Notices. Notice of fee adjustments
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BILLING CODE 9111-14-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [A2407-014-004-065516, #O2509-014-004-125222] Minerals Management: Annual Adjustment of Cost Recovery Fees AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of fee adjustments. SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management
(BLM)is adjusting the fixed fees set forth in the Department of the Interior's onshore mineral resources regulations for the processing of certain minerals program-related documents and actions. DATES: The adjusted fees take effect on January 12, 2026. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John G. Ajak, Deputy Division Chief of Fluid Minerals, 505-549-9654, *jajak@blm.gov;* Indra Dahal, Deputy Division Chief, Division of Solid Minerals, 571-458-6637, *idahal@blm.gov.* Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Independent Offices Appropriations Act of 1953, 31 U.S.C. 9701, and section 304 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, 43 U.S.C. 1734, authorize the BLM to charge fees for processing applications and other documents related to public lands. In 2005, the BLM published a final cost recovery rule (70 FR 58854) that established new fees or revised existing fees for processing documents related to its minerals program. This rule also established the method that the BLM uses to adjust those fees and services charges for inflation on an annual basis. BLM regulations at 43 CFR 3000.120 provide that the BLM Director will post the fees on the BLM's web page ( *www.blm.gov* ) and publish a notice in the **Federal Register** announcing the fee adjustments by October 1 of each year to provide additional public notice. The new fees take effect each year on October 1. This is the 20th year that the BLM is adjusting its fees based upon inflation. The fee adjustments are based on mathematical formulas that were established in the 2005 final cost recovery rule and, in the case of the Application for Permit to Drill fee, section 3021(b) of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2015. For more details on how the BLM calculates the fee increases, please refer to the BLM website. Processing and Filing Fee Table Document/action FY 2026 fee *Oil & Gas (parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150, 3160, and 3180):* Competitive lease application $3,175 Leasing and compensatory royalty agreements under right-of-way pursuant to subpart 3109. 675 Lease consolidation 590 Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 120 Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production 15 Name change; corporate merger; sheriff's deed; dissolution of corporation, partnership, or trust; or transfer to heir/devisee 280 Lease reinstatement, Class I 1,290 Geophysical exploration permit application—all states 1,180 Renewal of exploration permit—Alaska 35 Final application for Federal unit agreement approval, Federal unit agreement expansion, and Federal subsurface gas storage application 1,230 Designation of successor operator for all Federal agreements, except for contracted unit agreements that contain no Federal lands 125 *Geothermal (part 3200):* Noncompetitive lease application 535 Competitive lease application 205 Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights 120 Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee 280 Lease consolidation 590 Lease reinstatement 105 Nomination of lands 150 plus per acre nomination fee 0.14 Site license application 80 Assignment or transfer of site license 80 *Coal (parts 3400, 3470):* License to mine application 15 Exploration license application 440 Lease or lease interest transfer 90 *Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale (parts 3500, 3580):* Applications other than those listed below 50 Prospecting permit application amendment 90 Extension of prospecting permit 145 Lease modification or fringe acreage lease 40 Lease renewal 685 Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights 40 Transfer of overriding royalty 40 Use permit 40 Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease 40 Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada 40 *Public Law 359; Mining in Powersite Withdrawals: General (part 3730):* Notice of protest of placer mining operations 15 *Mining Law Administration (parts 3800, 3810, 3830, 3860, 3870):* Application to open lands to location 15 Notice of location* 25 Amendment of location 15 Transfer of mining claim/site 15 Recording an annual FLPMA filing 15 Deferment of assessment work 145 Recording a notice of intent to locate mining claims on Stockraising Homestead Act lands 40 Mineral patent adjudication (more than 10 claims) 4,010 (10 or fewer claims) 2,005 Adverse claim 145 Protest 90 *Oil Shale Management (parts 3900, 3910, 3930):* Exploration license application 420 Application for assignment or sublease of record title or overriding royalty 85 *Onshore Oil and Gas Operations and Production (parts 3160, 3170):* Application for Permit to Drill 12,850 * To record a mining claim or site location, this processing fee along with the initial maintenance fee and the one-time location fee required by statute and at 43 CFR part 3833 must be paid. Tina Roberts-Ashby, Acting Assistant Director, Office of Energy, Minerals, and Realty Management. [FR Doc. 2026-00386 Filed 1-9-26; 8:45 am]
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