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30 U.S.C. § 209 — Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production

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30 U.S.C. § 209 — Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production

The Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose of encouraging the greatest ultimate recovery of coal, oil, gas, oil shale 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons),,22 So in original. phosphate, sodium, potassium and sulfur, and in the interest of conservation of natural resources, is authorized to waive, suspend, or reduce the rental, or minimum royalty, or reduce the royalty on an entire leasehold, or on any tract or portion thereof segregated for royalty purposes, whenever in his judgment it is necessary to do so in order to promote development, or whenever in his judgment the leases cannot be successfully operated under the terms provided therein.33 So in original. The period probably should be a colon. Provided, however, That in order to promote development and the maximum production of tar sand, at the request of the lessee, the Secretary shall review, prior to commencement of commercial operations, the royalty rates established in each combined hydrocarbon lease issued in special tar sand areas. For purposes of this section, the term “tar sand” means any consolidated or unconsolidated rock (other than coal, oil shale, or gilsonite) that either: (1) contains a hydrocarbonaceous material with a gas-free viscosity, at original reservoir temperature, greater than 10,000 centipoise, or (2) contains a hydrocarbonaceous material and is produced by mining or quarrying. In the event the Secretary of the Interior, in the interest of conservation, shall direct or shall assent to the suspension of operations and production under any lease granted under the terms of this chapter, any payment of acreage rental or of minimum royalty prescribed by such lease likewise shall be suspended during such period of

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30 U.S.C. § 181 — Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved

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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30 U.S.C. § 188 — Failure to comply with provisions of lease

**(a) Forfeiture** Except as otherwise herein provided, any lease issued under the provisions of this chapter may be forfeited and canceled by an appropriate proceeding in the United States district court for the district in which the property, or some part thereof, is located whenever the lessee fails to comply with any of the provisions of this chapter, of the lease, or of the general regulations promulgated under this chapter and in force at the date of the lease; and the lease may provide for resort to appropriate methods for the settlement of disputes or for remedies for breach of specified conditions thereof. **(b) Cancellation** Any lease issued after August 21, 1935, under the provisions of [section 226 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section226&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be subject to cancellation by the Secretary of the Interior after 30 days notice upon the failure of the lessee to comply with any of the provisions of the lease, unless or until the leasehold contains a well capable of production of oil or gas in paying quantities, or the lease is committed to an approved cooperative or unit plan or communitization agreement under [section 226(m) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section226/m&num=0&edition=prelim) which contains a well capable of production of unitized substances in paying quantities. Such notice in advance of cancellation shall be sent the lease owner by registered letter directed to the lease owner’s record post-office address, and in case such letter shall be returned as undelivered, such notice shall also be posted for a period of thirty days in the United States land office for the district in which the land covered by such lease is sit

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48 U.S.C. § 434 to 445 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–252, § 1, Sept. 9, 1959, 73 Stat. 490

### Statutory Notes Section 434, act Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, § 3, 38 Stat. 742, related to division of unreserved lands into leasing blocks or tracts and to leases. See sections 181, 201(a), and 202 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining. Section 435, act Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, § 4, 38 Stat. 742, related to lease of additional lands. See sections 203 and 204 of Title 30. Section 436, act Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, § 5, 38 Stat. 743, related to consolidation of leases. See [section 205 of Title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section205&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 437, act Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, § 9, 38 Stat. 744, related to the term of the lease. See [section 207 of Title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section207&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 438, act Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, § 9, 38 Stat. 744, related to rents and royalties payable to the United States by lessees. See [section 207 of Title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section207&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 438a, act Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, § 19, as added June 6, 1934, ch. 405, 48 Stat. 909, related to suspension of rentals during suspension of operation or production. See [section 209 of Title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section209&num=0&edition=prelim). Section 439, acts Oct. 20, 1914, ch. 330, § 9, 38 Stat. 744; July 10, 1957, Pub. L. 85–88, § 1, 71 Stat. 282; July 7, 1958, Pub. L. 85–508, § 28(a), 72 Stat. 351, related to distribution of net profits, bonuses, royalties, rentals, and other payments. See [section 191 of Title 30](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section191&num=0&edition=prelim). Sectio

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30 U.S.C. § 209 — Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents

Page 70 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 208–2 1 So in original. Probably should be followed by a comma. 2 So in original. 3 So in original. The period probably should be a colon. (d). Subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 2 are classified to section 201 of this title, subsec. (c) of section 2 is classi- fied to section 202 of this title, and subsec. (d) of sec- tion 2, as added by section 5(b) of Pub. L. 94–377, is clas- sified to section 202a of this title. The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in sub- secs. (f) and (g), probably means the date of enactment of Pub. L. 94–377, which was approved Aug. 4, 1976. § 208–2. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1091(e), Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722 Section, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 8B, as added Aug. 4, 1976, Pub. L. 94–377, § 8, 90 Stat. 1089, related to re- ports to Congress on leasing and production of coal lands, contents, recommendations, and reports by At- torney General on competition in the coal industry and on effectiveness of antitrust laws. § 208a. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(a)(3), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578 Section, act July 19, 1932, ch. 513, 47 Stat. 707, author- ized general manager of Alaska Railroad to purchase coal annually for railroad from two or more operating companies in areas adjacent to railroad. Section was formerly classified to section 445a of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL Repeal by Pub. L. 97–468 became effective on date of transfer of Alaska Railroad to the State [Jan. 5, 1985], pursuant to section 1203 of Title 45, Railroads, see Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(a), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2577. § 209. Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to

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