...public. Geological Survey. — USGS is responsible for the classification of the public lands and the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain including those of the Outer Continental Shelf. Other offices within the Department of the Interior...

...public. Geological Survey. — USGS is responsible for the classification of the public lands and the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources and products of the national domain including those of the Outer Continental Shelf. Other offices within the Department of the Interior...

...forth in 43 USC § 31 that the Director : . . . shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain. [Emphasis added.] Public Law 87-626, September 5, 1062, 76 Stat. 427, which amended the Act of 1879,...

...Survey. The Geological Survey was established by the Organic Act of 1879 4 which provides for ". . . the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain." As a part of its function, the Geological Survey investigates the quantity, distribution, chemical...

...USC 31) •Men gave It the basic function of classifying all the public lands and the 'esavfnatlon of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." Under Its organic act/ the geological Survey has broad responsibilities for the gathering and evaluation...

...advice and consent of the Senate. This officer shall have the direction of the Geological Survey, and the classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources, and products of the national domain. The Director and members of the Geological Smvey shall have no personal or private interests in the...

...Energy Act in l879 (43 USC 3l), establishing the Geological Survey with responsibility for •, « " " the classification of the public lands and examination...structure, mineral resources, and products of the general domain," has grown into a complex system of laws dealing with the many phases of energy matters....

...Geological Survey, of the Department of the Interior, is authorized pursuant to 43 USC to provide for the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain and to conduct such examinations outside the national domain where the Secretary of the Interior determines...

...1879 (20 Stat. 394; 43 USC 31), which provided for "The classification of the public lands and the examination of the geological structure, mineral resources, and products of the national domain." The Act of September 5, 1962 (76 Stat. 427; 43 USC 31 (b)), expanded this authorization to include...

...for Federal involvement in scientific pursuits. The US Geological Survey, established in 1879 41 for the "classification of the public lands and examination...mineral resources and products of the national domain." was the result of the need to administer a variety of formal and informal arrangements for the exploration...