department.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 36154, June 6, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 31 U.S.C. 9701, 43 U.S.C. 1334.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 64462, Oct. 18, 2011, as amended at 81 FR 36154, June 6, 2016]