30 U.S.C. § 188a : US Code - Section 188A: Surrender of leases

Search 30 U.S.C. § 188a : US Code - Section 188A: Surrender of leases

The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to accept the
surrender of any lease issued pursuant to any of the provisions of
this chapter, or any amendment thereof, where the surrender is
filed in the Bureau of Land Management subsequent to the accrual
but prior to the payment of the yearly rental due under the lease,
upon payment of the accrued rental on a pro rata monthly basis for
the portion of the lease year prior to the filing of the surrender.
The authority granted to the Secretary of the Interior by this
section shall extend only to cases in which he finds that the
failure of the lessee to file a timely surrender of the lease prior
to the accrual of the rental was not due to a lack of reasonable
diligence, but it shall not extend to claims or cases which have
been referred to the Department of Justice for purposes of suit.