§ 541b. — Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC541b]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 12A--ENTRY AND LOCATION ON COAL LANDS ON DISCOVERY OF SOURCE
MATERIAL
Sec. 541b. Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite
Subject to the provisos of section 541a of this title, any mining
location made under the mining laws of the United States, including
chapter 12 of this title, on lands of the character described in section
541 of this title, except locations made for lands within the exterior
boundaries of a prior coal prospecting permit or lease, if based upon a
discovery of valuable source material in deposits other than deposits of
Leasing Act minerals, shall include the right to mine, remove, and
dispose of lignite containing valuable source material and lignite
necessary to be stripped or mined in the recovery of source material
contained in lignite, subject to the reporting and payment requirements
of section 541 of this title, and subject to the provisions of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et. seq.], and upon filing in
the land office designated in section 541 of this title, an adequate
description of his claim or claims containing such lignite: Provided,
That nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict the
rights acquired by virtue of a mining claim heretofore or hereafter
located, under the 1872 Mining Act, as amended, or to impose any
additional obligation with respect to the mining and removal of source
material which does not occur within any seam, bed, or deposit of
lignite.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 795, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 680.)
References in Text
The mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to this title.
For definition of ``Leasing Act minerals'', referred to in text, see
section 541e of this title.
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, Sec. 1, 68 Stat.
921, and amended, which is classified generally to chapter 23 (Sec. 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.
The 1872 Mining Act, as amended, referred to in text, is act May 10,
1872, ch. 152, 17 Stat. 91, as amended. That act was incorporated into
the Revised Statutes as R.S. Secs. 2319 to 2328, 2331, 2333 to 2337, and
2344, which are classified to sections 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to
35, 37, 39 to 42, and 47 of this title. For complete classification of
R.S. Secs. 2319 to 2328, 2331, 2333 to 2337, and 2344 to the Code, see
Tables.
