Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
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Ch. 1 — United States Bureau of Mines 6 inactive 17 sections
- § 1 United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees
- § 1a Transfer of activities, employees, records, etc., from Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce to the United States Bureau of Mines
- § 2 Performance of duties in absence of director
- § 3 Duties of United States Bureau of Mines
- § 4 Investigation of lignite coal and peat
- § 4a Omitted Omitted
- § 4b Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices
- § 4c Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal
- § 4d Plants, machinery, and equipment
- § 4e Omitted Omitted
- § 4o Transferred Transferred
- § 5 Reports of investigations
- § 6 Personal interest of director and members of Bureau in mines
- § 7 Fees for tests or investigations
- § 8 Additional mining experiment stations and mine safety stations authorized
- § 9 Acceptance of lands from States
- § 10 Headquarters of mine rescue cars; site for experimental work; leases and donations
- § 11 Omitted Omitted
- § 12 Repealed. Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 1(16) , 65 Stat. 638 Repealed
- § 13 Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance
- § 14 Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies
- § 15 Repealed. Pub. L. 86–533, § 1(17) , June 29, 1960 , 74 Stat. 248 Repealed
- § 16 Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment
Ch. 2 — Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining 2 inactive 52 sections
- § 1 Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions
- § 2 Definitions
- § 21 Mineral lands reserved
- § 21a National mining and minerals policy; “minerals” defined; execution of policy under other authorized programs
- § 22 Lands open to purchase by citizens
- § 23 Length of claims on veins or lodes
- § 24 Proof of citizenship
- § 25 Affidavit of citizenship
- § 26 Locators’ rights of possession and enjoyment
- § 27 Mining tunnels; right to possession of veins on line with; abandonment of right
- § 28 Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner’s succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure
- § 28a Omitted Omitted
- § 28b Annual assessment work on mining claims; temporary deferment; conditions
- § 28c Length and termination of deferment
- § 28d Performance of deferred work
- § 28e Recordation of deferment
- § 28f Fee
- § 28g Location fee
- § 28h Co-ownership
- § 28i Failure to pay
- § 28j Other requirements
- § 28k Regulations
- § 28l Collection of mining law administration fees
- § 29 Patents; procurement procedure; filing: application under oath, plat and field notes, notices, and affidavits; posting plat and notice on claim; publication and posting notice in office; certificate; adverse claims; payment per acre; objections; nonresident claimant’s agent for execution of application and affidavits
- § 30 Adverse claims; oath of claimants; requisites; waiver; stay of land office proceedings; judicial determination of right of possession; successful claimants’ filing of judgment roll, certificate of labor, and description of claim in land office, and acreage and fee payments; issuance of patents for entire or partial claims upon certification of land office proceedings and judgment roll; alienation of patent title
- § 31 Oath: agent or attorney in fact, beyond district of claim
- § 32 Findings by jury; costs
- § 33 Existing rights
- § 34 Description of vein claims on surveyed and unsurveyed lands; monuments on ground to govern conflicting calls
- § 35 Placer claims; entry and proceedings for patent under provisions applicable to vein or lode claims; conforming entry to legal subdivisions and surveys; limitation of claims; homestead entry of segregated agricultural land
- § 36 Subdivisions of 10-acre tracts; maximum of placer locations; homestead claims of agricultural lands; sale of improvements
- § 37 Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and scope of patent
- § 38 Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent
- § 39 Surveyors of mining claims
- § 40 Verification of affidavits
- § 41 Intersecting or crossing veins
- § 42 Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
- § 43 Conditions of sale by local legislature
- § 45 Omitted Omitted
- § 46 Additional land districts and officers
- § 47 Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property
- § 48 Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands
- § 49 Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands
- § 49a Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State
