43 CFR § 2804.16 - When will the BLM waive cost recovery fees?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2804.16"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 2804.16 - When will the BLM waive cost recovery fees?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2804.16"
section_name: "When will the BLM waive cost recovery fees?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2000)"
part_number: "2800"
part_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY UNDER THE FEDERAL LAND POLICY AND MANAGEMENT ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "43 U.S.C. 1733, 1740, 1763, 1764, and 3003."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 21058, Apr. 22, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2800"
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# 2804.16 When will the BLM waive cost recovery fees?
(a) The BLM may waive your cost recovery fees if:
(1) You are a State or local government, or an agency of such a government, and the BLM issues the grant for governmental purposes benefitting the general public. However, if you collect revenue from charges you levy on customers for services similar to those of a profit-making corporation or business, or you assess similar fees to the United States for similar purposes, cost recovery fees will not be waived;
(2) Your application under this subpart is associated with a cost-share road or reciprocal right-of-way agreement; or
(3) You are a Federal agency, and your cost recovery category determination is Category 1 to 4.
(b) The BLM will not waive your cost recovery fees if you are in trespass.
[89 FR 25960, Apr. 12, 2024]