Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Every section of Title 30 of the United States Code, mineral lands and mining — 608 sections, full text, with the cases that cite each one.

• 30 U.S.C. § 1025 — Federal reservation of certain mineral rights
• 30 U.S.C. § 1026 — Significant thermal features
• 30 U.S.C. § 1027 — Land subject to prohibition on leasing
• 30 U.S.C. § 1028 — Hot dry rock geothermal energy
• 30 U.S.C. § 1101_to_1164 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title III, §3002(i)(3), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2495
• 30 U.S.C. § 1201 — Congressional findings
• 30 U.S.C. § 1202 — Statement of purpose
• 30 U.S.C. § 1211 — Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
• 30 U.S.C. § 1221 — Authorization of State allotments to institutes
• 30 U.S.C. § 1222 — Research funds to institutes
• 30 U.S.C. § 1223 — Funding criteria
• 30 U.S.C. § 1224 — Duties of Secretary
• 30 U.S.C. § 1225 — Effect on colleges and universities
• 30 U.S.C. § 1226 — Research
• 30 U.S.C. § 1227 — Center for cataloging
• 30 U.S.C. § 1228 — Interagency cooperation
• 30 U.S.C. § 1229 — Committee on Mining and Mineral Resources Research
• 30 U.S.C. § 1230 — Eligibility criteria
• 30 U.S.C. § 1230a — Strategic Resources Generic Mineral Technology Center
• 30 U.S.C. § 1231 — Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund
• 30 U.S.C. § 1231a — Abandoned mine reclamation fund authorization of appropriations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1232 — Reclamation fee
• 30 U.S.C. § 1233 — Objectives of fund
• 30 U.S.C. § 1234 — Eligible lands and water
• 30 U.S.C. § 1235 — State reclamation program
• 30 U.S.C. § 1236 — Reclamation of rural lands
• 30 U.S.C. § 1237 — Acquisition and reclamation of land adversely affected by past coal mining practices
• 30 U.S.C. § 1238 — Liens
• 30 U.S.C. § 1239 — Filling voids and sealing tunnels
• 30 U.S.C. § 1240 — Emergency powers
• 30 U.S.C. § 1240a — Certification
• 30 U.S.C. § 1242 — Powers of Secretary or State
• 30 U.S.C. § 1243 — Interagency cooperation
• 30 U.S.C. § 1244 — Remining incentives
• 30 U.S.C. § 1245 — Abandoned hardrock mine reclamation
• 30 U.S.C. § 1251 — Environmental protection standards
• 30 U.S.C. § 1251a — Abandoned coal refuse sites
• 30 U.S.C. § 1252 — Initial regulatory procedures
• 30 U.S.C. § 1253 — State programs
• 30 U.S.C. § 1254 — Federal programs
• 30 U.S.C. § 1255 — State laws
• 30 U.S.C. § 1256 — Permits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1257 — Application requirements
• 30 U.S.C. § 1258 — Reclamation plan requirements
• 30 U.S.C. § 1259 — Performance bonds
• 30 U.S.C. § 1260 — Permit approval or denial
• 30 U.S.C. § 1261 — Revision of permits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1262 — Coal exploration permits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1263 — Public notice and public hearings
• 30 U.S.C. § 1264 — Decisions of regulatory authority and appeals
• 30 U.S.C. § 1265 — Environmental protection performance standards
• 30 U.S.C. § 1266 — Surface effects of underground coal mining operations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1267 — Inspections and monitoring
• 30 U.S.C. § 1268 — Penalties
• 30 U.S.C. § 1269 — Release of performance bonds or deposits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1270 — Citizens suits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1271 — Enforcement
• 30 U.S.C. § 1272 — Designating areas unsuitable for surface coal mining
• 30 U.S.C. § 1273 — Federal lands
• 30 U.S.C. § 1274 — Public agencies, public utilities, and public corporations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1275 — Review by Secretary
• 30 U.S.C. § 1276 — Judicial review
• 30 U.S.C. § 1277 — Special bituminous coal mines
• 30 U.S.C. § 1278 — Surface mining operations not subject to this chapter
• 30 U.S.C. § 1279 — Anthracite coal mines
• 30 U.S.C. § 1281 — Designation procedures
• 30 U.S.C. § 1291 — Definitions
