Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 23 — Geothermal Resources
§ 1023. Rules and regulations
Statutory text
The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem appropriate to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such regulations may include, without limitation, provisions for (a) the prevention of waste, (b) development and conservation of geothermal and other natural resources, (c) the protection of the public interest, (d) assignment, segregation, extension of terms, relinquishment of leases, development contracts, unitization, pooling, and drilling agreements, (e) compensatory royalty agreements, suspension of operations or production, and suspension or reduction of rentals or royalties, (f) the filing of surety bonds to assure compliance with the terms of the lease and to protect surface use and resources, (g) use of the surface by a lessee of the lands embraced in his lease, (h) the maintenance by the lessee of an active development program, and (i) protection of water quality and other environmental qualities.
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 § 24 · 84 Stat. 1566
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 1023
Pub. L. 91–581, § 24, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1573
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 91–581, § 24, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1573Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 24. The Secretary shall prescribe such rules and regulations as Rules and regulations. he may deem appropriate to carry out the provisions of this Act. Such regulations may include, without limitation, provisions for (a) the prevention of waste, (b) development and conservation of geothermal and other natural resources, (c) the protection of the public interest, (d) assignment, segregation, extension of terms, relinquishment of leases, development contracts, unitization, pooling, and drilling agreements, (e) compensatory royalty agreements, suspension of operations or production, and suspension or reduction of rentals or royalties, (f) the filing of surety bonds to assure compliance with the terms of the lease and to protect surface use and resources, (g) use of the surface by a lessee of the lands embraced in his lease, (h) the maintenance by the lessee of an active development program, and (i) protection of water quality and other environmental qualities.John Rishel Geothermal Steam Act Amendments of 2005
Pub. L. 109–58 title II § 236(22) · 119 Stat. 594
Inserted · 30 U.S.C. § 1023
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
(22) Section 24 (30 U.S.C. 1023) is amended by striking “sec. 24. The” and inserting the following: “SEC. 24. RULES AND REGULATIONS. “The” .
2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of the Interior to promulgate regulations under this chapter relating to fostering of competition for Federal leases, implementation of alternative bidding systems authorized for award of Federal leases, establishment of diligence requirements for operations conducted on Federal leases, setting of rates for production of Federal leases, and specifying of procedures, terms, and conditions for acquisition and disposition of Federal royalty interests taken in kind, transferred to Secretary of Energy by section 7152(b) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. Section 7152(b) of Title 42 was repealed by Pub. L. 97–100, title II, § 201, , 95 Stat. 1407, and functions of Secretary of Energy returned to Secretary of the Interior. See House Report No. 97–315, pp. 25, 26, .
Credits
1970–2005 · 2 acts
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(Pub. L. 91–581, § 24, , 84 Stat. 1573; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(22), , 119 Stat. 673.)