30 U.S.C. § 541c : US Code - Section 541C: Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States

Search 30 U.S.C. § 541c : US Code - Section 541C: Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States

The entryman or owner of any land or the assignee of rights
therein, including lands granted to States, with respect to which
the coal deposits have been reserved to the United States pursuant
to the provisions of section 81 of this title or sections 83 to 85
of this title, excepting lands embraced within a coal prospecting
permit or lease, upon the discovery of valuable source material in
lignite situated within such entered, granted, or patented lands,
who, except for the reservation of coal to the United States would
have the right to mine and remove such source material, shall have
the exclusive right to mine, remove, and dispose of lignite
containing such source material and lignite necessary to be
stripped or mined in the recovery of such material, subject to the
reporting and payment requirements of section 541 of this title,
and subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42
U.S.C. 2011 et seq.], upon filing in the land office designated in
section 541 of this title, an adequate description sufficient to
identify the land containing such lignite.