On September 23, 2008, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a final rule in the Federal Register that amends the mineral resource regulations to update some fees that cover the BLM’s cost of processing certain documents related to its minerals programs and filing fees for mineral-related documents. The fee changes are the BLM’s continued response to recommendations made by the Department of the Interior’s Office of Inspector General in a 1988 report. This report was part of a 1980’s Presidential initiative that called for all Federal agencies to charge appropriate user fees for agency services consistent with the law.

 

Document/action	Existing Fee	New Fee
Oil & Gas  (parts 43 CFR 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150)
Noncompetitive lease application	$360	$365
Competitive lease application	140	140
Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights	80	80
Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production	10	10
Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee	185	190
Lease consolidation	395	405
Lease renewal or exchange	360	365
Lease reinstatement, Class I	70	70
Leasing under right-of-way	360	365
Geophysical exploration permit application – Alaska	25	25
Renewal of exploration permit – Alaska	25	25