§1011 — Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can end a lease if the renter breaks lease rules or agency rules and does not fix the problem within thirty days after getting a notice. If the problem cannot be fixed in thirty days, the lease can still be ended unless the renter begins fixing it during those thirty days and keeps working on the fix without delay. The renter can ask for a hearing about the alleged violation or the planned lease ending by asking the Secretary within the thirty-day notice period. If a hearing is held and the Secretary finds a violation, the renter gets thirty more days after the Secretary’s decision to fix the problem or start fixing it.

Title 30, §1011

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Leases may be terminated by the Secretary for any violation of the regulations or lease terms after thirty days notice provided that such violation is not corrected within the notice period, or in the event the violation is such that it cannot be corrected within the notice period then provided that lessee has not commenced in good faith within said notice period to correct such violation and thereafter to proceed diligently to correct such violation. Lessee shall be entitled to a hearing on the matter of such claimed violation or proposed termination of lease if request for a hearing is made to the Secretary within the thirty-day period after notice. The period for correction of violation or commencement to correct such violation of regulations or of lease terms, as aforesaid, shall be extended to thirty days after the Secretary’s decision after such hearing if the Secretary shall find that a violation exists.

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2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.

§1011 Termination of Leases

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Title 30, §1011

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