---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3835.16"
title: "43"
number: "3835.16"
heading: "If I am a qualified small miner, and I obtained a waiver in one assessment year, what must I do if I want to pay the maintenance fee for the following assessment year?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3835.16"
---

# §3835.16. If I am a qualified small miner, and I obtained a waiver in one assessment year, what must I do if I want to pay the maintenance fee for the following assessment year?

- (a) You must perform the required assessment work in the assessment year for which you obtained a waiver from payment of the annual maintenance fee, and file the annual FLPMA document required by the December 30th immediately following the payment of the maintenance fee; and
- (b) You must pay the maintenance fee by the proper deadline for the following assessment year.

## Notes

### 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.