---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3473.2"
title: "43"
number: "3473.2"
heading: "Fees."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3473.2"
---

# §3473.2. Fees.

- (a) An application for a license to mine must include payment of the filing fee found in the fee schedule in [§ 3000.12](/cfr/43/3000.12.md) of this chapter. BLM may waive the filing fee for applications filed by relief agencies as provided in [§ 3440.1-1(b)](/cfr/43/3440.1-1.md?p=b) of this chapter.
- (b) An application for an exploration license must include payment of the filing fee found in the fee schedule in [§ 3000.12](/cfr/43/3000.12.md) of this chapter.
- (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](/cfr/43/3000.12.md) of this chapter.
- (d) BLM will charge applicants for a royalty rate reduction a processing fee on a case-by-case basis as described in [§ 3000.11](/cfr/43/3000.11.md) of this chapter.
- (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](/cfr/43/3000.11.md) of this chapter.
- (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](/cfr/43/3000.11.md) of this chapter as modified by the provisions below. BLM will include in the sale notice under [§ 3422.2(b)(9)](/cfr/43/3422.2.md?p=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) 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) **Before the lease is issued—**
    - (i) The successful bidder, if someone other than the applicant, must pay to BLM the cost recovery amount specified in the sale notice; and
    - (ii) The successful bidder must pay all processing costs BLM incurs after the date of the sale notice;
  - (3) If the successful bidder is someone other than the applicant, BLM will refund to the applicant the amount paid under [paragraph (f)(1)](#f-1) of this section; and
  - (4) If there is no successful bidder, the applicant remains responsible for all processing fees.
- (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](/cfr/43/3000.11.md) of this chapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[70 FR 58876, Oct. 7, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 189 and 359; and 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 44 FR 42643, July 19, 1979, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[70 FR 58876, Oct. 7, 2005]