Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§214 Use of Surface of Other Public Lands; Acreage; Forest Lands Exception
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER III — PHOSPHATES › § 214
Summary
Holders under 211–214 may use up to eighty acres of unclaimed public land outside their lease for mineral work if the Secretary approves; not in national forests.
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Title 30, §214
Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The holder of any lease or permit issued under the provisions of sections 211 to 214 of this title shall have the right to use so much of the surface of unappropriated and unentered public lands not a part of his lease or permit, not exceeding eighty acres in area, as may be determined by the Secretary to be necessary or convenient for the extraction, treatment, and removal of the mineral deposits, but this provision shall not be applicable to national forest lands.
Legislative History
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1960—Pub. L. 86–391 substituted “lease or permit” for “lease” in two places. 1948—Act June 3, 1948, increased lands to be used from 40 to 80 acres, excepted national forest lands from its provisions, and substituted “The holder of any lease issued under the provisions of sections 211 to 214 of this title”, “public lands not a part of his lease”, and “or convenient for the extraction” for “Any qualified applicant to whom the Secretary of the Interior may grant a lease to develop and extract phosphates, or phosphate rock, under the provisions of this chapter”, “lands”, and “for the proper prospecting for or development, extraction”, respectively.
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Citation
30 U.S.C. § 214
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102