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30 U.S.C. § 530 — Definitions
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As used in this chapter “mineral leasing laws” shall mean the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437) [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; the Act of April 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 301) [[30 U.S.C. 271](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section271&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; the Act of February 7, 1927 (44 Stat. 1057) [[30 U.S.C. 281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [[30 U.S.C. 1001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; and all Acts heretofore or hereafter enacted which are amendatory of or supplementary to any of the foregoing Acts; “Leasing Act minerals” shall mean all minerals which, upon August 13, 1954, are provided in the mineral leasing laws to be disposed of thereunder and all geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources which, upon the effective date of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, are provided in that Act to be disposed of thereunder; “Leasing Act operations” shall mean operations conducted under a lease, permit, or license issued under the mineral leasing laws in or incidental to prospecting for, drilling for, mining, treating, storing, transporting, or removing Leasing Act minerals; “mining operations” shall mean operations under any unpatented or patented mining claim or millsite in or incidental to prospecting for, mining, treating, storing, transporting, or removing minerals other than Leasing Act minerals and any other use under any claim of right or title based upon such mining claim or millsite; “Leasing Act operator” shall mean any pa
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As used in this chapter “mineral leasing laws” shall mean the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437) [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; the Act of April 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 301) [[30 U.S.C. 271](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section271&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; the Act of February 7, 1927 (44 Stat. 1057) [[30 U.S.C. 281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [[30 U.S.C. 1001](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1001&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; and all Acts heretofore or hereafter enacted which are amendatory of or supplementary to any of the foregoing Acts; “Leasing Act minerals” shall mean all minerals which, upon August 13, 1954, are provided in the mineral leasing laws to be disposed of thereunder and all geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources which, upon the effective date of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, are provided in that Act to be disposed of thereunder; “Leasing Act operations” shall mean operations conducted under a lease, permit, or license issued under the mineral leasing laws in or incidental to prospecting for, drilling for, mining, treating, storing, transporting, or removing Leasing Act minerals; “mining operations” shall mean operations under any unpatented or patented mining claim or millsite in or incidental to prospecting for, mining, treating, storing, transporting, or removing minerals other than Leasing Act minerals and any other use under any claim of right or title based upon such mining claim or millsite; “Leasing Act operator” shall mean any party who shall conduct Leasing Act operations; “mining operator” shall mean any party who shall conduct mining operations; “Atomic Energy Act” shall mean the Act of August 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 755), as amended [[42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; “Atomic Energy Commission” shall mean the United States Atomic Energy Commission established under the Atomic Energy Act or any amendments thereof; “fissionable source material” shall mean uranium, thorium, and all other materials referred to in section 5(b)(1) of the Atomic Energy Act, as amended, as reserved or to be reserved to the United States; “uranium lease application” shall mean an application for a uranium lease filed with said Commission with respect to lands which would be open for entry under the mining laws except for their being lands embraced within an offer, application, permit, or lease under the mineral leasing laws or lands known to be valuable for minerals leasable under those laws; “uranium lease” shall mean a uranium mining lease issued by said Commission with respect to any such lands; and “person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, or other legal entity.
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As used in this chapter, the term—
**(a)** “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior;
**(b)** “geothermal lease” means a lease issued under authority of this chapter;
**(c)** “geothermal resources” means (i) all products of geothermal processes, embracing indigenous steam, hot water and hot brines; (ii) steam and other gases, hot water and hot brines resulting from water, gas, or other fluids artificially introduced into geothermal formations; (iii) heat or other associated energy found in geothermal formations; and (iv) any byproduct derived from them;
**(d)** “byproduct” means any mineral or minerals (exclusive of oil, hydrocarbon gas, and helium) which are found in solution or in association with geothermal steam and which have a value of less than 75 per centum of the value of the geothermal steam or are not, because of quantity, quality, or technical difficulties in extraction and production, of sufficient value to warrant extraction and production by themselves;
**(e)** “known geothermal resources area” means an area in which the geology, nearby discoveries, competitive interests, or other indicia would, in the opinion of the Secretary, engender a belief in men who are experienced in the subject matter that the prospects for extraction of geothermal steam or associated geothermal resources are good enough to warrant expenditures of money for that purpose.
**(f)** “Significant 11 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized. thermal features within units of the National Park System” shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Thermal features within units of the National Park System listed in Section 1 1026(a)(1) of this title and designated as significant in the Federal Register notice of August 3, 1987 (Vol. 52, No. 148 Fed. Reg. 2
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The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for sulphur in lands belonging to the United States located in the States of Louisiana and New Mexico for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall be not exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land in reasonably compact form.
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Atomic energy is capable of application for peaceful as well as military purposes. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the United States that—
**(a)** the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to make the maximum contribution to the general welfare, subject at all times to the paramount objective of making the maximum contribution to the common defense and security; and
**(b)** the development, use, and control of atomic energy shall be directed so as to promote world peace, improve the general welfare, increase the standard of living, and strengthen free competition in private enterprise.
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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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The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of land in reasonably compact form: Provided further, That the prospecting provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to lands and deposits in or adjacent to Searles Lake, California, which lands may be leased by the Secretary of the Interior under the terms and provisions of this subchapter.
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1001
1 So in original. Probably should not be capitalized.
2 So in original. Probably should end with a period instead of
‘‘; and’’.
Sec.
1002.
Lands subject to geothermal leasing.
1002a.
Repealed.
1003.
Leasing procedures.
1004.
Rents and royalties.
1005.
Lease term and work commitment require-
ments.
1006.
Acreage limitations.
1007.
Readjustment of lease terms and conditions.
1008.
Byproducts.
