PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

A person who entered, owns, or was assigned land — including land given to a State — where the United States reserved the coal under section 81 or sections 83 to 85, and that is not under a coal prospecting permit or lease, who discovers valuable material in the lignite on that land, gets the exclusive right to mine, remove, and dispose of the lignite with the material and any lignite that must be stripped to reach it. They must file a clear description of the land in the land office named in section 541 and follow the reporting and payment rules of section 541 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.].

Title 30, §541c

Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The entryman or owner of any land or the assignee of rights therein, including lands granted to States, with respect to which the coal deposits have been reserved to the United States pursuant to the provisions of section 81 of this title or sections 83 to 85 of this title, excepting lands embraced within a coal prospecting permit or lease, upon the discovery of valuable source material in lignite situated within such entered, granted, or patented lands, who, except for the reservation of coal to the United States would have the right to mine and remove such source material, shall have the exclusive right to mine, remove, and dispose of lignite containing such source material and lignite necessary to be stripped or mined in the recovery of such material, subject to the reporting and payment requirements of section 541 of this title, and subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], upon filing in the land office designated in section 541 of this title, an adequate description sufficient to identify the land containing such lignite.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in text, is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables.

§541c Lands Where Coal Deposits Have Been Reserved to the United States