Volume 96
Private Law 97–43
To extend the lease terms of Federal oil and gas leases, W66245, W66246, W66247, and W66250.
Approved October 19, 1982
Statutory text
An Act
To extend the lease terms of Federal oil and gas leases, W66245, W66246, W66247, and W66250.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to extend United States oil and gas leases issued under section 17 of the Mineral Lands Leasing
Act of 1920, as amended, designated “W66245, W66246, W66247, and W66250”, and presently known as the Toledo Unit in Lincoln County in the State of Wyoming, and which would otherwise expire forty-eight days after the termination of United States Department of the Interior administrative suspension of operations and lease terms currently in effect, until two years after the effective date of this Act or the termination of the period of suspension, whichever comes later, and so long thereafter as oil or gas is produced in
30 USC 181 note.
paying quantities as defined under the Mineral Lands Leasing Act: Provided, however, That except as specifically modified herein as to such leases, all other provisions of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, shall be applicable as to such leases: And provided further, That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, at the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, to modify the lease stipulations to insure the protection of environmentally sensitive areas.
Sec. 2.
The effective date of this Act shall be the date the leases specified in section 1 would have expired by operation of law, but for the passage of this Act.
Approved October 19, 1982.