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30 U.S.C. § 1005 — Lease term and work commitment requirements
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Primary term** — A geothermal lease shall be for a primary term of 10 years.
(2) **Initial extension** — The Secretary shall extend the primary term of a geothermal lease for 5 years if, for each year after the 10th year of the lease—
(A) the Secretary determined under subsection (b) that the lessee satisfied the work commitment requirements that applied to the lease for that year; or
(B) the lessee paid in annual payments accordance with subsection (c).
(3) **Additional extension** — The Secretary shall extend the primary term of a geothermal lease (after an initial extension under paragraph (2)) for an additional 5 years if, for each year of the initial extension under paragraph (2), the Secretary determined under subsection (b) that the lessee satisfied the minimum work requirements that applied to the lease for that year.
**(b) Requirement to satisfy annual minimum work requirement**
(1) **In general** — The lessee for a geothermal lease shall, for each year after the 10th year of the lease, satisfy minimum work requirements prescribed by the Secretary that apply to the lease for that year.
(2) **Prescription of minimum work requirements** — The Secretary shall issue regulations prescribing minimum work requirements for geothermal leases, that—
(A) establish a geothermal potential; and
(B) if a geothermal potential has been established, confirm the existence of producible geothermal resources.
**(c) Payments in lieu of minimum work requirements** In lieu of the minimum work requirements set forth in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall by regulation establish minimum annual payments which may be made by the lessee for a limited number of years that the Secretary determines will not impair achieving diligent development o
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**(a) In general**
(1) **Primary term** — A geothermal lease shall be for a primary term of 10 years.
(2) **Initial extension** — The Secretary shall extend the primary term of a geothermal lease for 5 years if, for each year after the 10th year of the lease—
(A) the Secretary determined under subsection (b) that the lessee satisfied the work commitment requirements that applied to the lease for that year; or
(B) the lessee paid in annual payments accordance with subsection (c).
(3) **Additional extension** — The Secretary shall extend the primary term of a geothermal lease (after an initial extension under paragraph (2)) for an additional 5 years if, for each year of the initial extension under paragraph (2), the Secretary determined under subsection (b) that the lessee satisfied the minimum work requirements that applied to the lease for that year.
**(b) Requirement to satisfy annual minimum work requirement**
(1) **In general** — The lessee for a geothermal lease shall, for each year after the 10th year of the lease, satisfy minimum work requirements prescribed by the Secretary that apply to the lease for that year.
(2) **Prescription of minimum work requirements** — The Secretary shall issue regulations prescribing minimum work requirements for geothermal leases, that—
(A) establish a geothermal potential; and
(B) if a geothermal potential has been established, confirm the existence of producible geothermal resources.
**(c) Payments in lieu of minimum work requirements** In lieu of the minimum work requirements set forth in subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall by regulation establish minimum annual payments which may be made by the lessee for a limited number of years that the Secretary determines will not impair achieving diligent development of the geothermal resource, but in no event shall the number of years exceed the duration of the extension period provided in subsection (a).
**(d) Transition rules for leases issued prior to August 8, 2005** The Secretary shall by regulation establish transition rules for leases issued before August 8, 2005, including terms under which a lease that is near the end of its term on August 8, 2005, may be extended for up to 2 years—
(1) to allow achievement of production under the lease; or
(2) to allow the lease to be included in a producing unit.
**(e) Geothermal lease overlying mining claim**
(1) **Exemption** — The lessee for a geothermal lease of an area overlying an area subject to a mining claim for which a plan of operations has been approved by the relevant Federal land management agency is exempt from annual work requirements established under this chapter, if development of the geothermal resource subject to the lease would interfere with the mining operations under such claim.
(2) **Termination of exemption** — An exemption under this paragraph expires upon the termination of the mining operations.
**(f) Termination of application of requirements** Minimum work requirements prescribed under this section shall not apply to a geothermal lease after the date on which the geothermal resource is utilized under the lease in commercial quantities.
**(g) Cooperative or unit plan for drilling operations; extension of term; renewal** Any lease for land on which, or for which under an approved cooperative or unit plan of development or operation, actual drilling operations were commenced prior to the end of its primary term and are being diligently prosecuted at that time shall be extended for five years and so long thereafter, but not more than thirty-five years, as geothermal steam is produced or utilized in commercial quantities. If, at the end of such extended term, steam is being produced or utilized in commercial quantities and the lands are not needed for other purposes, the lessee shall have a preferential right to a renewal of such lease for a second term in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Secretary deems appropriate.
**(h) “Produced or utilized in commercial quantities” defined** Except as otherwise provided for in this section, for purposes of this section the term “produced or utilized in commercial quantities” means the completion of a well producing geothermal steam in commercial quantities. Such term shall also include the completion of a well capable of producing geothermal steam in commercial quantities so long as the Secretary determines that diligent efforts are being made toward the utilization of the geothermal steam.