- § 49b Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
- § 49c Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims
- § 49d Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized
- § 49e Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury
- § 49f Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements
- § 50 Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
- § 51 Water users’ vested and accrued rights; enumeration of uses; protection of interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers’ possession
- § 52 Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
- § 53 Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
- § 54 Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities
Ch. 3 — Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before S 17 inactive 100 sections
- § 1 Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before September 2, 1960
- § 2 Limitations for filing oil and gas contests
- § 3 Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing
- § 71 Entry of unappropriated or unreserved Federal coal lands; eligibility; application; acreage limitation; price per acre
- § 72 Preference right of coal mine entry; acreage limitation
- § 73 Presentation of claims
- § 74 Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions
- § 75 Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations
- § 76 Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands
- § 77 Alabama coal lands; agricultural entry
- § 81 Rights of entrymen of lands subsequently classified as coal lands; disposal of coal deposits
- § 82 New or supplemental patents, in case of lands subsequently classified as noncoal
- § 83 Homestead or desert-land and other entries
- § 84 Applications for entry
- § 85 Patents for lands, with reservation of coal; disposal of coal deposits
- § 86 Disposition of lands in Indian reservations with reservation of coal; examination and appraisal of lands
- § 87 Statements in application; patents
- § 88 Disposition of coal by United States
- § 89 Disposition of proceeds
- § 90 Selection of coal lands by States; sale in isolated or disconnected tracts
- § 101 Omitted Omitted
- § 102 Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner
- § 103 Patents for oil or gas lands not denied because of transfer before discovery of oil or gas; acreage limitation; nonapplication to withdraw lands
- § 104 Agreements with applicants for patents as to disposition of oil or gas, or proceeds thereof, pending determination of title; Navy Petroleum Fund
- § 113 Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1028 Repealed
- § 121 Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, or gas; reservations to United States; application
- § 122 Patents; reservation in the United States of reserved deposits; acquisition of right to remove deposits; application for entry to disprove classification
- § 123 Persons locating lands subsequently withdrawn or classified; patents to
- § 124 Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing sodium or sulphur
- § 125 Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation
- § 131 Omitted Omitted
- § 152 Repealed. Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 6 , 44 Stat. 1058 Repealed
- § 161 Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected
- § 162 Entry of saline lands; limitation
- § 171 Disposal as agricultural lands
- § 172 Certain Alabama lands subject to homestead entry
- § 181 Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved
- § 182 Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.
- § 183 Cancellation of prospecting permits
- § 184 Limitations on leases held, owned or controlled by persons, associations or corporations
- § 184a Authorization of States to include in agreements for conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United States
- § 185 Rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands
- § 186 Reservation of easements or rights-of-way for working purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands; determination before offering of lease; easement periods
- § 187 Assignment or subletting of leases; relinquishment of rights under leases; conditions in leases for protection of diverse interests in operation of mines, wells, etc.; State laws not impaired
- § 187a Oil or gas leases; partial assignments
- § 187b Oil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations
- § 188 Failure to comply with provisions of lease
- § 188a Surrender of leases
- § 189 Rules and regulations; boundary lines; State rights unaffected; taxation
- § 190 Oath; requirement; form; blanks
- § 191 Disposition of moneys received
- § 191a Late payment charges under Federal mineral leases
