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30 U.S.C. § 541b — Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite

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30 U.S.C. § 541b — Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite

Subject to the provisos of [section 541a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541a&num=0&edition=prelim), any mining location made under the mining laws of the United States, including chapter 12 of this title, on lands of the character described in [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), except locations made for lands within the exterior boundaries of a prior coal prospecting permit or lease, if based upon a discovery of valuable source material in deposits other than deposits of Leasing Act minerals, shall include the right to mine, remove, and dispose of lignite containing valuable source material and lignite necessary to be stripped or mined in the recovery of source material contained in lignite, subject to the reporting and payment requirements of [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), and subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [[42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et. seq.], and upon filing in the land office designated in [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), an adequate description of his claim or claims containing such lignite: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights acquired by virtue of a mining claim heretofore or hereafter located, under the 1872 Mining Act, as amended, or to impose any additional obligation with respect to the mining and removal of source material which does not o

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Subject to the provisos of [section 541a of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541a&num=0&edition=prelim), any mining location made under the mining laws of the United States, including chapter 12 of this title, on lands of the character described in [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), except locations made for lands within the exterior boundaries of a prior coal prospecting permit or lease, if based upon a discovery of valuable source material in deposits other than deposits of Leasing Act minerals, shall include the right to mine, remove, and dispose of lignite containing valuable source material and lignite necessary to be stripped or mined in the recovery of source material contained in lignite, subject to the reporting and payment requirements of [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), and subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [[42 U.S.C. 2011](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section2011&num=0&edition=prelim) et. seq.], and upon filing in the land office designated in [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), an adequate description of his claim or claims containing such lignite: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights acquired by virtue of a mining claim heretofore or hereafter located, under the 1872 Mining Act, as amended, or to impose any additional obligation with respect to the mining and removal of source material which does not occur within any seam, bed, or deposit of lignite.

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30 U.S.C. § 541a — Claims located prior to May 25, 1955; extra­lateral rights; amended notice of mining location

Any mining claim located in a manner prescribed by the mining laws of the United States upon lands of the character described in [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim), prior to May 25, 1955, if based upon a discovery of valuable source material contained in lignite shall be effective to the same extent as if such lands at the time of location, and at all times thereafter, had not been classified as or known to be valuable for coal subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws, subject, however, to the provisions of [section 541 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section541&num=0&edition=prelim): Provided, That no extralateral rights shall attach to any mining location validated under this section: And provided further, That the locator or locators of such a mining claim shall, not later than one hundred and eighty days from and after August 11, 1955, post on the claim and file for record in the office where the notice or certificate of location is of record, an amended notice of the mining location stating that such amended notice is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and for the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof; and that a copy of said amended notice is, within the said one-hundred-and-eighty-day period, filed in the land office of the Bureau of Land Management for the State in which the mining location is situated, and the mining locator thereafter complies with the requirements of this chapter.

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30 U.S.C. § 541 — Entry and location; filing of copy of notice of mining location; report and payment for lignite mined; mineral patents; reservation of minerals to United States

Subject to the conditions and provisions of this chapter and to any valid intervening rights acquired under the laws of the United States, public lands of the United States classified as or known to be valuable for coal subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws and which are open to location and entry subject to the conditions and provisions of chapter 12 of this title, unless embraced within a coal prospecting permit or lease, shall also be open to location and entry under the mining laws of the United States upon the discovery of a valuable source material occurring within any seam, bed, or deposit of lignite in such lands: Provided, That a copy of the notice of any mining location made for source material occurring in any such bed, seam, or deposit, shall be filed for record in the land office of the Bureau of Land Management for the State in which the claim is situated within ninety days after the date of its location: Provided further, That the claimant to any such mining location shall report annually to the Mining Supervisor of the Geological Survey the amount of lignite mined or stripped in the recovery of such valuable source material during each calendar year and tender payment to him of 10 cents per ton thereon. Any mineral patents issued hereunder shall be made subject to the recording and payment requirements of this section and shall contain a reservation to the United States of all Leasing Act minerals owned by the United States other than lignite containing valuable source material and lignite necessary to be stripped or mined in the recovery of such material. Mining claims located and mineral patents issued under the provisions of this chapter shall not include rights to lignite not containing valuable source material except to the extent it

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42 U.S.C. § 2011 — Congressional declaration of policy

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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30 U.S.C. § 541b — Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite

Page 109 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 541d Land Management for the State in which the mining location is situated, and the mining lo- cator thereafter complies with the requirements of this chapter. (Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 795, § 2, 69 Stat. 679.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EXTENSION OF TIME FOR ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK Act June 29, 1956, ch. 478, 70 Stat. 438, as amended by Pub. L. 85–68, June 29, 1957, 71 Stat. 226, provided for ex- tension of time for period commencing July 1, 1955, to 12 o’clock noon July 1, 1958, during which labor must be performed, or improvements made pursuant to section 28 of this title, or any unpatented mining claim vali- dated under this section and for extension of time for period commencing July 1, 1956, to 12 o’clock noon July 1, 1958, during which labor must be performed, or im- provements made pursuant to section 28 of this title, on any other unpatented mining claim subject to this chapter. § 541b. Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite Subject to the provisos of section 541a of this title, any mining location made under the min- ing laws of the United States, including chapter 12 of this title, on lands of the character de- scribed in section 541 of this title, except loca- tions made for lands within the exterior bound- aries of a prior coal prospecting permit or lease, if based upon a discovery of valuable source ma- terial in deposits other than deposits of Leasing Act minerals, shall include the right to mine, remove, and dispose of lignite containing valu- able source material and lignite necessary to be stripped or mined in the recovery of source ma- terial contained in lignite, subject to the report- ing and payment requirements of section 541 of this title, and subject to the provisions

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42 U.S.C. § 2011 — Congressional declaration of policy

Page 5360 TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE § 2011 Sec. 2297f–2. Regulation of Restricted Data. SUBCHAPTER VII—DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING 2297g. Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund. 2297g–1. Deposits. 2297g–2. Department facilities. 2297g–3. Employee provisions. 2297g–4. Reports to Congress. SUBCHAPTER VIII—UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORPORATION PRIVATIZATION 2297h. Definitions. 2297h–1. Sale of Corporation. 2297h–2. Method of sale. 2297h–3. Establishment of private corporation. 2297h–4. Transfers to private corporation. 2297h–5. Leasing of gaseous diffusion facilities. 2297h–6. Transfer of contracts. 2297h–7. Liabilities. 2297h–8. Employee protections. 2297h–9. Ownership limitations. 2297h–10. Uranium transfers and sales. 2297h–10a. Incentives for additional downblending of highly enriched uranium by the Rus- sian Federation. 2297h–10b. Secretarial determinations; congres- sional notification. 2297h–11. Low-level waste. 2297h–12. AVLIS. 2297h–13. Application of certain laws. Editorial Notes CODIFICATION The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, which is classified principally to this chapter, is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724. It was originally enacted as the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, 60 Stat. 755, which con- sisted of sections 1 to 21 and was classified generally to chapter 14 (§ 1801 et seq.) of this title. The Atomic En- ergy Act of 1946 was renamed the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 and amended generally by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, and was subsequently transferred to this chapter. Sections that were enacted as part of the 1954 general amendment are shown herein as having been added to act Aug. 1, 1946, and not as amending it, due to the

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