30 U.S.C. § 186 : US Code - Section 186: Reservation of easements or rights-of-way for working purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands; determination before offering of lease; easement periods

Search 30 U.S.C. § 186 : US Code - Section 186: Reservation of easements or rights-of-way for working purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands; determination before offering of lease; easement periods

Any permit, lease, occupation, or use permitted under this
chapter shall reserve to the Secretary of the Interior the right to
permit upon such terms as he may determine to be just, for joint or
several use, such easements or rights-of-way, including easements
in tunnels upon, through, or in the lands leased, occupied, or used
as may be necessary or appropriate to the working of the same, or
of other lands containing the deposits described in this chapter,
and the treatment and shipment of the products thereof by or under
authority of the Government, its lessees, or permittees, and for
other public purposes. The Secretary of the Interior, in his
discretion, in making any lease under this chapter, may reserve to
the United States the right to lease, sell, or otherwise dispose of
the surface of the lands embraced within such lease under existing
law or laws hereafter enacted, insofar as said surface is not
necessary for use of the lessee in extracting and removing the
deposits therein. If such reservation is made it shall be so
determined before the offering of such lease. The said Secretary,
during the life of the lease, is authorized to issue such permits
for easements herein provided to be reserved.