30-U.S.C.-214

§214 – Use of Surface of Other Public Lands; Acreage; Forest Lands Exception

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• Reference: Section 214
• Legend: §214 – Use of Surface of Other Public Lands; Acreage; Forest Lands Exception
• USCode Year: 2013

Provision Content

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, §12, 41 Stat. 441; June 3, 1948, ch. 379, §5, 62 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 86–391, §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.

U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage

30-U.S.C.-208 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Mining

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30-U.S.C.-195 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Permits

In this entry about 30-U.S.C.-195, find legal reference material, bibliographies and premiere content related to permits in the American Encyclopedia of Law, presenting a comprehensive view of the United States permits-specific issues, written by authorities in the field.

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