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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 189 / Monday, October 4, 2021 / Rules and Regulations Department of Commerce. See also 43
CFR 3000.10. This final rule updates those fees and service charges consistent with that direction. The fee adjustments in this final rule are based on the mathematical formula set forth in the 2005 Cost Recovery Rule. The public had an opportunity to comment on that adjustment procedure as part of the 2005 rulemaking. Accordingly, the Department of the Interior for good cause finds under 5 U.S.C. 553bB and d3 that notice and public comment procedures are unnecessary and that the fee adjustments in this final rule may be effective less than 30 days after publication. See 43 CFR 3000.10c.
II. Discussion of Final Rule As set forth in the 2005 Cost Recovery Rule, the fee updates are based on the
change in the IPDGDP. The BLMs minerals program publishes the updated cost recovery fees annually, at the start of each fiscal year FY.
This final rule updates the current FY 2021 cost recovery fees for use in FY 2022. The current fees were set by the cost recovery fee rule published on October 9, 2020 85 FR 64056, effective October 9, 2020. The update in this final rule adjusts the FY 2021 fees based on the change in the IPDGDP from the 4th Quarter of 2019 to the 4th Quarter of 2020.
Under this final rule, 33 fees will remain the same and 15 fees will increase. Of the 15 fees that are being increased by this final rule, 12 fees will increase by $5 each, and one fee will increase by $10. The largest increase, $45, will be applied to the fee for Existing fee 1
FY 2021

Fixed cost recovery fees Oil & Gas parts 3100, 3110, 3120, 3130, 3150:
Noncompetitive lease application
Competitive lease application
Assignment and transfer of record title or operating rights
Overriding royalty transfer, payment out of production
Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee
Lease consolidation
Lease renewal or exchange
Lease reinstatement, Class I
Leasing under right-of-way
Geophysical exploration permit applicationAlaska
Renewal of exploration permitAlaska
Geothermal part 3200:
Noncompetitive lease application
Competitive lease application
Assignment and transfer of record title or operating right
Name change, corporate merger or transfer to heir/devisee
Lease consolidation
Lease reinstatement
Nomination of lands
Plus per acre nomination fee
Site license application
Assignment or transfer of site license
Coal parts 3400, 3470:
License to mine application
Exploration license application
Lease or lease interest transfer
Leasing of Solid Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale parts 3500, 3580:
Applications other than those listed below
Prospecting permit amendment
Extension of prospecting permit
Lease modification or fringe acreage lease
Lease renewal
Assignment, sublease, or transfer of operating rights
Transfer of overriding royalty
Use permit
Shasta and Trinity hardrock mineral lease
Renewal of existing sand and gravel lease in Nevada
Multiple Use; Mining Group 3700:
Notice of protest of placer mining operations
1 The Existing Fee was established by the 2020
FY 2021 cost recovery fee update rule published on October 9, 2020 85 FR 64056, effective October 9, 2020.
2 The Existing Value is the figure from the New Value column in the previous years rule.

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adjudicating a mineral patent application containing more than 10
claims, which will increase from $3,340
to $3,385. The fee for adjudicating a patent application containing 10 or fewer claims will increase by $20, from $1,670 to $1,690. It is important to note that the real values of the fees are not actually increasing, since real values account for the effect of inflation. In real terms, the values of the fees are simply being adjusted to account for the changes in the prices of goods and services produced in the United States.
The calculations that resulted in the new fees are included in the table below:

Existing value 2

IPDGDP
increase 3

New value 4

New fee 5
FY 2022

$445
170
100
15
230
490
445
85
445
25
25

$444.321
172.431
99.470
13.260
232.096
490.726
444.321
86.197
444.321
27.142
27.142

$5.598
2.172
1.253
0.167
2.924
6.183
5.598
1.086
5.598
0.341
0.341

$449.919
174.603
100.723
13.427
235.020
496.909
449.919
87.283
449.919
27.483
27.483

$450
175
100
15
235
495
450
85
450
25
25

445
170
100
230
490
85
125
0.12
65
65

444.321
172.431
99.470
232.096
490.726
86.197
124.143
0.122
66.313
66.313

5.598
2.172
1.253
2.924
6.183
1.086
1.564
0.001
0.835
0.835

449.919
174.603
100.723
235.020
496.909
87.283
125.707
0.123
67.148
67.148

450
175
100
235
495
85
125
0.12
65
65

15
365
75

13.260
364.735
72.960

0.167
4.595
0.919

13.427
369.330
73.879

15
370
75

40
75
120
35
570
35
35
35
35
35

39.792
72.960
119.366
33.168
570.323
33.168
33.168
33.168
33.168
33.168

0.501
0.919
1.504
0.417
7.186
0.417
0.417
0.417
0.417
0.417

40.293
73.879
120.870
33.584
577.509
33.585
33.585
33.585
33.585
33.585

40
75
120
35
580
35
35
35
35
35

15

13.260

0.167

13.427

15

3 From 4th Quarter 2019 112.950 to 4th Quarter 2020 114.368, the IPDGDP increased by 1.26
percent. The value in the IPDGDP Increase column is 1.26 percent of the Existing Value.
4 The sum of the Existing Value and the IPD
GDP Increase is the New Value.

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5 The New Fee for FY 2022 is the New Value rounded to the nearest $5 for values equal to or greater than $1, or rounded to the nearest penny for values under $1.

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