Geothermal Steam Leasing: Hearing ... Eighty-eighth Congress, First Session on S. 883U.S. Government Printing Office, 1963 - Geysers |
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acre acreage ALAN BIBLE Amax amended American Metal Climax application BERNFELD BOLEY brines byproducts Chairman committee print competitive bidding competitive leasing Department's determination draft bill ERNEST GRUENING February 25 Federal Power Commission FERMANICH gas leases geothermal energy geothermal lease geothermal resources geothermal steam leasing hearing heat HOCHMUTH holders hot springs industry Insular Affairs Interior and Insular Interior Department Interior's bill Interior's proposal lands administered lease term leasehold leases issued pursuant legislation lessee ment Mineral Leasing Act noncompetitive October 25 oil and gas operations paying quantities placer mining preference rights products of geothermal provides provisions of law public interest public lands purposes reasonable royalties reference regulations royalty royalty payable royalty rate Salton Sea Secretary Senator GRUENING Senator MECHEM sold steam or energy Subcommittee on Minerals suggest surface terms and conditions thermal tion U.S. Senate utilization valuable Western Geothermal Western proposal wildlife refuges
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Page 102 - Upon its acceptance it shall be effective as of the date it is filed, subject to the continued obligation of the lessee and his surety to make payment of all accrued rentals and royalties, and to...
Page 102 - The Secretary may waive, suspend, or reduce the rental or royalty for any lease or portion thereof in the interests of conservation and to encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of geothermal resources...
Page 156 - ... constructing, operating, and maintaining dams, water conduits, reservoirs, power houses, transmission lines, or other project works necessary or convenient for the development and improvement of navigation and for the development, transmission, and utilization of power across, along, from, or in any of the streams or other bodies of water over which Congress has jurisdiction under its authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, or upon any part of the public...
Page 101 - Where the lands have been withdrawn in aid of a function of a Federal department or agency other than the department...
Page 156 - Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of water-power development, and for other beneficial public uses, including recreational purposes...
Page 101 - ... the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, as amended (30 USC 181 et seq.), or the Acquired Lands Mineral Leasing Act of August 7, 1947 (30 USC...
Page 100 - Act, the Secretary of the Interior may issue leases for the development and utilization of geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources (1) in lands administered by him...
Page 142 - The unappropriated water of every natural stream, perennial or torrential, within the State of New Mexico, is hereby declared to belong to the public and to be subject to appropriation for beneficial use, in accordance with the laws of the state- Priority of appropriation shall give the better right.
Page 148 - When the lands to be leased are not within any known geological structure of a producing oil or gas field, the person first making application for the lease who is qualified to hold a lease under this Act shall be entitled to a lease of such lands without competitive bidding.
Page 148 - President is authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations as he may deem appropriate to carry out the purposes of this Act.