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USDA/FS RIN: 0596-AD47 Publication ID: Spring 2025 
Title: Minerals Cost Recovery 
Abstract:

This rule amendment would revise the Forest Service's minerals regulations at 36 CFR 228, Subpart F, to allow the agency to charge processing and monitoring fees for certain mineral activities on National Forest System Lands, including actions such as conducting environmental analysis and monitoring authorized activities, consistent with federal cost recovery statutes. Cost recovery funds made available through this revision would support agency efforts to increase the agency’s minerals program efficiency and capacity to process mineral requests in accordance with Executive Order 14154, Unleashing American Energy. 

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
EO 14192 Designation: Regulatory 
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 228, subpart F     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: Independent Offices Appropriations Act of 1952, as amended, 31 U.S.C. 9701    sec. 365 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. 109-58    Office of Management and Budget Circular No. A–25, as revised    36 CFR 228, subparts A, C, and E   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  06/13/2023  88 FR 38416   
NPRM Comment Period End  08/14/2023 
Final Action  11/00/2025 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: Businesses  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: Yes 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Mark B. Lambert
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
15 Burnett Court,
Durango, CO 81301
Phone:970 799-2331
Email: mark.b.lambert@usda.gov