US LAWS, STATUTES & CODES ON-LINE
US CHAPTER 23 — GEOTHERMAL STEAM AND ASSOCIATED GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES
- § 1001. — Definitions.
- § 1002. — Lands subject to geothermal leasing.
- § 1002a. — Repealed.
- § 1003. — Bids; competitive bidding; first application of qualified person without competitive bidding.
- § 1004. — Rents and royalties.
- § 1005. — Duration of leases.
- § 1006. — Acreage of geothermal lease; irregular subdivisions; State limitation; increase.
- § 1007. — Readjustment of lease terms and conditions.
- § 1008. — Byproducts: production or use; water for beneficial uses under State water laws; substantial beneficial production or use; modification or waiver; preexisting rights of lease, claim, or permit holders.
- § 1009. — Relinquishment of geothermal rights; effective date; release of lessee or his surety or bond; exceptions.
- § 1010. — Suspension of operations and production; extension of lease term for period of suspension; waiver, suspension or reduction of rental or royalty.
- § 1011. — Termination of leases; grounds; notice; correction of violations; hearing; correction period after administrative decision.
- § 1012. — Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty.
- § 1013. — Surface land use for production, utilization, and conservation of geothermal resources.
- § 1014. — Lands subject to geothermal leasing.
- § 1015. — Citizenship requirement for lessees.
- § 1016. — Administration; multiple use of lands and resources; coexistence of other leases; reciprocal and reasonable operational interference between geothermal and other leases.
- § 1017. — Cooperative or unit plan of development or operation of geothermal pool, field, or like area; public interest; determination and certification; regulations; protection of parties in interest; authority respecting rate of prospecting, development, and production; five year review; leases excepted from control for purposes of State acreage limitation.
- § 1018. — Data from Federal agencies concerning conversion charges; confidential information.
- § 1019. — Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, royalties and rentals.
- § 1020. — Publication in Federal Register of known geothermal resource area lands; necessity of geothermal leases for development or production of geothermal resources in lands which the United States transferred with reservation of mineral rights.
- § 1021. — Federal exemption from State water laws.
- § 1022. — Waste, prevention; exclusiveness of provisions for acquisition of geothermal rights.
- § 1023. — Rules and regulations; scope of provisions.
- § 1024. — Disposal of land laws; reservation of geothermal resources and restriction on disposal of lands with geothermal resources; conveyances prior to December 24, 1970, unaffected.
- § 1025. — Federal reservation of certain mineral rights; extraction of minerals without substantial interference with geothermal production.
- § 1026. — Significant thermal features.
- § 1027. — Lands subject to prohibition on leasing.
- § 1028. — Hot dry rock geothermal energy.