Minerals Management: Annual Adjustment of Cost Recovery Fees

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management [A2407-014-004-065516, #O2509-014-004-125222] 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. ( printed page 1195) 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…