43 CFR § 3835.16 - If I am a qualified small miner, and I obtained a waiver in one assessment year, what must I do if I want to pay the maintenance fee for the following assessment year?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3835.16"
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title: "43 CFR § 3835.16 - If I am a qualified small miner, and I obtained a waiver in one assessment year, what must I do if I want to pay the maintenance fee for the following assessment year?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3835.16"
section_name: "If I am a qualified small miner, and I obtained a waiver in one assessment year, what must I do if I want to pay the maintenance fee for the following assessment year?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3835"
part_name: "WAIVERS FROM ANNUAL MAINTENANCE FEES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 22, 28, 28f-28k; 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457, 1701  50 U.S.C. App. 501, 565; 115 Stat. 414."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 61073, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3835"
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# 3835.16 If I am a qualified small miner, and I obtained a waiver in one assessment year, what must I do if I want to pay the maintenance fee for the following assessment year?

(a) You must perform the required assessment work in the assessment year for which you obtained a waiver from payment of the annual maintenance fee, and file the annual FLPMA document required by the December 30th immediately following the payment of the maintenance fee; and

(b) You must pay the maintenance fee by the proper deadline for the following assessment year.