Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§1010 Suspension of Operations and Production
Title 30 › CHAPTER 23 — GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES › § 1010
Summary
The Secretary can let a lessee stop operations and production, on request or to conserve, and can lengthen the lease and lower or cancel rent or royalties.
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Title 30, §1010
Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
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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Amendments
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
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102