§ 214. — Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC214]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER III--PHOSPHATES
Sec. 214. Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest
lands exception
The holder of any lease or permit issued under the provisions of
sections 211 to 214 of this title shall have the right to use so much of
the surface of unappropriated and unentered public lands not a part of
his lease or permit, not exceeding eighty acres in area, as may be
determined by the Secretary to be necessary or convenient for the
extraction, treatment, and removal of the mineral deposits, but this
provision shall not be applicable to national forest lands.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, Sec. 12, 41 Stat. 441; June 3, 1948, ch. 379,
Sec. 5, 62 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 86-391, Sec. 1(b), Mar. 18, 1960, 74 Stat.
8.)
Amendments
1960--Pub. L. 86-391 substituted ``lease or permit'' for ``lease''
in two places.
1948--Act June 3, 1948, increased lands to be used from 40 to 80
acres, excepted national forest lands from its provisions, and
substituted ``The holder of any lease issued under the provisions of
sections 211 to 214 of this title'', ``public lands not a part of his
lease'', and ``or convenient for the extraction'' for ``Any qualified
applicant to whom the Secretary of the Interior may grant a lease to
develop and extract phosphates, or phosphate rock, under the provisions
of this chapter'', ``lands'', and ``for the proper prospecting for or
development, extraction'', respectively.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 213 of this title; title 10
sections 7421, 7435.
