Federal
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
626 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 1 — United States Bureau of Mines; establishment; director; experts and other employees
- § 10 — Headquarters of mine rescue cars; site for experimental work; leases and donations
- § 1001 — Definitions
- § 1002 — Lands subject to geothermal leasing
- § 1002a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–214, § 7(16) , July 12, 1982 , 96 Stat. 174
- § 1003 — Leasing procedures
- § 1004 — Rents and royalties
- § 1005 — Lease term and work commitment requirements
- § 1006 — Acreage limitations
- § 1007 — Readjustment of lease terms and conditions
- § 1008 — Byproducts
- § 1009 — Relinquishment of geothermal rights
- § 101 — Omitted
- § 1010 — Suspension of operations and production
- § 1011 — Termination of leases
- § 1012 — Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty
- § 1013 — Surface land use
- § 1014 — Lands subject to geothermal leasing
- § 1015 — Requirement for lessees
- § 1016 — Administration
- § 1017 — Unit and communitization agreements
- § 1018 — Data from Federal agencies
- § 1019 — Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties
- § 102 — Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner
- § 1020 — Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights
- § 1021 — Federal exemption from State water laws
- § 1022 — Prevention of waste; exclusivity
- § 1023 — Rules and regulations
- § 1024 — Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws
- § 1025 — Federal reservation of certain mineral rights
- § 1026 — Significant thermal features
- § 1027 — Land subject to prohibition on leasing
- § 1028 — Hot dry rock geothermal energy
- § 103 — Patents for oil or gas lands not denied because of transfer before discovery of oil or gas; acreage limitation; nonapplication to withdraw lands
- § 104 — Agreements with applicants for patents as to disposition of oil or gas, or proceeds thereof, pending determination of title; Navy Petroleum Fund
- § 11 — Omitted
- § 1101 to 1164 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, § 3002(i)(3) , Dec. 27, 2020 , 134 Stat. 2495
- § 111 to 113 — Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1028
- § 12 — Repealed. Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 562, § 1(16) , 65 Stat. 638
- § 1201 — Congressional findings
- § 1202 — Statement of purpose
- § 121 — Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, or gas; reservations to United States; application
- § 1211 — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
- § 122 — Patents; reservation in the United States of reserved deposits; acquisition of right to remove deposits; application for entry to disprove classification
- § 1221 — Authorization of State allotments to institutes
- § 1222 — Research funds to institutes
- § 1223 — Funding criteria
- § 1224 — Duties of Secretary
- § 1225 — Effect on colleges and universities
- § 1226 — Research
- § 1227 — Center for cataloging
- § 1228 — Interagency cooperation
- § 1229 — Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research
- § 123 — Persons locating lands subsequently withdrawn or classified; patents to
- § 1230 — Eligibility criteria
- § 1230a — Strategic Resources Generic Mineral Technology Center
- § 1231 — Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
- § 1231a — Abandoned mine reclamation fund authorization of appropriations
- § 1232 — Reclamation fee
- § 1233 — Objectives of fund
- § 1234 — Eligible lands and water
- § 1235 — State reclamation program
- § 1236 — Reclamation of rural lands
- § 1237 — Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices
- § 1238 — Liens
- § 1239 — Filling voids and sealing tunnels
- § 124 — Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing sodium or sulphur
- § 1240 — Emergency powers
- § 1240a — Certification
- § 1241 — Omitted
- § 1242 — Powers of Secretary or State
- § 1243 — Interagency cooperation
- § 1244 — Remining incentives
- § 1245 — Abandoned hardrock mine reclamation
- § 125 — Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation
- § 1251 — Environmental protection standards
- § 1251a — Abandoned coal refuse sites
- § 1252 — Initial regulatory procedures
- § 1253 — State programs
- § 1254 — Federal programs
- § 1255 — State laws
- § 1256 — Permits
- § 1257 — Application requirements
- § 1258 — Reclamation plan requirements
- § 1259 — Performance bonds
- § 1260 — Permit approval or denial
- § 1261 — Revision of permits
- § 1262 — Coal exploration permits
- § 1263 — Public notice and public hearings
- § 1264 — Decisions of regulatory authority and appeals
- § 1265 — Environmental protection performance standards
- § 1266 — Surface effects of underground coal mining operations
- § 1267 — Inspections and monitoring
- § 1268 — Penalties
- § 1269 — Release of performance bonds or deposits
- § 1270 — Citizens suits
- § 1271 — Enforcement
