2017 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 26 - Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources
Subchapter I - Regulation of Exploration and Commercial Recovery by United States Citizens
Sec. 1420 - Conservation of natural resources

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Citation 30 U.S.C. § 1420 (2017)
Section Name §1420. Conservation of natural resources
Section Text

For the purpose of conservation of natural resources, each license and permit issued under this subchapter shall contain, as needed, terms, conditions, and restrictions which have due regard for the prevention of waste and the future opportunity for the commercial recovery of the unrecovered balance of the hard mineral resources in the area to which the license or permit applies. In establishing these terms, conditions, and restrictions, the Administrator shall consider the state of the technology, the processing system utilized and the value and potential use of any waste, the environmental effects of the exploration or commercial recovery activities, economic and resource data, and the national need for hard mineral resources. As used in this chapter, the term "conservation of natural resources" is not intended to grant, imply, or create any inference of production controls or price regulation, in particular those which would affect the volume of production, prices, profits, markets, or the decision of which minerals or metals are to be recovered, except as such effects may be incidental to actions taken pursuant to this section.

Source Credit

(Pub. L. 96–283, title I, §110, June 28, 1980, 94 Stat. 570.)

Publication Title United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 5, 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 26 - DEEP SEABED HARD MINERAL RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER I - REGULATION OF EXPLORATION AND COMMERCIAL RECOVERY BY UNITED STATES CITIZENS
Sec. 1420 - Conservation of natural resources
Contains section 1420
Date 2017
Laws In Effect As Of Date January 12, 2018
Positive Law No
Disposition standard
Statutes at Large References 94 Stat. 570
Public Law References Public Law 96-283
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