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30 U.S.C. § 1006 — Acreage limitations
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A geothermal lease shall embrace a reasonably compact area of not more than 5,120 acres, except where a departure therefrom is occasioned by an irregular subdivision or subdivisions. No person, association, or corporation, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall take, hold, own, or control at one time, whether acquired directly from the Secretary under this chapter or otherwise, any direct or indirect interest in Federal geothermal leases in any one State exceeding 51,200 acres, including leases acquired under the provisions of [section 1003 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1003&num=0&edition=prelim).
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A geothermal lease shall embrace a reasonably compact area of not more than 5,120 acres, except where a departure therefrom is occasioned by an irregular subdivision or subdivisions. No person, association, or corporation, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall take, hold, own, or control at one time, whether acquired directly from the Secretary under this chapter or otherwise, any direct or indirect interest in Federal geothermal leases in any one State exceeding 51,200 acres, including leases acquired under the provisions of [section 1003 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1003&num=0&edition=prelim).
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**(a) Nominations** The Secretary shall accept nominations of land to be leased at any time from qualified companies and individuals under this chapter.
**(b) Competitive lease sale required**
(1) **In general** — Except as otherwise specifically provided by this chapter, all land to be leased that is not subject to leasing under subsection (c) shall be leased as provided in this subsection to the highest responsible qualified bidder, as determined by the Secretary.
(2) **Competitive lease sales** — The Secretary shall hold a competitive lease sale at least once every 2 years for land in a State that has nominations pending under subsection (a) if the land is otherwise available for leasing.
(3) **Lands subject to mining claims** — Lands that are subject to a mining claim for which a plan of operations has been approved by the relevant Federal land management agency may be available for noncompetitive leasing under this section to the mining claim holder.
(4) **Land subject to oil and gas lease** — Land under an oil and gas lease issued pursuant to the Mineral Leasing Act ([30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) or the Mineral Leasing Act for Acquired Lands ([30 U.S.C. 351](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section351&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) that is subject to an approved application for permit to drill and from which oil and gas production is occurring may be available for noncompetitive leasing under subsection (c) by the holder of the oil and gas lease—
(A) on a determination that geothermal energy will be produced from a well producing or capable of producing oil and gas; and
(B) to provide for the coproduction of geothermal ene
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**(a) Adoption of units by lessees**
(1) **In general** — For the purpose of more properly conserving the natural resources of any geothermal reservoir, field, or like area, or any part thereof (whether or not any part of the geothermal reservoir, field, or like area, is subject to any cooperative plan of development or operation (referred to in this section as a “unit agreement”)), lessees thereof and their representatives may unite with each other, or jointly or separately with others, in collectively adopting and operating under a unit agreement for the reservoir, field, or like area, or any part thereof, including direct use resources, if determined and certified by the Secretary to be necessary or advisable in the public interest.
(2) **Majority interest of single leases** — A majority interest of owners of any single lease shall have the authority to commit the lease to a unit agreement.
(3) **Initiative of Secretary** — The Secretary may also initiate the formation of a unit agreement, or require an existing Federal lease to commit to a unit agreement, if in the public interest.
(4) **Modification of lease requirements by Secretary**
(A) *In general* — The Secretary may, in the discretion of the Secretary and with the consent of the holders of leases involved, establish, alter, change, or revoke rates of operations (including drilling, operations, production, and other requirements) of the leases and make conditions with respect to the leases, with the consent of the lessees, in connection with the creation and operation of any such unit agreement as the Secretary may consider necessary or advisable to secure the protection of the public interest.
(B) *Unlike terms or rates* — Leases with unlike lease terms or royalty rates shall not be required to be m
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1006
utilization by a facility or facilities, has not been
completed (1) due to administrative delays by govern-
ment entities, beyond the control of the lessee, or (2)
such sale would be uneconomic;
‘‘(b) substantial investment in the development of
or for the benefit of the lease has been made; and
‘‘(c) the lease would otherwise expire prior to De-
cember 31, 1988.
‘‘(2)(a) The Secretary of the Interior (hereinafter in
this section referred to as ‘the Secretary’ shall publish
for public comment in the Federal Register within 120
days after the date of enactment of this section [Oct.
18, 1986] a proposed list of significant thermal features
within the following units of the National Park Sys-
tem:
‘‘Mount Rainier National Park;
‘‘Lassen Volcanic National Park;
‘‘Yellowstone National Park;
‘‘Bering Land Bridge National Preserve;
‘‘Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve;
‘‘Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve;
‘‘Katmai National Park;
‘‘Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve;
‘‘Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve;
‘‘Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve;
‘‘Denali National Park and Preserve;
‘‘Lake Clark National Park and Preserve;
‘‘Hot Springs National Park;
‘‘Sequoia National Park;
‘‘Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park;
‘‘Lake Mead National Recreation Area;
‘‘Big Bend National Park;
‘‘Olympic National Park;
‘‘Grand Teton National Park;
‘‘John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway;
‘‘Haleakala¯ National Park; and
‘‘Crater Lake National Park.
The Secretary shall include with such list the basis for
his determination with respect to each thermal feature
on the list. Based on public comment on such list, the
Secretary is authorized to make additions to or dele-
tions from th
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