Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 23 — Geothermal Resources
§ 1010. Suspension of operations and production
Statutory text
The Secretary, upon application by the lessee, may authorize the lessee to suspend operations and production on a producing lease and he may, on his own motion, in the interest of conservation suspend operations on any lease but in either case he may extend the lease term for the period of any suspension, and he may waive, suspend, or reduce the rental or royalty required in such lease.
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 § 11 · 84 Stat. 1566
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1010
Pub. L. 91–581, § 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1570
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–581, § 11, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1570Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 11. The Secretary, upon application by the lessee, may authorize the lessee to suspend operations and production on a producing lease and he may, on his own motion, in the interest of conservation suspend operations on any lease but in either case he may extend the lease term for the period of any suspension, and he may waive, suspend, or reduce the rental or royalty required in such lease.John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 2005
Pub. L. 109–58 title II § 236(11) · 119 Stat. 594
Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 1010
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
(11) Section 11 (30 U.S.C. 1010) is amended by striking “sec. 11. The” and inserting the following: “SEC. 11. SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTION. “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, § 11, , 84 Stat. 1570; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(11), , 119 Stat. 672.)