Page 39 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 184

Selection of lands by Alaska from lands made available by Statehood provisions including lands subject to

leases, permits, licenses or contracts issued under this

chapter, see section 6(h) of Pub. L. 85–508, set out as

note preceding section 21 of Title 48.

OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF; MINERAL LEASES

Grant by the Secretary of the Interior of mineral

leases on submerged lands of outer Continental Shelf,

see section 1331 et seq., of Title 43, Public Lands.

CROSS REFERENCES

Conveyances to occupants of unpatented mining

claims, reservation of mineral rights, see section 707 of

this title.

Helium reserve lands, development of other mineral

resources, see section 529 of this title.

Laws applicable, see sections 275 and 285 of this title.

Naval petroleum reserves, jurisdiction and control,

see section 7421 of Title 10, Armed Forces.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 185, 208, 275,

1004, 1272 of this title; title 10 sections 7421, 7435.

§ 182. Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.

The provisions of this chapter shall also apply

to all deposits of coal, phosphate, sodium, oil,

oil shale, gilsonite (including all vein-type solid

hydrocarbons), or gas in the lands of the United

States, which lands may have been or may be

disposed of under laws reserving to the United

States such deposits, with the right to prospect

for, mine, and remove the same, subject to such

conditions as are or may hereafter be provided

by such laws reserving such deposits.

(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §34, 41 Stat. 450; Pub. L.

86–705, §7(a), Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 790; Pub. L.

97–78, §1(1), Nov. 16, 1981, 95 Stat. 1070.)

AMENDMENTS

1981—Pub. L. 97–78 substituted ‘‘gilsonite (including

all vein-type solid hydrocarbons),’’ for ‘‘native asphalt,

solid and semisolid bitumen, and bituminous rock (including oil-impregnated rock or sands from which oil is

recoverable only by special treatment after the deposit

is mined or quarried)’’.

1960—Pub. L. 86–705 included native asphalt, solid and

semisolid bitumen, and bituminous rock.

CROSS REFERENCES

Laws applicable, see sections 275 and 285 of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 275, 285 of this

title; title 10 sections 7421, 7435.

§ 183. Cancellation of prospecting permits

The Secretary of the Interior shall reserve and

may exercise the authority to cancel any prospecting permit upon failure by the permittee to

exercise due diligence in the prosecution of the

prospecting work in accordance with the terms

and conditions stated in the permit, and shall

insert in every such permit issued under the provisions of this chapter appropriate provisions for

its cancellation by him.

(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, §26, 41 Stat. 448.)

CROSS REFERENCES

Laws applicable, see sections 275 and 285 of this title.

Surrender of leases, see section 188a of this title.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in sections 275, 285 of this

title; title 10 sections 7421, 7435.

§ 184. Limitations on leases held, owned or controlled by persons, associations or corporations

(a) Coal leases or permits, acreage; regulations

(1) No person, association, or corporation, or

any subsidiary, affiliate, or persons controlled

by or under common control with such person,

association, or corporation shall take, hold, own

or control at one time, whether acquired directly from the Secretary under this chapter or

otherwise, coal leases, or permits on an aggregate of more than forty-six thousand and eighty

acres in any one State and in no case greater

than an aggregate of one hundred thousand

acres in the United States: Provided, That any

person, association, or corporation currently

holding, owning, or controlling more than an aggregate of one hundred thousand acres in the

United States on the date of enactment of this

section shall not be required on account of this

section to relinquish said leases or permits: Provided, further, That in no case shall such person,

association, or corporation be permitted to

take, hold, own, or control any further Federal

coal leases or permits until such time as their

holdings, ownership, or control of Federal leases

or permits has been reduced below an aggregate

of one hundred thousand acres within the United

States.

(2) Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, §11(b), Aug. 4, 1976,

90 Stat. 1090.

(b) Sodium leases or permits, acreage

(1) No person, association, or corporation, except as otherwise provided in this subsection,

shall take, hold, own, or control at one time,

whether acquired directly from the Secretary

under this chapter, or otherwise, sodium leases

or permits on an aggregate of more than five

thousand one hundred and twenty acres in any

one State.

(2) The Secretary may, in his discretion, where

the same is necessary in order to secure the economic mining of sodium compounds leasable

under this chapter, permit a person, association,

or corporation to take or hold sodium leases or

permits on up to fifteen thousand three hundred

and sixty acres in any one State.

(c) Phosphate leases, acreage

No person, association, or corporation shall

take, hold, own, or control at one time, whether

acquired directly from the Secretary under this

chapter, or otherwise, phosphate leases or permits on an aggregate of more than twenty thousand four hundred and eighty acres in the

United States.

(d) Oil or gas leases, acreage, Alaska; options,

semi-annual statements

(1) No person, association, or corporation, except as otherwise provided in this chapter, shall

take, hold, own or control at one time whether

acquired directly from the Secretary under this

chapter, or otherwise, oil or gas leases (including options for such leases or interests therein)

on land held under the provisions of this chapter