§ 396g. — Subsurface storage of oil or gas.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 25USC396g]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 12--LEASE, SALE, OR SURRENDER OF ALLOTTED OR UNALLOTTED LANDS
Sec. 396g. Subsurface storage of oil or gas
The Secretary of the Interior, to avoid waste or to promote the
conservation of natural resources or the welfare of the Indians, is
authorized in his discretion to approve leases of lands that are subject
to lease under section 396 or 396a of this title, for the subsurface
storage of oil and gas, irrespective of the lands from which initially
produced, and the Secretary is authorized, in order to provide for the
subsurface storage of oil or gas, to approve modifications, amendments,
or extensions of the oil and gas or other mining lease(s), if any, in
effect as to restricted Indian lands, tribal or allotted, and may
promulgate rules and regulations consistent with such leases,
modifications, amendments, and extensions, relating to the storage of
oil or gas thereunder. Any such leases may provide for the payment of a
storage fee or rental on such stored oil or gas or, in lieu of such fee
or rental, for a royalty other than that prescribed in the lease when
such stored oil or gas is produced in conjunction with oil or gas not
previously produced. It may be provided that any oil and gas lease under
which storage of oil or gas is so authorized shall be continued in
effect at least for the period of such storage use and so long
thereafter as oil or gas not previously produced is produced in paying
quantities.
(May 11, 1938, ch. 198, Sec. 8, as added Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 808, 70 Stat.
774.)
Repeal of Inconsistent Acts
For repeal of inconsistent acts, see section 7 of act May 11, 1938,
set out as a note under section 396a of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 396a, 396d, 459c, 1724, 2105
of this title.
