Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60
§1010 Suspension of Operations and Production
Title 30 › Chapter 23— GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES › § 1010
Summary
The Secretary can let a leaseholder pause work and production on a lease that is already producing if the leaseholder asks. The Secretary can also stop operations on any lease on his own to protect natural resources. In both situations, the Secretary can add the paused time to the end of the lease and can cancel, delay, or lower the rent or royalty payments the leaseholder must pay.
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Title 30, §1010
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The Secretary, upon application by the lessee, may authorize the lessee to suspend operations and production on a producing lease and he may, on his own motion, in the interest of conservation suspend operations on any lease but in either case he may extend the lease term for the period of any suspension, and he may waive, suspend, or reduce the rental or royalty required in such lease.
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2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.
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30 U.S.C. § 1010
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60