- § 191b Collection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees
- § 192 Payment of royalties in oil or gas; sale of such oil or gas
- § 192a Cancellation or modification of contracts
- § 192b Application to contracts
- § 192c Rules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts
- § 193 Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth
- § 193a Preference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction
- § 194 Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 644 Repealed
- § 195 Enforcement
- § 196 Cooperative agreements; delegation of authority
- § 201 Leases and exploration
- § 201a Repealed. June 3, 1948, ch. 379, § 8 , 62 Stat. 291 Repealed
- § 201b Omitted Omitted
- § 202 Common carriers; limitations of lease or permit
- § 202a Consolidation of coal leases into logical mining unit
- § 203 Additional lands or deposits
- § 204 Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, § 13(a) , Aug. 4, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1090 Repealed
- § 205 Consolidation of leases
- § 206 Noncontiguous coal or phosphate tracts in single lease
- § 207 Conditions of lease
- § 208 Permits to take coal for local domestic needs without royalty payments; corporation exclusion; area to municipalities for household use without profit
- § 208a Repealed. Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(a)(3) , Jan. 14, 1983 , 96 Stat. 2578 Repealed
- § 209 Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production
- § 211 Phosphate deposits
- § 212 Surveys; royalties; time payable; annual rentals; term of leases; readjustment on renewals; minimum production; suspension of operation
- § 213 Royalties for use of deposits of silica, limestone, or other rock embraced in lease
- § 214 Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception
- § 222i Omitted Omitted
- § 223 Leases; amount and survey of land; term of lease; royalties and annual rental
- § 223a Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14 , 60 Stat. 958 Repealed
- § 224 Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for lease
- § 225 Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation
- § 226 Lease of oil and gas lands
- § 226b Repealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14 , 60 Stat. 958 Repealed
- § 226c Reduction of royalties under existing leases
- § 226e Omitted Omitted
- § 227 Omitted Omitted
- § 228 Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants
- § 229 Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
- § 229a Water struck while drilling for oil and gas
- § 233 Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3 , 62 Stat. 576 Repealed
- § 233a Permits or leases of certain lands in Oklahoma; retention of royalties
- § 236 Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3 , 62 Stat. 576 Repealed
- § 236a Lands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws
- § 236b Existing leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
- § 237 Omitted Omitted
- § 241 Leases of lands
- § 242 Oil shale claims
- § 251 Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands; terms and conditions; acreage; annual rentals and royalties; fraud of claimants
- § 261 Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
- § 262 Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royalties and annual rentals
- § 263 Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage
- § 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
- § 281 Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected
- § 282 Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty
- § 283 Lands containing valuable deposits not covered by permits or leases; authority to lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemptions 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 potassium leases
- § 287 Extension of prospecting permits
Ch. 4 — Lease of gold 3 sections
Ch. 5 — Assignment of lease 6 sections
Ch. 6 1 inactive 0 sections
Ch. 7 — Deposits subject to lease 10 sections
- § 351 Definitions
- § 352 Deposits subject to lease; consent of department heads; lands excluded
- § 353 Sale of lands unaffected; reservation of mineral rights; sale subject to prior lease; naval petroleum reserves unaffected
- § 354 Lease of partial or future interests in deposits
- § 355 Disposition of receipts
- § 356 Furnishing description of lands and title documents; recordation of documents; authenticated copies
- § 357 State or local government rights; taxation
- § 358 Rights under prior leases; priority of pending applications; exchange of leases
- § 359 Rules and regulations
- § 360 Authority to manage certain mineral leases
Ch. 8 — Acquisition of lands and property 1 inactive 3 sections
