---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3835.15"
title: "43"
number: "3835.15"
heading: "If I qualify as a small miner, how do I apply for a waiver if I paid the maintenance fee in the last assessment year?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3835.15"
---

# §3835.15. If I qualify as a small miner, how do I apply for a waiver if I paid the maintenance fee in the last assessment year?


You must submit a waiver request complying with [§ 3835.10](/cfr/43/3835.10.md) before the assessment year begins for which you wish to obtain a waiver. In addition, you must—

- (a) Make a FLPMA filing, in the form of a notice of intent to hold under §§ [3835.31](/cfr/43/3835.31.md) and [3835.33](/cfr/43/3835.33.md) of this part on or before December 30th immediately following the submission of a waiver request;
- (b) Perform your assessment work in the assessment year for which BLM waived the maintenance fee; and
- (c) Make a FLPMA filing in the form of an affidavit of assessment work under §§ [3835.31](/cfr/43/3835.31.md) and [3835.33](/cfr/43/3835.33.md) of this part on or before the December 30th immediately following the close of the assessment year in which you performed assessment work.

## Notes

### Amendments

[68 FR 61064, Oct. 24, 2003; 68 FR 74197, Dec. 23, 2003]

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 22, 28, 28f-28k; 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457, 1701 et seq.; 50 U.S.C. App. 501, 565; 115 Stat. 414.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61073, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[68 FR 61064, Oct. 24, 2003; 68 FR 74197, Dec. 23, 2003]