1997 US Code
Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 23 - GEOTHERMAL STEAM AND ASSOCIATED GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
Sec. 1006 - Acreage of geothermal lease; irregular subdivisions; State limitation; increase
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 23 - GEOTHERMAL STEAM AND ASSOCIATED GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES Sec. 1006 - Acreage of geothermal lease; irregular subdivisions; State limitation; increase |
Contains | section 1006 |
Date | 1997 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 26, 1998 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 91-581, §7, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1569. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 84 Stat. 1569 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 91-581 |
§1006. Acreage of geothermal lease; irregular subdivisions; State limitation; increase
A geothermal lease shall embrace a reasonably compact area of not more than two thousand five hundred and sixty acres, except where a departure therefrom is occasioned by an irregular subdivision or subdivisions. No person, association, or corporation, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall take, hold, own, or control at one time, whether acquired directly from the Secretary under this chapter or otherwise, any direct or indirect interest in Federal geothermal leases in any one State exceeding twenty thousand four hundred and eighty acres, including leases acquired under the provisions of section 1003 of this title.
At any time after fifteen years from December 24, 1970, the Secretary, after public hearings, may increase this maximum holding in any one State by regulation, not to exceed fifty-one thousand two hundred acres.
(Pub. L. 91–581, §7, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1569.)
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 1017 of this title.
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