- § 401 Establishment of research laboratory; duties
- § 402 Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies
- § 403 Repealed. Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(12) , Jan. 2, 1975 , 88 Stat. 1969 Repealed
- § 404 Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment
Ch. 9 — Acquisition of lands and interests 2 sections
Ch. 10 1 inactive 0 sections
Ch. 11 — Mining claims located between July 31 5 sections
- § 501 Mining claims located between July 31, 1939 , and January 1, 1953
- § 502 Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal
- § 503 Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials
- § 504 Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected
- § 505 “Mineral leasing laws” defined
Ch. 12 — Mineral leasing claims 21 sections
- § 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
- § 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
- § 541a Claims located prior to May 25, 1955 ; extralateral rights; amended notice of mining location
- § 541b Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite
- § 541c Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States
- § 541d Location of source materials by holders of coal leases
- § 541e Definitions
- § 541f Disbursement of moneys
- § 541g Rules and regulations
- § 541h Savings provision
- § 541i Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims
Ch. 13 — Declaration of policy 8 sections
Ch. 14 — Declaration of policy 1 inactive 5 sections
- § 571 Declaration of policy
- § 572 United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations
- § 573 Statement by Commonwealth for Secretary
- § 574 Hearings; withholding payments
- § 575 Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901(i)(1) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3290 Repealed
- § 576 Authorization of appropriations
Ch. 15 — Rules and regulations governing disposal of materials 9 sections
- § 601 Rules and regulations governing disposal of materials; payment; removal without charge; lands excluded
- § 602 Bidding; advertising and other notice; conditions for negotiation of contract
- § 603 Disposition of moneys from disposal of materials
- § 604 Disposal of sand, peat moss, etc., in Alaska; contracts
- § 611 Common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, or cinders, and petrified wood
- § 612 Unpatented mining claims
- § 613 Procedure for determining title uncertainties
- § 614 Waiver of rights
- § 615 Limitation of existing rights
Ch. 16 — Entry to lands reserved for power development 5 sections
Ch. 17 — Exploration contracts 1 inactive 5 sections
- § 641 Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance
- § 642 Exploration contracts
- § 643 “Exploration” defined
- § 644 Advice and assistance by Government departments and agencies; expenditure of funds
- § 645 Repealed. Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(13) , Jan. 2, 1975 , 88 Stat. 1969 Repealed
- § 646 Authorization of appropriations
Ch. 18 — Powers and duties of Secretary 2 inactive 5 sections
- § 661 Short title; definitions
- § 662 Powers and duties of Secretary
- § 664 Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(a)(1)(C) , Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 934 Repealed
- § 665 Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities
- § 666 Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
- § 667 Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(a)(1)(C) , Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 934 Repealed
- § 668 Authorization of appropriations
Ch. 19 1 inactive 0 sections
Ch. 20 — “Qualified applicant” defined 9 sections
- § 701 Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined
- § 702 “Qualified applicant” defined
- § 703 Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
- § 704 Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee
- § 705 Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments
- § 706 Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations
- § 707 Reservation of mineral rights
- § 708 Assignments; succession
- § 709 Disposition of payments and fees
Ch. 21 1 inactive 0 sections
Ch. 22 — Mines subject to coverage 4 inactive 85 sections
- § 801 Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 802 Definitions
- § 803 Mines subject to coverage
- § 804 Interim Compliance Panel
- § 811 Mandatory safety and health standards
- § 812 Advisory committees
- § 813 Inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping
- § 814 Citations and orders
- § 815 Procedure for enforcement
- § 816 Judicial review of Commission orders
- § 817 Procedures to counteract dangerous conditions
- § 818 Injunctions
