PERMFILE57307

• Permit No: M2002003
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/28/2002
• Doc Name: Response to Objection Letter
• From: DMG
• To: Joel and Margaret Wehking
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

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Figure 3. List of the Bl,M aria Forest Service
Offices Where Mining- Claim and Site
DoctimenEs May Be Fil ed.
$LM FOREST SERVICE
State Office Regitinal Office
-Location Notice -None. Recordation
- Amendment or and patent
Transfer of Interest document's are only
-Notice of. filed with the BLM.
Abandonnteilt or
Relinquishment Forest Supervisor's
-Affidavit of Office ..
Assessment Work --None. On National
-Notice of Intenrion Forest lands notice
to Hold and plans. of
-PetiUOn for operations ara filed
Deferment of in the Ranger
Assessment Work District Office.
-Patent Application
District Office
-Notice of Intent to
Operate
- Plan of Operations .
Ranger District Office
-Notice of Intent .
-Plan of Operation
Re§ource Area Office
- In many States the
District Office has
delegated acceptance
of a notice or plan to
the Resource Area
Office. Call the
District Office
to find out where to
file notices or plans.
NOTE; In some States the BLM, the Forest Service, and
the State may have signed a memorandum of understand-
ing or a cooperative agreement. The agreement tnay
allow a State agency or a county'departrnent to be the
lead for approving a plan of operations on Federal lands.
The operator would submic a plan of operations to the
State or county agency, rather than to the BLM or the,
ForescServioe. Contact the appropriate BLM State
Office or Forest Service Regional Office to de[emtine the
read agency in a particular Slate.
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Claimant's Rights
If a claim or site meets all the Federal and State
requirements, the claimant has a possessory tight
to develop and extract the minerals. However,
the claim or site cannot be used for other pur-
poses. The claimant.has the right to use so much
of the surface of the claim or site as is:reasonably
necessary fo;mining and milling purposes,
' - including (1) access across federally managed
surface. to and from the claim, (2) use of as much
of the timber on the claim as-iszre~essary for the
mining operation, and (3) construction of fences
and gates to protect the immediate area of
operations and equipment. Also allowed are
temporary and permanent structures for storing
equipment, housing forfull-time employees, and
testing and processing facilities. Seethe ap-
proval requirements for structures and occupancy
in the Surface Management section of this,
pamphlet.
Mining claims and sites are considered real
property. The interests in them and associated
rights may be bought, sold, transferred, leased,
rented, willed, or inherited.
RECORDING A MINING
CLAIM OR SITE .
Claims and sites must be
recorded with both the county
and the proper BLM.STATE
OFFICE. in Alaska, claims
may also be recorded with the
BLM office in Fairbanks.
Co m v: State laws ustially require filing the
original location notice or certificate in the
county recorder's or the county clerk's office.
The proper county is generally the one in which
the claim is located. Each State has its own
requirement for' when a location notice must be
filed and recorded. This period is usually within
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