43 CFR § 3809.596 - How does BLM initiate forfeiture of my financial guarantee?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3809.596"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3809.596 - How does BLM initiate forfeiture of my financial guarantee?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3809.596"
section_name: "How does BLM initiate forfeiture of my financial guarantee?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3800"
part_name: "MINING CLAIMS UNDER THE GENERAL MINING LAWS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 3101  30 U.S.C. 22-42, 181  301-306, 351-359, and 601  31 U.S.C. 9701; 40 U.S.C. 471  42 U.S.C. 6508; 43 U.S.C. 1701  and Pub. L. No. 97-35, 95 Stat. 357."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 13974, Mar. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3800"
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# 3809.596 How does BLM initiate forfeiture of my financial guarantee?

When BLM decides to require the forfeiture of all or part of your financial guarantee, BLM will notify you (the operator or mining claimant) by certified mail, return receipt requested; the surety on the financial guarantee, if any; and the State agency holding the financial guarantee, if any, informing you and them of the following:

(a) BLM's decision to require the forfeiture of all or part of the financial guarantee;

(b) The reasons for the forfeiture;

(c) The amount that you will forfeit based on the estimated total cost of achieving the reclamation plan requirements for the project area or portion of the project area affected, including BLM's administrative costs; and

(d) How you may avoid forfeiture, including—

(1) Providing a written agreement under which you or another person will perform reclamation operations in accordance with a compliance schedule which meets the conditions of your notice or your approved plan of operations and the reclamation plan, and a demonstration that such other person has the ability to satisfy the conditions; and

(2) Obtaining written permission from BLM for a surety to complete the reclamation, or the portion of the reclamation applicable to the bonded phase or increment, if the surety can demonstrate an ability to complete the reclamation in accordance with the reclamation measures incorporated in your notice or approved plan of operations.