- § 819 Posting of orders and decisions
- § 820 Penalties
- § 821 Entitlement of miners to full compensation
- § 822 Representation of Secretary in civil litigation by Solicitor of Labor
- § 823 Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- § 823a Principal office in District of Columbia; proceedings held elsewhere
- § 824 Authorization of appropriations
- § 825 Mandatory health and safety training
- § 826 Limitation on certain liability for rescue operations
- § 841 Mandatory health standards for underground mines; enforcement; review; purpose
- § 842 Dust concentration and respiratory equipment
- § 843 Medical examinations
- § 844 Rock dust and gas hazards; controls
- § 845 Dust standards in presence of quartz
- § 846 Noise standards; promulgation of new standards; tests; procedures; protective devices
- § 861 Mandatory safety standards for underground mines
- § 862 Roof support
- § 863 Ventilation
- § 864 Combustible materials and rock dusting
- § 865 Electrical equipment
- § 866 Trailing cables
- § 867 Grounding of equipment
- § 868 Underground high-voltage distribution
- § 869 Underground low- and medium-voltage alternating current circuits
- § 870 Trolley wires and trolley feeder wires
- § 871 Fire protection
- § 872 Maps
- § 873 Blasting and explosives
- § 874 Hoisting and mantrips
- § 875 Emergency shelters; construction; contents; implementation plans
- § 876 Communication facilities; locations and emergency response plans
- § 877 General safety provisions
- § 878 Definitions
- § 901 Congressional findings and declaration of purpose; short title
- § 902 Definitions
- § 903 Field offices
- § 904 Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(2) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1926 Repealed
- § 921 Regulations and presumptions
- § 922 Payment of benefits
- § 923 Filing of notice of claim
- § 924 Time for filing claims
- § 924a Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(2) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1926 Repealed
- § 925 Procedure for the determination of claims during transition period
- § 931 Benefits under State workmen’s compensation laws
- § 932 Failure to meet workmen’s compensation requirements
- § 932a Appointment of qualified individuals to hear and determine claims for benefits
- § 933 Duties of operators in States not qualifying under workmen’s compensation laws
- § 934 “Fund” defined; liability of operators to United States for repayments to fund; procedures applicable; rate of interest
- § 934a Repealed. Pub. L. 97–119, title I, § 103(b) , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1638 Repealed
- § 935 Utilization of services of State and local agencies
- § 936 Regulations and reports
- § 937 Contracts and grants
- § 938 Miners suffering from pneumoconiosis; discrimination prohibited
- § 939 Authorization of appropriations
- § 940 Applicability of amendments to part B of this subchapter to this part
- § 941 Penalty for false statements or representations
- § 942 Miner benefit entitlement reports; penalty for failure or refusal to file
- § 943 Black lung insurance program
- § 944 Statement of reasons for denial of claim
- § 945 Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(1) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1926 Repealed
- § 951 Studies and research
- § 951a Health, Safety, and Mining Technology Research program
- § 952 Training and education
- § 953 Assistance to States
- § 954 Appointment of administrative personnel and inspectors; qualifications; training programs
- § 955 State laws
- § 956 Applicability of administrative procedure provisions
- § 957 Promulgation of regulations
- § 958 Annual reports to Congress; contents
- § 959 Study of coordination of Federal and State activities; report
- § 960 Limitation on issuance of temporary restraining order or preliminary injunction
- § 961 Functions transferred under 1977 amendments
- § 962 Acceptance of contributions and prosecution of projects; cooperative programs to promote health and safety education and training; recognition and funding of Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association; use of funds for costs of mine rescue and survival operations
- § 963 Technical Study Panel
- § 964 Scholarships
- § 965 Brookwood-Sago Mine Safety Grants
- § 966 Retention of fees
Ch. 23 — Lands subject to geothermal leasing 1 inactive 28 sections
- § 1001 Definitions
- § 1002 Lands subject to geothermal leasing
- § 1002a Repealed. Pub. L. 97–214, § 7(16) , July 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 174 Repealed
- § 1003 Leasing procedures
- § 1004 Rents and royalties
- § 1005 Lease term and work commitment requirements
