Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60
§205 Consolidation of Leases
Title 30 › Chapter 3A— LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter II— COAL › § 205
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The Secretary may let leaseholders with lawfully sized leases turn them in and combine the areas into one lease of up to 2,560 contiguous acres.
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Title 30, §205
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If, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, the public interest will be subserved thereby, lessees holding under lease areas not exceeding the maximum permitted under this chapter may consolidate their leases through the surrender of the original leases and the inclusion of such areas in a new lease of not to exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of contiguous lands.
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30 U.S.C. § 205
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60