**(i) Principles for location of minerals under mining laws when minerals are not associated with geothermal resources** Minerals locatable under the mining laws of the United States in lands subject to a geothermal lease issued under the provisions of this chapter which are not associated with the geothermal resources of such lands as defined in [section 1001(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section1001/c&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be locatable under said mining laws in accordance with the principles of the Multiple Mineral Development Act (68 Stat. 708; found in [30 U.S.C. 521](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section521&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.).
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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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**(a) Preference categories** Subject to the conditions and provisions of this chapter and to any valid intervening rights acquired under the laws of the United States, any mining claim located under the mining laws of the United States subsequent to July 31, 1939, and prior to February 10, 1954, on lands of the United States, which at the time of location were—
(1) included in a permit or lease issued under the mineral leasing laws; or
(2) covered by an application or offer for a permit or lease which had been filed under the mineral leasing laws; or
(3) known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws,
shall be effective to the same extent in all respects as if such lands at the time of location, and at all times thereafter, had not been so included or covered or known: Provided, however, That, in order to be entitled to the benefits of this chapter, the owner of any such mining claim located prior to January 1, 1953, must have posted and filed for record, within the time allowed by the provisions of chapter 11 of this title, an amended notice of location as to such mining claim, stating that such notice was filed pursuant to the provisions of said chapter 11 and for the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof: And provided further, That in order to obtain the benefits of this chapter, the owner of any such mining claim located subsequent to December 31, 1952, and prior to February 10, 1954, not later than one hundred and twenty days after August 13, 1954, must post on such claim in the manner required for posting notice of location of mining claims and file for record in the office where the notice or certificate of location of such claim is of record an amended notice of location for such claim, stating that such notice is
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 1005
‘‘(c) NEAR-TERM PRODUCTION INCENTIVE FOR EXISTING
LEASES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 5(a) of
the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 [30 U.S.C. 1004(a)],
the royalty required to be paid shall be 50 percent of
the amount of the royalty otherwise required, on any
lease issued before the date of enactment of this Act
[Aug. 8, 2005] that does not convert to new royalty
terms under subsection (e)—
‘‘(A) with respect to commercial production of en-
ergy from a facility that begins such production in
the 6-year period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of this Act; or
‘‘(B) on qualified expansion geothermal energy.
‘‘(2) 4-YEAR
APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) applies
only to new commercial production of energy from a
facility in the first 4 years of such production.
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED EXPANSION GEOTHERMAL
ENERGY.—In this section [amending this section and
section 1019 of this title and enacting provisions set out
as a note under this section], the term ‘qualified expan-
sion geothermal energy’ means geothermal energy pro-
duced from a generation facility for which—
‘‘(1) the production is increased by more than 10
percent as a result of expansion of the facility carried
out in the 6-year period beginning on the date of en-
actment of this Act [Aug. 8, 2005]; and
‘‘(2) such production increase is greater than 10 per-
cent of the average production by the facility during
the 5-year period preceding the expansion of the facil-
ity (as such average is adjusted to reflect any trend
in changes in production during that period).
‘‘(e) ROYALTY UNDER EXISTING LEASES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any lessee under a lease issued
under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C.
1001 et seq.) before the date
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 521
IX (§ 281 et seq.) of chapter 3A of this title, amended
sections 181 and 193 of this title, and repealed sub-
chapter VII (§ 141 et seq.) of chapter 3 of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Ta-
bles.
CHAPTER 12—MULTIPLE MINERAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS
Sec.
521.
Mineral leasing claims.
522.
Conflicting periods of location of claims.
523.
Uranium leases.
524.
Reservation of minerals to United States.
525.
Future location of claims on mineral lands.
526.
Mining and Leasing Act operations.
527.
Determination of unpatented mining claims.
528.
Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights.
529.
Helium lands subject to entry.
530.
Definitions.
531.
Approval of United States officials.
§ 521. Mineral leasing claims
(a) Preference categories
Subject to the conditions and provisions of
this chapter and to any valid intervening rights
acquired under the laws of the United States,
any mining claim located under the mining laws
of the United States subsequent to July 31, 1939,
and prior to February 10, 1954, on lands of the
United States, which at the time of location
were—
(1) included in a permit or lease issued under
the mineral leasing laws; or
(2) covered by an application or offer for a
permit or lease which had been filed under the
mineral leasing laws; or
(3) known to be valuable for minerals subject
to disposition under the mineral leasing laws,
shall be effective to the same extent in all re-
spects as if such lands at the time of location,
and at all times thereafter, had not been so in-
cluded or covered or known: Provided, however,
That, in order to be entitled to the benefits of
this chapter, the owner of any such mining
claim located pri
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