---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 2866.15"
title: "43"
number: "2866.15"
heading: "Under what circumstances may the BLM waive or reduce my rent?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/2866.15"
---

# §2866.15. Under what circumstances may the BLM waive or reduce my rent?

- (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)](/cfr/43/2806.15.md?p=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.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1733, 1740, 1763 and 1764.

### Source

Source: 89 FR 25965, Apr. 12, 2024, unless otherwise noted.