43 C.F.R. § 3211.10 What are the fees, rent, and minimum royalties for leases?
Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior
(a) BLM calculates rents and minimum royalties based on the amount of acreage covered by your lease. First, round up any partial acreage to the next whole acre. For example, rent on a 2,456.39 acre lease is calculated based on 2,457 acres. Then multiply the total number of acres covered by your lease by the appropriate amount set out in the chart in paragraph (b) of this section to determine the amount you owe. (b) Use the following table to determine the fees, rents, and minimum royalties owed for your lease: [63 FR 52364, Sept. 30, 1998, as amended at 58875, Oct. 7, 2005]
Title 43: Public Lands: Interior
PART 3200—GEOTHERMAL RESOURCE LEASING
Subpart 3211—Fees, Rent, and Royalties
§ 3211.10 What are the fees, rent, and minimum royalties for leases?
Fees, Rent, and Royalties------------------------------------------------------------------------ Competitive Type leases Noncompetitive leases------------------------------------------------------------------------(1) Lease Application As found in the As found in the fee Processing fee. fee schedule schedule in § in § 3000.12 of this chapter. 3000.12 of (includes future this chapter. interest leases)(2) Lease Rent.............. $2.00 per acre. $1.00 per acre.(3) Transfer of Record Title As found in the As found in the fee or Operating Rights. fee schedule schedule in § in § 3000.12 of this chapter. 3000.12 of this chapter.(4) Transfer of Interest to As found in the As found in the fee Heir or Devisee, Name fee schedule schedule in § Change, or Notification in § 3000.12 of this chapter. Corporate Merger. 3000.12 of this chapter.(5) Steam, heat, or energy Between 10% and Between 10% and 15%. royalties. 15.(6) Demineralized water 5%............. 5%. royalties.(7) Byproduct royalties..... 5%............. 5%.(8) Minimum royalty......... $2.00 per acre. $2.00 per acre.(9) Additional rent/Instead $3.00 per acre $3.00 per acre in of diligent exploration. in addition to addition to regular regular lease lease rent. rent.(9) Additional rent/Instead $3.00/year, $3.00/year, first 5 years of commercial quantities first 5 years. $6.00/year, second 5 production. $6.00/year, years. second 5 yrs.------------------------------------------------------------------------Note the exception stated in 43 CFR 3211.16(b).
