§ 205. — Consolidation of leases.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC205]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER II--COAL
Sec. 205. Consolidation of leases
If, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, the public
interest will be subserved thereby, lessees holding under lease areas
not exceeding the maximum permitted under this chapter may consolidate
their leases through the surrender of the original leases and the
inclusion of such areas in a new lease of not to exceed two thousand
five hundred and sixty acres of contiguous lands.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, Sec. 5, 41 Stat. 439.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 208 of this title; title 10
sections 7421, 7435.
