Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§1002 Lands Subject to Geothermal Leasing
Title 30 › CHAPTER 23 — GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES › § 1002
Summary
Under section 1014, the Interior Secretary may lease land so people can develop and use geothermal energy. The leases can cover lands the Interior Department manages (including public, withdrawn, and acquired lands), national forests or other lands run by the Forest Service (also including public, withdrawn, and acquired lands), and lands the United States sold but kept the geothermal rights.
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Title 30, §1002
Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Subject to the provisions of section 1014 of this title, the Secretary of the Interior may issue leases for the development and utilization of geothermal resources (1) in lands administered by him, including public, withdrawn, and acquired lands, (2) in any national forest or other lands administered by the Department of Agriculture through the Forest Service, including public, withdrawn, and acquired lands, and (3) in lands which have been conveyed by the United States subject to a reservation to the United States of the geothermal resources therein.
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Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline and substituted “geothermal resources” for “geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources” in two places in text.
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30 U.S.C. § 1002
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102