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16 U.S.C. § 3149 — Oil and gas lease applications
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**(a) Lands within National Wildlife Refuge System but not part of National Wilderness Preservation System** Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, whenever the Secretary receives an application for an oil and gas lease pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] for lands in Alaska within a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System which are not also part of the national Wilderness Preservation System he shall, in addition to any other requirements of applicable law, follow the procedures set forth in this section.
**(b) Statement of reasons for decision to issue or not to issue lease** Any decision to issue or not to issue a lease shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the reasons for the decision, including the reasons why oil and gas leasing would be compatible or incompatible with the purposes of the refuge.
**(c) Environmental impact statement** If the Secretary determines that the requirements of [section 4332(2)(C) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4332/2/C&num=0&edition=prelim) do not apply to his decision, the Secretary shall render his decision within six months after receipt of a lease application. If such requirements are applicable to the Secretary’s decision, he shall render his decision within three months after publication of the final environmental impact statement.
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**(a) Lands within National Wildlife Refuge System but not part of National Wilderness Preservation System** Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, whenever the Secretary receives an application for an oil and gas lease pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] for lands in Alaska within a unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System which are not also part of the national Wilderness Preservation System he shall, in addition to any other requirements of applicable law, follow the procedures set forth in this section.
**(b) Statement of reasons for decision to issue or not to issue lease** Any decision to issue or not to issue a lease shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth the reasons for the decision, including the reasons why oil and gas leasing would be compatible or incompatible with the purposes of the refuge.
**(c) Environmental impact statement** If the Secretary determines that the requirements of [section 4332(2)(C) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section4332/2/C&num=0&edition=prelim) do not apply to his decision, the Secretary shall render his decision within six months after receipt of a lease application. If such requirements are applicable to the Secretary’s decision, he shall render his decision within three months after publication of the final environmental impact statement.
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Deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, potassium, oil, oil shale, gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons), or gas, and lands containing such deposits owned by the United States, including those in national forests, but excluding lands acquired under the Appalachian Forest Act, approved March 1, 1911 (36 Stat. 961), and those in incorporated cities, towns, and villages and in national parks and monuments, those acquired under other Acts subsequent to February 25, 1920, and lands within the naval petroleum and oil-shale reserves, except as hereinafter provided, shall be subject to disposition in the form and manner provided by this chapter to citizens of the United States, or to associations of such citizens, or to any corporation organized under the laws of the United States, or of any State or Territory thereof, or in the case of coal, oil, oil shale, or gas, to municipalities. Citizens of another country, the laws, customs, or regulations of which deny similar or like privileges to citizens or corporations of this country, shall not by stock ownership, stock holding, or stock control, own any interest in any lease acquired under the provisions of this chapter.
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 3149
lands described in this section, under such terms
and conditions as he may, by regulation, pre-
scribe.
(e) Repealed. Pub. L. 100–203, title V, § 5105(1),
Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1330–259
(f) Exploration plan
Prior to any exploration activities on a lease
issued pursuant to this section, the Secretary
shall require the lessee to describe exploration
activities in an exploration plan. He shall ap-
prove such plan if such activities can be con-
ducted in conformity with such requirements as
may be made by the Secretary for the protec-
tion and use of the land for the purpose for
which it is managed under applicable law.
(g) Development and production plan
Subsequent to a discovery of oil or gas in pay-
ing quantities, and prior to developing and pro-
ducing such oil and gas, the Secretary shall re-
quire the lessee to describe development and
production activities in a development and pro-
duction plan. He shall approve such plan if such
activities may be conducted in conformity with
such requirements as may be made by the Sec-
retary for the protection and use of the land for
the purpose for which it is managed under appli-
cable law.
(h) Revised development and production plan
The Secretary shall monitor the performance
of the lessee and, if he determines that due to
significant changes in circumstances regarding
that operation, including environmental or eco-
nomic changes, new requirements are needed, he
may require a revised development and produc-
tion plan.
(i) Suspension and cancellation of lease
If the Secretary determines that immediate
and irreparable damage will result from con-
tinuation in force of a lease, that the threat will
not disappear and that the advantages of can-
cellation outweigh th
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 181
Sec.
SUBCHAPTER V—OIL SHALE
241.
Leases of lands.
242.
Oil shale claims.
SUBCHAPTER VI—ALASKA OIL PROVISO
251.
Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands;
terms and conditions; acreage; annual rent-
als and royalties; fraud of claimants.
SUBCHAPTER VII—SODIUM
261.
Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage.
262.
Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royal-
ties and annual rentals.
263.
Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands
for camp sites, and other purposes; annual
rentals; acreage.
SUBCHAPTER VIII—SULPHUR
271.
Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage.
272.
Leases to permittees; privileges extended to
oil and gas permittees.
273.
Lease of lands not covered by permits or
leases; acreage; rental.
274.
Lands containing coal or other minerals.
275.
Laws applicable.
276.
Application of subchapter to Louisiana and
New Mexico only.
SUBCHAPTER IX—POTASH
281.
Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates,
carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of
potassium; authorization; acreage; lands af-
fected.
282.
Leases to permittees of lands showing valu-
able deposits; royalty.
283.
Lands containing valuable deposits not cov-
ered by permits or leases; authority to
lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemp-
tions from rentals and royalties; suspension
of operations.
284.
Lands containing coal or other minerals in
addition to potassium deposits; issuance of
prospecting permits and leases; covenants
in potassium leases.
285.
Laws applicable.
286.
Disposition of royalties and rents from potas-
sium leases.
287.
Extension of prospecting permits.
SUBCHAPTER I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 181. Lands subject to disposition; persons enti-
tled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; heliu
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