§ 508b. — National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect, develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC508b]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 508b. National forests in Minnesota; authority to prospect,
develop, mine, remove, and utilize mineral resources
Where, through withdrawal or reservation or by statutory limitation
or otherwise, all or any part of the mineral resources in public-domain
lands or lands received in exchange for public-domain lands or for
timber on such lands situated within the exterior boundaries of the
national forests in Minnesota, are not subject to development or
utilization under the mining laws of the United States or the mineral
leasing laws, and for the development and utilization of which no other
statutory authority exists, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized,
under general regulations to be prescribed by him and upon such terms
and for specified periods or otherwise as he may deem to be for the best
interests of the United States, to permit the prospecting for and the
development and utilization of such mineral resources: Provided, That
the development and utilization of such mineral deposits shall not be
permitted by the Secretary of the Interior except with the consent of
the Secretary of Agriculture. All receipts derived from permits or
leases issued under the authority of this section for prospecting for
and the development and utilization of such mineral resources shall be
paid into the same funds or accounts in the Treasury and shall be
distributed in the same manner as prescribed for national forest revenue
by sections 499 to 501 of this title.
(June 30, 1950, ch. 430, 64 Stat. 311.)
References in Text
The mining laws of the United States and the mineral leasing laws,
referred to in text, are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands
and Mining.
Transfer of Functions
Functions of Secretary of the Interior under this section, with
respect to use and disposal from lands under jurisdiction of Secretary
of Agriculture of those mineral materials which Secretary of Agriculture
is authorized to dispose of from other lands under his jurisdiction
under sections 601 to 604 and 611 to 615 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and
Mining, transferred to Secretary of Agriculture, see Pub. L. 86-509,
June 11, 1960, 74 Stat. 205, set out as a Transfer of Functions note
under section 2201 of Title 7, Agriculture.
