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Revisions to Regulations Regarding Locating, Recording, and Maintaining Mining Claims or Sites-Fees
The Land Management Bureau published this final rule in the Federal Register on September 2, 2025. It took effect on November 3, 2025. Comments closed on October 2, 2025.
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What the agency says
This direct final rule (DFR) revises regulations containing general provisions related to fee requirements for locating, recording, and maintaining mining claims or sites under the Mining Law of 1872 and the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA). This DFR updates terminology, clarifies language, and removes obsolete provisions.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2025-16755
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Direct final rule; request for comments
- Agency
- Interior Department; Land Management Bureau
- Published
- September 2, 2025
- Takes effect
- November 3, 2025
- Comments due
- October 2, 2025
- Dates
- The final rule is effective on November 3, 2025, unless significant adverse comments are received by October 2, 2025. If significant adverse comments are received, notice will be published in the Federal Register before the effective date either withdrawing the rule or issuing a new final rule that responds to any significant adverse comments.
- Docket
- Docket No. BLM-2025-0203; A2407-014-004-065516; #O2412-014-004-047181.1
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 1004-AF47
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 43 CFR 3830
- Topics
- Mineral royalties; Mines; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 3
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