- § 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, rentals, 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
Ch. 24 — Formation of Project 19 sections
- § 1101 Congressional findings
- § 1102 Definitions
- § 1121 Formation of Project
- § 1122 Program definition
- § 1123 Resource inventory and assessment program
- § 1124 Research and development
- § 1125 Geothermal demonstration plants and projects
- § 1126 Scientific and technical education
- § 1141 Establishment of loan guaranty program
- § 1142 Payment of guaranteed obligation by Secretary of Energy
- § 1143 Period of guaranties and interest assistance
- § 1144 Geothermal Resources Development Fund
- § 1145 Community impact assistance functions of Secretary of Energy
- § 1146 Approval or disapproval of loan guarantee applications
- § 1147 Application of national environmental policy provisions
- § 1161 Protection of environment
- § 1162 Final report to President and Congress on terminated projects
- § 1163 Transfer of functions
- § 1164 Authorization of appropriations
Ch. 25 — Statement of purpose 1 inactive 96 sections
- § 1201 Congressional findings
- § 1202 Statement of purpose
- § 1211 Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- § 1221 Authorization of State allotments to institutes
- § 1222 Research funds to institutes
- § 1223 Funding criteria
- § 1224 Duties of Secretary
- § 1225 Effect on colleges and universities
- § 1226 Research
- § 1227 Center for cataloging
- § 1228 Interagency cooperation
- § 1229 Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research
- § 1230 Eligibility criteria
- § 1230a Strategic Resources Generic Mineral Technology Center
- § 1231 Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
- § 1232 Reclamation fee
- § 1233 Objectives of fund
- § 1234 Eligible lands and water
- § 1235 State reclamation program
- § 1236 Reclamation of rural lands
- § 1237 Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices
- § 1238 Liens
- § 1239 Filling voids and sealing tunnels
- § 1240 Emergency powers
- § 1240a Certification
- § 1241 Omitted Omitted
- § 1242 Powers of Secretary or State
- § 1243 Interagency cooperation
- § 1244 Remining incentives
- § 1251 Environmental protection standards
- § 1251a Abandoned coal refuse sites
- § 1252 Initial regulatory procedures
- § 1253 State programs
- § 1254 Federal programs
- § 1255 State laws
- § 1256 Permits
- § 1257 Application requirements
- § 1258 Reclamation plan requirements
- § 1259 Performance bonds
- § 1260 Permit approval or denial
- § 1261 Revision of permits
- § 1262 Coal exploration permits
- § 1263 Public notice and public hearings
- § 1264 Decisions of regulatory authority and appeals
- § 1265 Environmental protection performance standards
- § 1266 Surface effects of underground coal mining operations
- § 1267 Inspections and monitoring
- § 1268 Penalties
- § 1269 Release of performance bonds or deposits
- § 1270 Citizens suits
- § 1271 Enforcement
- § 1272 Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining
- § 1273 Federal lands
- § 1274 Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations
- § 1275 Review by Secretary
- § 1276 Judicial review
- § 1277 Special bituminous coal mines
- § 1278 Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter
- § 1279 Anthracite coal mines
- § 1281 Designation procedures
- § 1291 Definitions
- § 1292 Other Federal laws
- § 1293 Employee protection
- § 1294 Penalty
- § 1295 Grants to States
- § 1296 Annual report to President and Congress
- § 1297 Separability
- § 1298 Alaskan surface coal mine study
- § 1299 Study of reclamation standards for surface mining of other minerals
- § 1300 Indian lands
- § 1301 Experimental practices
- § 1302 Authorization of appropriations
- § 1303 Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities
- § 1304 Surface owner protection
- § 1305 Federal lessee protection
- § 1306 Effect on rights of owner of coal in Alaska to conduct surface mining operations
- § 1307 Water rights and replacement
- § 1308 Advance appropriations
- § 1308a Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands
- § 1308b Transfer of computer hardware, software and other technical equipment
- § 1309 Certification and training of blasters
- § 1309a Subsidence
- § 1309b Research
- § 1311 Establishment of university coal research laboratories
- § 1312 Financial assistance
- § 1313 Limitation on payments
- § 1314 Payments; Federal share of operating expenses
- § 1315 Advisory Council on Coal Research
- § 1316 Authorization of appropriations
- § 1321 Fellowship awards
- § 1322 Fellowship recipients
- § 1323 Distribution of fellowships
- § 1324 Stipends and allowances
- § 1325 Limitation on fellowships
