43 CFR § 2884.13 - When will the BLM waive cost recovery fees?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s2884.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 2884.13 - When will the BLM waive cost recovery fees?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "2884.13"
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: "2880"
part_name: "RIGHTS-OF-WAY UNDER THE MINERAL LEASING ACT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 185 and 189, and 43 U.S.C. 1732(b), 1733, and 1740."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 21078, Apr. 22, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2880"
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# 2884.13 When will the BLM waive cost recovery fees?
(a) The BLM may waive your cost recovery fees if you are a:
(1) 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; or
(2) 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 25974, Apr. 12, 2024]