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son and the failure of that person to file a verified statement, as provided in such notice, shall

in no manner affect, diminish, prejudice or bar

any rights of that person.

(July 23, 1955, ch. 375, §5, 69 Stat. 369; Pub. L.

86–507, §1(26), June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 201.)

AMENDMENTS

1960—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86–507 inserted ‘‘or by certified mail’’ after ‘‘registered mail’’ in two places in

last paragraph.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 615 of this title.

§ 614. Waiver of rights

The owner or owners of any unpatented mining claim heretofore located may waive and relinquish all rights thereunder which are contrary to or in conflict with the limitations or restrictions specified in section 612 of this title as

to hereafter located unpatented mining claims.

The execution and acknowledgment of such a

waiver and relinquishment by such owner or

owners and the recordation thereof in the office

where the notice or certificate of location of

such mining claim is of record shall render such

mining claim thereafter and prior to issuance of

patent subject to the limitations and restrictions in section 612 of this title in all respects as

if said mining claim had been located after July

23, 1955, but no such waiver or relinquishment

shall be deemed in any manner to constitute

any concession as to the date of priority of

rights under said mining claim or as to the validity thereof.

(July 23, 1955, ch. 375, §6, 69 Stat. 372.)

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 615 of this title.

§ 615. Limitation of existing rights

Nothing in this subchapter and sections 601

and 603 of this title shall be construed in any

manner to limit or restrict or to authorize the

limitation or restriction of any existing rights

of any claimant under any valid mining claim

heretofore located, except as such rights may be

limited or restricted as a result of a proceeding

pursuant to section 613 of this title, or as a result of a waiver and relinquishment pursuant to

section 614 of this title; and nothing in this subchapter and sections 601 and 603 of this title

shall be construed in any manner to authorized

inclusion in any patent hereafter issued under

the mining laws of the United States for any

mining claim heretofore or hereafter located, of

any reservation, limitation, or restriction not

otherwise authorized by law, or to limit or repeal any existing authority to include any reservation, limitation, or restriction in any such

patent, or to limit or restrict any use of the

lands covered by any patented or unpatented

mining claim by the United States, its lessees,

permittees, and licensees which is otherwise authorized by law.

(July 23, 1955, ch. 375, §7, 69 Stat. 372.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The mining laws of the United States, referred to in

text, are classified generally to this title.

CHAPTER 16—MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF

LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT

Sec.

621. Entry to lands reserved for power development.

(a) Conditions of entry.

(b) Placer claims; notice; hearing; order;

rules and regulations.

(c) Validity of withdrawals unaffected.

622. Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of

claim.

623. Recording and reporting of unpatented

claims; time.

624. Protection of existing valid claims.

625. Prohibition of unspecified use.

CHAPTER REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This chapter is referred to in title 16 section 1907;

title 43 section 299.

§ 621. Entry to lands reserved for power development

(a) Conditions of entry

All public lands belonging to the United

States heretofore, now or hereafter withdrawn

or reserved for power development or power

sites shall be open to entry for location and patent of mining claims and for mining, development, beneficiation, removal, and utilization of

the mineral resources of such lands under applicable Federal statutes: Provided, That all power

rights to such lands shall be retained by the

United States: Provided further, That locations

made under this chapter within the revested Oregon and California Railroad and reconveyed

Coos Bay Wagon grant lands shall also be subject to the provisions of the Act of April 8, 1948,

Public Law 477 (Eightieth Congress, second session): And provided further, That nothing contained herein shall be construed to open for the

purposes described in this section any lands (1)

which are included in any project operating or

being constructed under a license or permit issued under the Federal Power Act [16 U.S.C. 791a

et seq.] or other Act of Congress, or (2) which are

under examination and survey by a prospective

licensee of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, if such prospective licensee holds an

uncanceled preliminary permit issued under the

Federal Power Act authorizing him to conduct

such examination and survey with respect to

such lands and such permit has not been renewed in the case of such prospective licensee

more than once.

(b) Placer claims; notice; hearing; order; rules

and regulations

The locator of a placer claim under this chapter, however, shall conduct no mining operations for a period of sixty days after the filing

of a notice of location pursuant to section 623 of

this title. If the Secretary of the Interior, within sixty days from the filing of the notice of location, notifies the locator by registered mail or

certified mail of the Secretary’s intention to

hold a public hearing to determine whether placer mining operations would substantially interfere with other uses of the land included within

the placer claim, mining operations on that

claim shall be further suspended until the Secretary has held the hearing and has issued an