• 30 U.S.C. § 1292 — Other Federal laws
• 30 U.S.C. § 1293 — Employee protection
• 30 U.S.C. § 1294 — Penalty
• 30 U.S.C. § 1295 — Grants to States
• 30 U.S.C. § 1296 — Annual report to President and Congress
• 30 U.S.C. § 1297 — Separability
• 30 U.S.C. § 1298 — Alaskan surface coal mine study
• 30 U.S.C. § 1299 — Study of reclamation standards for surface mining of other minerals
• 30 U.S.C. § 1300 — Indian lands
• 30 U.S.C. § 1301 — Experimental practices
• 30 U.S.C. § 1302 — Authorization of appropriations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1303 — Coordination of regulatory and inspection activities
• 30 U.S.C. § 1304 — Surface owner protection
• 30 U.S.C. § 1305 — Federal lessee protection
• 30 U.S.C. § 1306 — Effect on rights of owner of coal in Alaska to conduct surface mining operations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1307 — Water rights and replacement
• 30 U.S.C. § 1308 — Advance appropriations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1308a — Use of civil penalty funds to reclaim lands
• 30 U.S.C. § 1308b — Transfer of computer hardware, software and other technical equipment
• 30 U.S.C. § 1309 — Certification and training of blasters
• 30 U.S.C. § 1309a — Subsidence
• 30 U.S.C. § 1309b — Research
• 30 U.S.C. § 1311 — Establishment of university coal research laboratories
• 30 U.S.C. § 1312 — Financial assistance
• 30 U.S.C. § 1313 — Limitation on payments
• 30 U.S.C. § 1314 — Payments; Federal share of operating expenses
• 30 U.S.C. § 1315 — Advisory Council on Coal Research
• 30 U.S.C. § 1316 — Authorization of appropriations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1321 — Fellowship awards
• 30 U.S.C. § 1322 — Fellowship recipients
• 30 U.S.C. § 1323 — Distribution of fellowships
• 30 U.S.C. § 1324 — Stipends and allowances
• 30 U.S.C. § 1325 — Limitation on fellowships
• 30 U.S.C. § 1326 — Fellowship conditions
• 30 U.S.C. § 1327 — Authorization of appropriations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1328 — Research, development projects, etc., relating to alternative coal mining technologies
• 30 U.S.C. § 1401 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
• 30 U.S.C. § 1402 — International objectives
• 30 U.S.C. § 1403 — Definitions
• 30 U.S.C. § 1411 — Prohibited activities by United States citizens
• 30 U.S.C. § 1412 — Licenses for exploration and permits for commercial recovery
• 30 U.S.C. § 1413 — License and permit applications, review, and certification
• 30 U.S.C. § 1414 — License and permit fees
• 30 U.S.C. § 1415 — License and permit terms, conditions, and restrictions; issuance and transfer of licenses and permits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1416 — Denial of certification of applications and of issuance, transfer, suspension, and revocation of licenses and permits; suspension and modification of activities
• 30 U.S.C. § 1417 — Duration of licenses and permits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1418 — Diligence requirements
• 30 U.S.C. § 1419 — Protection of the environment
• 30 U.S.C. § 1420 — Conservation of natural resources
• 30 U.S.C. § 1421 — Prevention of interference with other uses of the high seas
• 30 U.S.C. § 1422 — Safety of life and property at sea
• 30 U.S.C. § 1423 — Records, audits, and public disclosure
• 30 U.S.C. § 1424 — Monitoring of activities of licensees and permittees
• 30 U.S.C. § 1425 — Relinquishment, surrender, and transfer of licenses and permits
• 30 U.S.C. § 1426 — Public notice and hearings
• 30 U.S.C. § 1427 — Civil actions
• 30 U.S.C. § 1428 — Reciprocating states
• 30 U.S.C. § 1441 — Declaration of Congressional intent
• 30 U.S.C. § 1442 — Effect of international agreement
• 30 U.S.C. § 1443 — Protection of interim investments
• 30 U.S.C. § 1444 — Disclaimer of obligation to pay compensation
• 30 U.S.C. § 1461 — Prohibited acts
• 30 U.S.C. § 1462 — Civil penalties
• 30 U.S.C. § 1463 — Criminal offenses
• 30 U.S.C. § 1464 — Enforcement
