30 U.S.C. § 529 : US Code - Section 529: Helium lands subject to entry

Search 30 U.S.C. § 529 : US Code - Section 529: Helium lands subject to entry

Lands withdrawn from the public domain which are within (a)
Helium Reserve Numbered 1, pursuant to Executive orders of March
21, 1924, and January 28, 1926, and (b) Helium Reserve Numbered 2
pursuant to Executive Order 6184 of June 26, 1933, shall be subject
to entry and location under the mining laws of the United States,
and to permit and lease under the mineral leasing laws, upon
determination by the Secretary of the Interior, based upon
available geologic and other information, that there is no
reasonable probability that operations pursuant to entry or
location of the particular lands under the mining laws, or pursuant
to a permit or lease of the particular lands under the Mineral
Leasing Act [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], will result in the extraction
or cause loss or waste of the helium-bearing gas in the lands of
such reserves: Provided, That the lands shall not become subject to
entry, location, permit or lease until such time as the Secretary
designates in an order published in the Federal Register: And
provided further, That the Secretary may at any time as a condition
to continued mineral operations require the entryman, locator,
permittee or lessee to take such measures either above or below the
surface of the lands as the Secretary deems necessary to prevent
loss or waste of the helium-bearing gas.