1009.
Relinquishment of geothermal rights.
1010.
Suspension of operations and production.
1011.
Termination of leases.
1012.
Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or
royalty.
1013.
Surface land use.
1014.
Lands subject to geothermal leasing.
1015.
Requirement for lessees.
1016.
Administration.
1017.
Unit and communitization agreements.
1018.
Data from Federal agencies.
1019.
Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rent-
als, and royalties.
1020.
Publication in Federal Register; reservation
of mineral rights.
1021.
Federal exemption from State water laws.
1022.
Prevention of waste; exclusivity.
1023.
Rules and regulations.
1024.
Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain
other laws.
1025.
Federal reservation of certain mineral rights.
1026.
Significant thermal features.
1027.
Land subject to prohibition on leasing.
1028.
Hot dry rock geothermal energy.
§ 1001. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term—
(a) ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of the
Interior;
(b) ‘‘geothermal lease’’ means a lease issued
under authority of this chapter;
(c) ‘‘geothermal resources’’ means (i) all
products of geothermal processes, embracing
indigenous steam, hot water and hot brines;
(ii) steam and other gases, hot water and hot
brines resulting from water, gas, or other
fl
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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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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 272
ter 3 of this title and subchapter IX of this chap-
ter, nor the mining and sale of potassium com-
pounds as a byproduct from sodium leases taken
under this section: Provided further, That on ap-
plication by any lessee the Secretary of the In-
terior is authorized to modify the rental and
royalty provisions stipulated in any existing so-
dium lease to conform to the provisions of this
section.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 24, 41 Stat. 447; Dec. 11,
1928, ch. 19, 45 Stat. 1019.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
Subchapter VII [§ 141 et seq.] of chapter 3 of this title,
referred to in text, was repealed by act Feb. 7, 1927, ch.
66, § 6, 44 Stat. 1058.
Subchapter IX of this chapter, referred to in text, was
in the original ‘‘act February 7, 1927 (Forty-fourth
Statutes at Large, page 1057)’’ meaning act Feb. 7, 1927,
ch. 66, 44 Stat. 1057, which enacted subchapter IX (§ 281
et seq.) of this chapter, amended sections 181 and 193 of
this title, and repealed subchapter VII (§ 141 et seq.) of
chapter 3 of this title. For complete classification of
this Act to the Code, see Tables.
AMENDMENTS
1928—Act Dec. 11, 1928, amended section generally.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SODA ASH ROYALTIES
Pub. L. 113–40, § 10(e), Oct. 2, 2013, 127 Stat. 546, pro-
vided that: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 24 of the Mineral
Leasing Act (30 U.S.C. 262) and the terms of any lease
under that Act [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], the royalty rate
on the quantity of gross value of the output of sodium
compounds and related products at the point of ship-
ment to market from Federal land in the 2-year period
beginning on the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 2,
2013] shall be 4 percent.’’
SODA ASH ROYALTY REDUCTION
Pub. L. 109–
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 273
1 See References in Text note below.
in accordance with regulations prescribed by the
Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That where
any person having been granted an oil and gas
permit makes a discovery of sulphur in lands
covered by said permit, he shall have the same
privilege of leasing not to exceed six hundred
and forty acres of said land under the same
terms and conditions as are given a sulphur per-
mittee under the provisions of this section.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 2, 44 Stat. 301.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920,
ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act,
which comprises this chapter.
§ 273. Lease of lands not covered by permits or
leases; acreage; rental
Lands known to contain valuable deposits of
sulphur and not covered by permits or leases
shall be held subject to lease by the Secretary of
the Interior through advertisement, competitive
bidding, or such other methods as he may by
general regulations adopt and in such areas as
he shall fix, not exceeding six hundred and forty
acres; all leases to be conditioned upon the pay-
ment by the lessee of such royalty as may be
fixed in the lease and the payment in advance of
a rental of 50 cents per acre per annum, the rent-
al paid for any one year to be credited against
the royalties accruing for that year.
(Apr. 17, 1926, ch. 158, § 3, 44 Stat. 301.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920,
ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act,
which comprises this chapter.
§ 274. Lands containing coal or other minerals
Prospecting permits or leases may be issued in
the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior
under th
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 530
ment shall be deemed in any manner to con-
stitute any concession as to the date of priority
of rights under said mining claim or as to the
validity thereof.
(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 730, § 8, 68 Stat. 715.)
§ 529. Helium lands subject to entry
Lands withdrawn from the public domain
which are within (a) Helium Reserve Numbered
1, pursuant to Executive orders of March 21,
1924, and January 28, 1926, and (b) Helium Re-
serve Numbered 2 pursuant to Executive Order
6184 of June 26, 1933, shall be subject to entry
and location under the mining laws of the
United States, and to permit and lease under the
mineral leasing laws, upon determination by the
Secretary of the Interior, based upon available
geologic and other information, that there is no
reasonable probability that operations pursuant
to entry or location of the particular lands
under the mining laws, or pursuant to a permit
or lease of the particular lands under the Min-
eral Leasing Act [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], will re-
sult in the extraction or cause loss or waste of
the helium-bearing gas in the lands of such re-
serves: Provided, That the lands shall not be-
come subject to entry, location, permit or lease
until such time as the Secretary designates in
an order published in the Federal Register: And
provided further, That the Secretary may at any
time as a condition to continued mineral oper-
ations require the entryman, locator, permittee
or lessee to take such measures either above or
below the surface of the lands as the Secretary
deems necessary to prevent loss or waste of the
helium-bearing gas.
(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 730, § 9, 68 Stat. 715.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The Mineral Leasing Act, referred to in text, is act
Feb. 25
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