• 30 U.S.C. § 1465 — Liability of vessels
• 30 U.S.C. § 1466 — Civil forfeitures
• 30 U.S.C. § 1467 — Jurisdiction of courts
• 30 U.S.C. § 1468 — Regulations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1470 — Authorization of appropriations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1471 — Severability
• 30 U.S.C. § 1472 — Deep Seabed Revenue Sharing Trust Fund; establishment
• 30 U.S.C. § 1473 — Revenue and customs or tariff treatment of deep seabed mining unaffected
• 30 U.S.C. § 1501 — Congressional statement of findings
• 30 U.S.C. § 1511 — Loans for geothermal reservoir confirmation
• 30 U.S.C. § 1512 — Loan size limitation
• 30 U.S.C. § 1513 — Loan interest rates; repayment periods
• 30 U.S.C. § 1514 — Program termination
• 30 U.S.C. § 1515 — Regulations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1516 — Authorizations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1521 — Reservoir insurance program study
• 30 U.S.C. § 1522 — Establishment of program
• 30 U.S.C. § 1531 — Feasibility study loan program
• 30 U.S.C. § 1541 — Use of geothermal energy in Federal facilities
• 30 U.S.C. § 1542 — Regulations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1601 — Congressional statement of findings; "materials" defined
• 30 U.S.C. § 1602 — Congressional declaration of policies
• 30 U.S.C. § 1603 — Implementation of policies
• 30 U.S.C. § 1604 — Program administration
• 30 U.S.C. § 1605 — Applicability to other statutory national mining and minerals policies
• 30 U.S.C. § 1606 — Mineral security
• 30 U.S.C. § 1607 — Critical minerals supply chains and reliability
• 30 U.S.C. § 1701 — Congressional statement of findings and purposes
• 30 U.S.C. § 1702 — Definitions
• 30 U.S.C. § 1711 — Duties of Secretary
• 30 U.S.C. § 1712 — Duties of lessees, operators, and motor vehicle transporters
• 30 U.S.C. § 1713 — Required recordkeeping
• 30 U.S.C. § 1714 — Deposit of royalty funds to Indian accounts
• 30 U.S.C. § 1715 — Explanation of payments
• 30 U.S.C. § 1716 — Liabilities and bonding
• 30 U.S.C. § 1717 — Hearings and investigations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1718 — Inspections
• 30 U.S.C. § 1719 — Civil penalties
• 30 U.S.C. § 1720 — Criminal penalties
• 30 U.S.C. § 1720a — Applicability of civil and criminal penalties to various uses of Federal or Indian lands and Outer Continental Shelf
• 30 U.S.C. § 1721 — Royalty terms and conditions, interest, and penalties
• 30 U.S.C. § 1721a — Adjustments and refunds
• 30 U.S.C. § 1722 — Injunction and specific enforcement authority
• 30 U.S.C. § 1723 — Rewards
• 30 U.S.C. § 1724 — Secretarial and delegated States' actions and limitation periods
• 30 U.S.C. § 1725 — Assessments
• 30 U.S.C. § 1726 — Alternatives for marginal properties
• 30 U.S.C. § 1727 — Royalties on all extracted methane
• 30 U.S.C. § 1731 — Application of subchapter
• 30 U.S.C. § 1731a — Application of subchapter to leases of lands within three miles of seaward boundaries of coastal States
• 30 U.S.C. § 1732 — Cooperative agreements
• 30 U.S.C. § 1733 — Information
• 30 U.S.C. § 1734 — State suits under Federal law
• 30 U.S.C. § 1735 — Delegation of royalty collections and related activities
• 30 U.S.C. § 1736 — Shared civil penalties
• 30 U.S.C. § 1751 — Secretarial authority
• 30 U.S.C. § 1752 — Reports
• 30 U.S.C. § 1753 — Relation to other laws
• 30 U.S.C. § 1754 — Funding
• 30 U.S.C. § 1755 — Statute of limitations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1756 — Expanded royalty obligations
• 30 U.S.C. § 1757 — Severability
• 30 U.S.C. § 1758 — Use of royalty-in-kind revenue by Minerals Management Service
• 30 U.S.C. § 1759 — Fees and charges
• 30 U.S.C. § 1801_to_1811 — Repealed. Pub. L. 116–260, div. Z, title VII, §7002(n)(1), Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 2576
• 30 U.S.C. § 1901 — Definitions
• 30 U.S.C. § 1902 — Research program
• 30 U.S.C. § 1903 — Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements