30 U.S.C. § 1014 — Lands subject to geothermal leasing
submitted 56 years ago by Pub. L. 91-581 to r/title-30-MINERAL-LANDS-AND-MINING · 298 words · no verdicts yet
Geothermal leases on certain withdrawn or acquired lands require conditions or consent from the responsible department. Several categories of Federal and Indian lands cannot be leased under this chapter.
(a) Interior lands. A geothermal lease for land withdrawn or acquired to support Interior Department functions may be issued only on terms and conditions the Secretary prescribes to ensure adequate use for the purposes of the withdrawal or acquisition.
(b) Agriculture and power lands. A lease for land withdrawn or acquired to support Agriculture Department functions may be issued only with that Department head’s consent and subject to that head’s terms ensuring adequate use for those purposes. A lease for land covered by section 818 of title 16 may be issued only with the Energy Secretary’s consent and terms ensuring adequate use for power and related purposes.
(c) Exempt Federal lands. No lease under this chapter may be issued for land administered under the Act of August 25, 1916, as amended or supplemented; land in a national recreation area; land in a Secretary-administered fish hatchery, wildlife refuge, wildlife range, game range, wildlife-management area, or waterfowl-production area; land acquired or reserved to protect and conserve endangered fish and wildlife; or tribally or individually owned Indian trust or restricted land, inside or outside an Indian reservation.
Geothermal leases for lands withdrawn or acquired in aid of functions of the Department of the Interior may be issued only under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may prescribe to insure adequate utilization of the lands for the purposes for which they were withdrawn or acquired.
Geothermal leases for lands withdrawn or acquired in aid of functions of the Department of Agriculture may be issued only with the consent of, and subject to such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by, the head of that Department to insure adequate utilization of the lands for the purposes for which they were withdrawn or acquired. Geothermal leases for lands to which section 818 of title 16 is applicable, may be issued only with the consent of, and subject to, such terms and conditions as the Secretary of Energy may prescribe to insure adequate utilization of such lands for power and related purposes.
Geothermal leases under this chapter shall not be issued for lands administered in accordance with (1) the Act of August 25, 1916 (39 Stat. 535),1 as amended or supplemented, (2) for lands within a national recreation area, (3) for lands in a fish hatchery administered by the Secretary, wildlife refuge, wildlife range, game range, wildlife management area, waterfowl production area, or for lands acquired or reserved for the protection and conservation of fish and wildlife that are threatened with extinction, (4) for tribally or individually owned Indian trust or restricted lands, within or without the boundaries of Indian reservations.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 91–581, § 15, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1571; Pub. L. 95–91, title III, § 301(b), title VII, §§ 703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 578, 606, 607; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(15), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 672.)
- 1970Enacted · Pub. L. 91-581 · 84 Stat. 1571
- 1977Amended · Pub. L. 95-91 · 91 Stat. 578, 606, 607
- 2005Amended · Pub. L. 109-58 · 119 Stat. 672
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