Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§1016 Administration
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES › § 1016
Summary
Manage geothermal leasing so the land can be used for other purposes. Geothermal leases must, as much as possible, let mineral leases, mining claims, and other uses exist together, and neither geothermal nor other operations may unreasonably interfere with or endanger each other.
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Title 30, §1016
Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Administration of this chapter shall be under the principles of multiple use of lands and resources, and geothermal leases shall, insofar as feasible, allow for coexistence of other leases of the same lands for deposits of minerals under the laws applicable to them, for the location and production of claims under the mining laws, and for other uses of the areas covered by them. Operations under such other leases or for such other uses, however, shall not unreasonably interfere with or endanger operations under any lease issued pursuant to this chapter, nor shall operations under leases so issued unreasonably interfere with or endanger operations under any lease, license, claim, or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of any other Act.
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2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.
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30 U.S.C. § 1016
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73