30 U.S.C. § 1020 : US Code - Section 1020: Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights

Search 30 U.S.C. § 1020 : US Code - Section 1020: Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights

Geothermal resources in lands the surface of which has passed
from Federal ownership but in which the minerals have been reserved
to the United States shall not be developed or produced except
under geothermal leases made pursuant to this chapter. If the
Secretary of the Interior finds that such development is imminent,
or that production from a well heretofore drilled on such lands is
imminent, he shall so report to the Attorney General, and the
Attorney General is authorized and directed to institute an
appropriate proceeding in the United States district court of the
district in which such lands are located, to quiet the title of the
United States in such resources, and if the court determines that
the reservation of minerals to the United States in the lands
involved included the geothermal resources, to enjoin their
production otherwise than under the terms of this chapter:
Provided, That upon an authoritative judicial determination that
Federal mineral reservation does not include geothermal resources
the duties of the Secretary of the Interior to report and of the
Attorney General to institute proceedings, as hereinbefore set
forth, shall cease.