Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 3A. Leases and Prospecting Permits
87 sections
Subchapter I — General Provisions
- 181Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved
- 182Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.
- 183Cancellation of prospecting permits
- 184Limitations on leases held, owned or controlled by persons, associations or corporations
- 184aAuthorization of States to include in agreements for conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United States
- 185Rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands
- 186Reservation 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
- 187Assignment 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
- 187aOil or gas leases; partial assignments
- 187bOil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations
- 188Failure to comply with provisions of lease
- 188aSurrender of leases
- 189Rules and regulations; boundary lines; State rights unaffected; taxation
- 190Oath; requirement; form; blanks
- 191Disposition of moneys received
- 191aLate payment charges under Federal mineral leases
- 191bCollection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees
- 192Payment of royalties in oil or gas; sale of such oil or gas
- 192aCancellation or modification of contracts
- 192bApplication to contracts
- 192cRules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts
- 193Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth
- 193aPreference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction
- 194Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a)
- 195Enforcement
- 196Cooperative agreements; delegation of authority
Subchapter II — Coal
- 201Leases and exploration
- 201–1Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, § 5(a)
- 201aRepealed. June 3, 1948, ch. 379, § 8
- 201bOmitted
- 202Common carriers; limitations of lease or permit
- 202aConsolidation of coal leases into logical mining unit
- 203Additional lands or deposits
- 204Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, § 13(a)
- 205Consolidation of leases
- 206Noncontiguous coal or phosphate tracts in single lease
- 207Conditions of lease
- 208Permits to take coal for local domestic needs without royalty payments; corporation exclusion; area to municipalities for household use without profit
- 208–1Exploratory program for evaluation of known recoverable coal resources
- 208–2Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1091(e)
- 208aRepealed. Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(a)(3)
- 209Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production
Subchapter III — Phosphates
- 211Phosphate deposits
- 212Surveys; royalties; time payable; annual rentals; term of leases; readjustment on renewals; minimum production; suspension of operation
- 213Royalties for use of deposits of silica, limestone, or other rock embraced in lease
- 214Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception
Subchapter IV — Oil and Gas
- 221 to 222iOmitted
- 223Leases; amount and survey of land; term of lease; royalties and annual rental
- 223aRepealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14
- 224Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for lease
- 225Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation
- 226Leasing of oil and gas parcels
- 226–1Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before September 2, 1960
- 226–2Limitations for filing oil and gas contests
- 226–3Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing
- 226a, 226bRepealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14
- 226cReduction of royalties under existing leases
- 226d, 226eOmitted
- 227Omitted
- 228Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants
- 229Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
- 229aWater struck while drilling for oil and gas
- 230 to 233Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3
- 233aPermits or leases of certain lands in Oklahoma; retention of royalties
- 234 to 236Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3
- 236aLands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws
- 236bExisting leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
- 237Omitted
Subchapter V — Oil Shale
Subchapter VI — Alaska Oil Proviso
Subchapter VII — Sodium
Subchapter VIII — Sulphur
- 271Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
- 272Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees
- 273Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental
- 274Lands containing coal or other minerals
- 275Laws applicable
- 276Application of subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico only
Subchapter IX — Potash
- 281Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected
- 282Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty
- 283Lands containing valuable deposits not covered by permits or leases; authority to lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemptions from rentals and royalties; suspension of operations
- 284Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases
- 285Laws applicable
- 286Disposition of royalties and rents from potassium leases
- 287Extension of prospecting permits