§ 186. — Reservation of easements or rightsofway for working purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands; determination before offering of lease; easement periods.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC186]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 186. Reservation of easements or rights-of-way for working
purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands;
determination before offering of lease; easement periods
Any permit, lease, occupation, or use permitted under this chapter
shall reserve to the Secretary of the Interior the right to permit upon
such terms as he may determine to be just, for joint or several use,
such easements or rights-of-way, including easements in tunnels upon,
through, or in the lands leased, occupied, or used as may be necessary
or appropriate to the working of the same, or of other lands containing
the deposits described in this chapter, and the treatment and shipment
of the products thereof by or under authority of the Government, its
lessees, or permittees, and for other public purposes. The Secretary of
the Interior, in his discretion, in making any lease under this chapter,
may reserve to the United States the right to lease, sell, or otherwise
dispose of the surface of the lands embraced within such lease under
existing law or laws hereafter enacted, insofar as said surface is not
necessary for use of the lessee in extracting and removing the deposits
therein. If such reservation is made it shall be so determined before
the offering of such lease. The said Secretary, during the life of the
lease, is authorized to issue such permits for easements herein provided
to be reserved.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, Sec. 29, 41 Stat. 449.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 275, 285 of this title;
title 10 sections 7421, 7435.
