Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 23 — Geothermal Resources
§ 1009. Relinquishment of geothermal rights
Statutory text
The holder of any geothermal lease at any time may make and file in the appropriate land office a written relinquishment of all rights under such lease or of any legal subdivision of the area covered by such lease. Such relinquishment shall be effective as of the date of its filing. Thereupon the lessee shall be released of all obligations thereafter accruing under said lease with respect to the lands relinquished, but no such relinquishment shall release such lessee, or his surety or bond, from any liability for breach of any obligation of the lease, other than an obligation to drill, accrued at the date of the relinquishment, or from the continued obligation, in accordance with the applicable lease terms and regulations, (1) to make payment of all accrued rentals and royalties, (2) to place all wells on the relinquished lands in condition for suspension or abandonment, and (3) to protect or restore substantially the surface and surface resources.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Geothermal Steam Act of 1970
Pub. L. 91–581 § 10 · 84 Stat. 1566
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1009
Pub. L. 91–581, § 10, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1570
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–581, § 10, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1570Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 10. The holder of any geothermal lease at any time may make and file in the appropriate land office a written relinquishment of all rights under such lease or of any legal subdivision of the area covered by such lease. Such relinquishment shall be effective as of the date of its filing. Thereupon the lessee shall be released of all obligations thereafter accruing under said lease with respect to the lands relinquished, but no such relinquishment shall release, such lessee, or his surety or bond, from any liability for breach of any obligation of the lease, other than an obligation to drill, accrued at the date of the relinquishment, or from the continued obligation, in accordance with the applicable lease terms and regulations, (1) to make payment of all accrued rentals and royalties, (2) to place all wells on the relinquished lands in condition for suspension or abandonment, and (3) to protect or restore substantially the surface and surface resources.John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 2005
Pub. L. 109–58 title II § 236(10) · 119 Stat. 594
Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 1009
Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(10) Section 10 (30 U.S.C. 1009) is amended by striking “sec. 10. The” and inserting the following: “SEC. 10. RELINQUISHMENT OF GEOTHERMAL RIGHTS. “The” .
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.
Credits
1970–2005 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 91–581, § 10, , 84 Stat. 1570; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(10), , 119 Stat. 672.)