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2005 Final Regulations and Correcting Amendments - 43 CFR Part 1600--Land Use Planning, 3/23/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 14561-14567
- 43 CFR Part 1820--Application Procedures, Execution and Filing of Forms: Correction of State Office Addresses for Filings and Recordings, Proper Offices for Recording of Mining Claims, 11/17/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 69687-69688 [administrative final rule]
- 43 CFR Part 1820--Application Procedures, 8/5/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 45312-45313 [administrative final rule]
- 43 CFR Part 2800, et al--Rights-of-way, Principles and Procedures; Rights-of-way Under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Mineral Leasing Act, 4/22/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 20969-21091.
- 43 CFR Parts 3000, 3100 et al.--Oil and Gas Leasing: Geothermal Resources Leasing; Coal Management; Management of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal; Mineral Materials Disposal; and Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws [also known as cost recovery], 10/7/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 58853-58880.
- 43 CFR Part 3100--Oil and Gas Leasing: Onshore Oil and Gas Operations--Fees, Rentals and Royalty Stripper Well Royalty Reductions Retention of Records, 9/7/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 53072-53074.
- Interim Final Rule 43 CFR Part 3140--Leasing in Special Tar Sand Areas, 10/7/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 58610-58616.
- 43 CFR Part 3834--Mining Claim and Site Maintenance and Location Fees--Fee Adjustment, 9/1/05, Federal Register, 70 FR 52028-52030.
- 43 CFR Part 1820--Application Procedures, Execution and Filing of Forms: Correction of State Office Addresses for Filings and Recordings, Proper Offices for Recording of Mining Claims. (Federal Register, 11/17/05, 70 FR 69687-69688). The rule amends the regulations for execution and filing of forms to reflect the new address of the Arizona State Office of BLM which moved on October 5, 2005.
- 43 CFR Parts 3000, 3100 et al.--Oil and Gas Leasing: Geothermal Resources Leasing; Coal Management; Management of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal; Mineral Materials Disposal; and Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws [also known as cost recovery], (Federal Register, 10/7/05, 70 FR 58853-58880). The final rule--
Amends BLM's mineral resources regulations to increase many fees and to impose new fees to cover BLM's costs of processing certain documents relating to its mineral programs; Responds to recommendations issued in audit reports by the Department's Office of Inspector General; and Reflects changes to the proposed rule required by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
- Amend regulations for the leasing of hydrocarbons, except coal, gilsonite and oil shale, in special tar sand areas;
- Amend regulations to respond to provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that allow separate oil and gas leases in special tar sand areas;
- Specify several oil and gas leasing practices that apply to tar sand leases;
- Increase the maximum size for combined hydrocarbon leases and tar sand leases; and
- Set the minimum acceptable bid for tar sand leases at $2.00 per acre.
This is an interim final rule. Although the rule is effective upon publication, there is a 60-day comment period that starts on the date of publication. After the comment period, we will review the comments and may issue a further final rule making any necessary changes.
- 43 CFR Part 3834--Mining Claim and Site Maintenance and Location Fee--Fee Adjustment (Federal Register, 9/1/05, 70 FR 52028-52030). The BLM is publishing this interim rule to amend regulations found at 43 CFR Part 3834, subpart B, related to adjustments of the fees required to be paid for mining claims and mill sites, so as to clarify that mining claimants may cure the filing of an insufficient payment of fees when the fees have changed through any means, including a Consumer Price Index adjustment or other statutorily required adjustment. The interim rule is effective September 1, 2005.
- 43 CFR Part 1820--Application Procedures, Execution and Filing of Forms: Correction of State Office Addresses for Filings and Recordings, Proper Offices for Recording of Mining Claims (Federal Register, 8/5/05, 70 FR 45312-45313). This administrative final rule amends the regulations pertaining to execution and filing of forms in order to reflect the new address of the Utah State Office of the Bureau of Land Management which moved in May 2005. All filings and other documents related to public lands in Utah must be filed at the new address of the State Office.
- 43 CFR Part 1600--Land Use Planning (Federal Register, 3/23/05, 70 FR 14561-14567). This final rule--
- Defines cooperating agency and cooperating agency status;
Clarifies the responsibility of managers to offer this status to qualified agencies and governments, and to respond to requests for this status; and - Makes clear the role of cooperating agencies in the various steps of BLM's planning process.
- 43 CFR Part 2800, et al--Rights-of-way, Principles and Procedures; Rights-of-way Under the Federal Land Policy and Management Act and the Mineral Leasing Act (Federal Register, 4/22/05, 70 FR 20969-21091). This final rule--
- Revises BLM cost recovery (processing and monitoring fee) policies and procedures for issuing rights-of-way grants and adjusts cost recovery fees to take into account cost increases since the previous regulations became effective in August 1987;
- Eliminates automatic exemptions from cost recovery fees for Federal agencies, except for those agencies and projects exempted by law;
- Establishes policies related to paying rent in advance and adds a financial penalty for paying rents late and allows for automatic adjustments to cost recovery fees based on an economic indicator;
- Clarifies how BLM applies the rent schedules for communication site rights-of-way; and
- Reorganizes the regulations in a manner similar to the sequence in which BLM takes action on applications and monitors issued grants.
2005 Correcting Amendments
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