- § 1272 — Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining
- § 1273 — Federal lands
- § 1274 — Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations
- § 1275 — Review by Secretary
- § 1276 — Judicial review
- § 1277 — Special bituminous coal mines
- § 1278 — Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter
- § 1279 — Anthracite coal mines
- § 1281 — Designation procedures
- § 1291 — Definitions
- § 1292 — Other Federal laws
- § 1293 — Employee protection
- § 1294 — Penalty
- § 1295 — Grants to States
- § 1296 — Annual report to President and Congress
- § 1297 — Separability
- § 1298 — Alaskan surface coal mine study
- § 1299 — Study of reclamation standards for surface mining of other minerals
- § 13 — Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment and maintenance
- § 1300 — Indian lands
- § 1301 — Experimental practices
- § 1302 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1303 — Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities
- § 1304 — Surface owner protection
- § 1305 — Federal lessee protection
- § 1306 — Effect on rights of owner of coal in Alaska to conduct surface mining operations
- § 1307 — Water rights and replacement
- § 1308 — Advance appropriations
- § 1308a — Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands
- § 1308b — Transfer of computer hardware, software and other technical equipment
- § 1309 — Certification and training of blasters
- § 1309a — Subsidence
- § 1309b — Research
- § 131 — Omitted
- § 1311 — Establishment of university coal research laboratories
- § 1312 — Financial assistance
- § 1313 — Limitation on payments
- § 1314 — Payments; Federal share of operating expenses
- § 1315 — Advisory Council on Coal Research
- § 1316 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1321 — Fellowship awards
- § 1322 — Fellowship recipients
- § 1323 — Distribution of fellowships
- § 1324 — Stipends and allowances
- § 1325 — Limitation on fellowships
- § 1326 — Fellowship conditions
- § 1327 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1328 — Research, development projects, etc., relating to alternative coal mining technologies
- § 14 — Acquisition of land; cooperation with other agencies
- § 1401 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 1402 — International objectives
- § 1403 — Definitions
- § 141 to 152 — Repealed. Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 6 , 44 Stat. 1058
- § 1411 — Prohibited activities by United States citizens
- § 1412 — Licenses for exploration and permits for commercial recovery
- § 1413 — License and permit applications, review, and certification
- § 1414 — License and permit fees
- § 1415 — License and permit terms, conditions, and restrictions; issuance and transfer of licenses and permits
- § 1416 — Denial of certification of applications and of issuance, transfer, suspension, and revocation of licenses and permits; suspension and modification of activities
- § 1417 — Duration of licenses and permits
- § 1418 — Diligence requirements
- § 1419 — Protection of the environment
- § 1420 — Conservation of natural resources
- § 1421 — Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas
- § 1422 — Safety of life and property at sea
- § 1423 — Records, audits, and public disclosure
- § 1424 — Monitoring of activities of licensees and permittees
- § 1425 — Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits
- § 1426 — Public notice and hearings
- § 1427 — Civil actions
- § 1428 — Reciprocating states
- § 1441 — Declaration of Congressional intent
- § 1442 — Effect of international agreement
- § 1443 — Protection of interim investments
- § 1444 — Disclaimer of obligation to pay compensation
- § 1461 — Prohibited acts
- § 1462 — Civil penalties
- § 1463 — Criminal offenses
- § 1464 — Enforcement
- § 1465 — Liability of vessels
- § 1466 — Civil forfeitures
- § 1467 — Jurisdiction of courts
- § 1468 — Regulations
- § 1469 — Omitted
- § 1470 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 1471 — Severability
- § 1472 — Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund; establishment
- § 1473 — Revenue and customs or tariff treatment of deep seabed mining unaffected
- § 15 — Repealed. Pub. L. 86–533, § 1(17) , June 29, 1960 , 74 Stat. 248
- § 1501 — Congressional statement of findings
- § 1511 — Loans for geothermal reservoir confirmation
- § 1512 — Loan size limitation
- § 1513 — Loan interest rates; repayment periods
- § 1514 — Program termination
- § 1515 — Regulations
- § 1516 — Authorizations
- § 1521 — Reservoir insurance program study
- § 1522 — Establishment of program
- § 1531 — Feasibility study loan program
- § 1541 — Use of geothermal energy in Federal facilities
- § 1542 — Regulations
- § 16 — Research laboratory for utilization of anthracite coal; establishment of advisory committee; composition; functions; appointment
- § 1601 — Congressional statement of findings; “materials” defined