- § 1326 Fellowship conditions
- § 1327 Authorization of appropriations
- § 1328 Research, development projects, etc., relating to alternative coal mining technologies
Ch. 26 — International objectives 1 inactive 37 sections
- § 1401 Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 1402 International objectives
- § 1403 Definitions
- § 1411 Prohibited activities by United States citizens
- § 1412 Licenses for exploration and permits for commercial recovery
- § 1413 License and permit applications, review, and certification
- § 1414 License and permit fees
- § 1415 License and permit terms, conditions, and restrictions; issuance and transfer of licenses and permits
- § 1416 Denial of certification of applications and of issuance, transfer, suspension, and revocation of licenses and permits; suspension and modification of activities
- § 1417 Duration of licenses and permits
- § 1418 Diligence requirements
- § 1419 Protection of the environment
- § 1420 Conservation of natural resources
- § 1421 Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas
- § 1422 Safety of life and property at sea
- § 1423 Records, audits, and public disclosure
- § 1424 Monitoring of activities of licensees and permittees
- § 1425 Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits
- § 1426 Public notice and hearings
- § 1427 Civil actions
- § 1428 Reciprocating states
- § 1441 Declaration of Congressional intent
- § 1442 Effect of international agreement
- § 1443 Protection of interim investments
- § 1444 Disclaimer of obligation to pay compensation
- § 1461 Prohibited acts
- § 1462 Civil penalties
- § 1463 Criminal offenses
- § 1464 Enforcement
- § 1465 Liability of vessels
- § 1466 Civil forfeitures
- § 1467 Jurisdiction of courts
- § 1468 Regulations
- § 1469 Omitted Omitted
- § 1470 Authorization of appropriations
- § 1471 Severability
- § 1472 Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund; establishment
- § 1473 Revenue and customs or tariff treatment of deep seabed mining unaffected
Ch. 27 — Loans for geothermal reservoir confirmation 12 sections
- § 1501 Congressional statement of findings
- § 1511 Loans for geothermal reservoir confirmation
- § 1512 Loan size limitation
- § 1513 Loan interest rates; repayment periods
- § 1514 Program termination
- § 1515 Regulations
- § 1516 Authorizations
- § 1521 Reservoir insurance program study
- § 1522 Establishment of program
- § 1531 Feasibility study loan program
- § 1541 Use of geothermal energy in Federal facilities
- § 1542 Regulations
Ch. 28 — Implementation of policies 5 sections
Ch. 29 — Duties of Secretary 36 sections
- § 1701 Congressional statement of findings and purposes
- § 1702 Definitions
- § 1711 Duties of Secretary
- § 1712 Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters
- § 1713 Required recordkeeping
- § 1714 Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts
- § 1715 Explanation of payments
- § 1716 Liabilities and bonding
- § 1717 Hearings and investigations
- § 1718 Inspections
- § 1719 Civil penalties
- § 1720 Criminal penalties
- § 1720a Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf
- § 1721 Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties
- § 1721a Adjustments and refunds
- § 1722 Injunction and specific enforcement authority
- § 1723 Rewards
- § 1724 Secretarial and delegated States’ actions and limitation periods
- § 1725 Assessments
- § 1726 Alternatives for marginal properties
- § 1731 Application of subchapter
- § 1731a Application of subchapter to leases of lands within three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States
- § 1732 Cooperative agreements
- § 1733 Information
- § 1734 State suits under Federal law
- § 1735 Delegation of royalty collections and related activities
- § 1736 Shared civil penalties
- § 1751 Secretarial authority
- § 1752 Reports
- § 1753 Relation to other laws
- § 1754 Funding
- § 1755 Statute of limitations
- § 1756 Expanded royalty obligations
- § 1757 Severability
- § 1758 Use of royalty-in-kind revenue by Minerals Management Service
- § 1759 Fees and charges
Ch. 30 — Responsibilities and authorities of Council 11 sections
- § 1801 Congressional findings and declaration of purposes
- § 1802 Establishment of National Critical Materials Council
- § 1803 Responsibilities and authorities of Council
- § 1804 Program and policy for advanced materials research and technology
- § 1805 Innovation in basic and advanced materials industries
- § 1806 Compensation of members and reimbursement
- § 1807 Executive Director
- § 1808 Responsibilities and duties of Director
- § 1809 General authority of Council
- § 1810 Authorization of appropriations
- § 1811 “Materials” defined