43 C.F.R. §§ 3835.31–3835.33

If you must file an annual FLPMA document as required in paragraph (d) of this section, you must file your annual FLPMA documents with BLM on or before the December 30th of the calendar year in which the assessment year ends. (For example, if the assessment year ends on September 1, 2003, you must file your annual FLPMA document no later than December 30, 2003.)

If part 3836 of this chapter requires you to perform assessment work, you must file an affidavit of assessment work. You do not need to complete assessment work in the assessment year when you located your claim. (For example, if you locate a claim on September 2, 2002, you first need to perform assessment work sometime between September 2, 2003, and September 1, 2004.)

If part 3836 of this chapter does not require you to perform assessment work, either because you located the claim during the current assessment year or because BLM has deferred assessment work, you must submit a notice of intent to hold under §§ 3835.32 and 3835.33 of this part as an annual FLPMA document filing. You must state in the notice of intent to hold either that BLM has deferred the assessment work requirement or that you located the claim during the current assessment year.

The following table describes the circumstances under which you must file annual FLPMA documents:

The name and, if available, the BLM serial number of the claim for which you did assessment work;

Any known changes in the mailing addresses of the claimants;

A processing fee for each mining claim affected. (See the table of service charges and fees in § 3830.21 of this chapter); and

An exact legible reproduction or duplicate of a letter or other notice with signatures of one or more of the claimants or their agent that states your intention to hold the mining claims or sites for the calendar year in which the assessment year ends, and that you filed or will file a notice of intent to hold in the county where the claim is located;

If applicable:

The name and, if available, the BLM serial number of the mining claim or site;

Any known changes in the mailing addresses of the claimants; and

A processing fee for each mining claim or site affected. (See the table of service charges and fees in § 3830.21 of this chapter.)