§541d — Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining | U.S. Code

Summary

Coal leases issued before August 11, 1955, or leases based on prospecting permits issued before that date, give the holder exclusive rights to locate valuable source material found in lignite on the leased land under this chapter. Mining and disposal must follow lease rules and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954; it excludes lands in section 541c.

Title 30, §541d

Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The holders of coal leases issued under the provision of the mineral leasing laws, including chapter 7 of this title, prior to August 11, 1955, or thereafter if based upon a prospecting permit issued prior to that date, upon the discovery during the term of such lease of valuable source material in any bed or deposit of lignite situated within the leased lands, shall have the exclusive right to locate such source material under the provisions of this chapter but the mining and disposal of such source material shall be subject to the operating provisions of the lease and to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.]: Provided, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to coal prospecting, permits or leases on lands embraced within entered, granted or patented lands described in section 541c of this title.

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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.

§541d Location of Source Materials by Holders of Coal Leases