Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/USCODE-2011-title30/html/USCODE-2011-title30-chap16.htm
Timestamp: 2016-05-26 23:21:09
Document Index: 46094363

Matched Legal Cases: ['§621', '§2', '§1', '§402', '§703', '§622', '§3', '§623', '§4', '§624', '§5', '§625', '§6']

CHAPTER 16 - MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 16—MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF LANDS WITHDRAWN FOR POWER DEVELOPMENT
621.Entry to lands reserved for power development.
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.
§621. Entry to lands reserved for power development
(a) Conditions of entry
(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 appropriate order. The order issued by the Secretary of the Interior shall provide for one of the following: (1) a complete prohibition of placer mining; (2) a permission to engage in placer mining upon the condition that the locator shall, following placer operations, restore the surface of the claim to the condition in which it was immediately prior to those operations; or (3) a general permission to engage in placer mining. No order by the Secretary with respect to such operations shall be valid unless a certified copy is filed in the same State or county office in which the locator's notice of location has been filed in compliance with the United States mining laws.
(c) Validity of withdrawals unaffected
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 797, §2, 69 Stat. 682; Pub. L. 86–507, §1(27), June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 202; Pub. L. 95–91, title IV, §402(a)(1)(A), title VII, §§703, 707, Aug. 4, 1977, 91 Stat. 584, 606, 607.)
1960—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86–507 inserted “or certified mail” after “registered mail”.
“Federal Energy Regulatory Commission” substituted for “Federal Power Commission” in subsec. (a) pursuant to sections 402(a)(1)(A), 703, and 707 of Pub. L. 95–91, which are classified to sections 7172(a)(1)(A), 7293, and 7297 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and which terminated Federal Power Commission and transferred its functions relating to licensing and permits for dams, reservoirs, or other works for development and improvement of navigation and for development and utilization of power across, along, from, or in navigable waters under part I of Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 791a et seq.) to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
§622. Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of claim
Prospecting and exploration for and the development and utilization of mineral resources authorized in this chapter shall be entered into or continued at the financial risk of the individual party or parties undertaking such work: Provided, That the United States, its permittees and licensees shall not be responsible or held liable or incur any liability for the damage, destruction, or loss of any mining claim, mill site, facility installed or erected, income, or other property or investments resulting from the actual use of such lands or portions thereof for power development at any time where such power development is made by or under the authority of the United States, except where such damage, destruction, or loss results from the negligence of the United States, its permittees and licensees.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 797, §3, 69 Stat. 682.)
§623. Recording and reporting of unpatented claims; time
The owner of any unpatented mining claim located on land described in section 621 of this title shall file for record in the United States district land office of the land district in which the claim is situated (1) within one year after August 11, 1955, as to any or all locations heretofore made, or within sixty days of location as to locations hereafter made, a copy of the notice of location of the claim; (2) within sixty days after the expiration of any annual assessment year, a statement as to the assessment work done or improvements made during the previous assessment year.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 797, §4, 69 Stat. 683.)
§624. Protection of existing valid claims
Nothing in this chapter contained shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights of the owner or owners of any valid mining claim located prior to the date of withdrawal or reservation: Provided, That nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights of the owner or owners of any mining claim who are diligently working to make a discovery of valuable minerals at the time any future withdrawal or reservation for power development is made.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 797, §5, 69 Stat. 683.)
§625. Prohibition of unspecified use
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, all mining claims and mill sites or mineral rights located under the terms of this chapter or otherwise contained on the public lands as described in section 621 of this title shall be used only for the purposes specified in section 621 of this title and no facility or activity shall be erected or conducted thereon for other purposes.
(Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 797, §6, 69 Stat. 683.)