Page 69 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 209

1So in original. The period probably should be a colon.

(g) Implementation plan for coal lands exploration program; development and transmittal

to Congress; contents

Within six months after the date of enactment

of this Act, the Secretary shall develop and

transmit to Congress an implementation plan

for the coal lands exploration program authorized by this section, including procedures for

making the data and information available to

the public pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, and maps and reports pursuant to subsection (f) of this section. The implementation

plan shall include a projected schedule of exploratory activities and identification of the regions

and areas which will be explored under the coal

lands exploration program during the first five

years following the enactment of this section. In

addition, the implementation plan shall include

estimates of the appropriations and staffing required to implement the coal lands exploration

program.

(h) Stratigraphic drilling; scope; statement of results

The stratigraphic drilling authorized in subsection (b) of this section shall be carried out in

such a manner as to obtain information pertaining to all recoverable reserves. For the purpose

of complying with subsection (a) of this section,

the Secretary shall require all those authorized

to conduct stratigraphic drilling pursuant to

subsection (b) of this section to supply a statement of the results of test boring of core sampling including logs of the drill holes; the thickness of the coal seams found; an analysis of the

chemical properties of such coal; and an analysis of the strata layers lying above all the seams

of coal. All drilling activities shall be conducted

using the best current technology and practices.

(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §8A, as added Pub. L. 94–377,

§7, Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1087.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

Section 2, referred to in subsec. (a)(1), means section

2 of act Feb. 25, 1920, as amended, and is comprised of

subsecs. (a) to (d). Subsecs. (a) and (b) of section 2 are

classified to section 201 of this title, subsec. (c) of section 2 is classified to section 202 of this title, and subsec. (d) of section 2, as added by section 5(b) of Pub. L.

94–377, is classified to section 202a of this title.

The date of enactment of this Act, referred to in subsecs. (f) and (g), probably means the date of enactment

of Pub. L. 94–377, which was approved Aug. 4, 1976.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 1272 of this title.

§ 208–2. Repealed. Pub. L. 104–66, title I, § 1091(e),

Dec. 21, 1995, 109 Stat. 722

Section, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §8B, as added Aug.

4, 1976, Pub. L. 94–377, §8, 90 Stat. 1089, related to reports to Congress on leasing and production of coal

lands, contents, recommendations, and reports by Attorney General on competition in the coal industry and

on effectiveness of antitrust laws.

§ 208a. Repealed. Pub. L. 97–468, title VI,

§ 615(a)(3), Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2578

Section, act July 19, 1932, ch. 513, 47 Stat. 707, authorized general manager of Alaska Railroad to purchase

coal annually for railroad from two or more operating

companies in areas adjacent to railroad.

Section was formerly classified to section 445a of

Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF REPEAL

Repeal by Pub. L. 97–468 became effective on date of

transfer of Alaska Railroad to the State [Jan. 5, 1985],

pursuant to section 1203 of Title 45, Railroads, see section 615(a) of Pub. L. 97–468.

§ 209. Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents

or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production

The Secretary of the Interior, for the purpose

of encouraging the greatest ultimate recovery of

coal, oil, gas, oil shale, gilsonite (including all

vein-type solid hydrocarbons), phosphate, sodium, potassium and sulfur, and in the interest

of conservation of natural resources, is authorized to waive, suspend, or reduce the rental, or

minimum royalty, or reduce the royalty on an

entire leasehold, or on any tract or portion

thereof segregated for royalty purposes, whenever in his judgment it is necessary to do so in

order to promote development, or whenever in

his judgment the leases cannot be successfully

operated under the terms provided therein.1 Provided, however, That in order to promote development and the maximum production of tar

sand, at the request of the lessee, the Secretary

shall review, prior to commencement of commercial operations, the royalty rates established in each combined hydrocarbon lease issued in special tar sand areas. For purposes of

this section, the term ‘‘tar sand’’ means any

consolidated or unconsolidated rock (other than

coal, oil shale, or gilsonite) that either: (1) contains a hydrocarbonaceous material with a gasfree viscosity, at original reservoir temperature,

greater than 10,000 centipoise, or (2) contains a

hydrocarbonaceous material and is produced by

mining or quarrying. In the event the Secretary

of the Interior, in the interest of conservation,

shall direct or shall assent to the suspension of

operations and production under any lease

granted under the terms of this chapter, any

payment of acreage rental or of minimum royalty prescribed by such lease likewise shall be

suspended during such period of suspension of

operations and production; and the term of such

lease shall be extended by adding any such suspension period thereto. The provisions of this

section shall apply to all oil and gas leases issued under this chapter, including those within

an approved or prescribed plan for unit or cooperative development and operation. Nothing in

this section shall be construed as granting to

the Secretary the authority to waive, suspend,

or reduce advance royalties.

(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §39, as added Feb. 9, 1933,

ch. 45, 47 Stat. 798; amended Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916,

§10, 60 Stat. 957; June 3, 1948, ch. 379, §7, 62 Stat.

291; Pub. L. 94–377, §14, Aug. 4, 1976, 90 Stat. 1091;

Pub. L. 97–78, §1(3), (7), Nov. 16, 1981, 95 Stat.

1070, 1071.)

AMENDMENTS

1981—Pub. L. 97–78 inserted reference to gilsonite (including all vein-type solid hydrocarbons) and inserted