30 U.S.C. § 205 : US Code - Section 205: Consolidation of leases

Search 30 U.S.C. § 205 : US Code - Section 205: Consolidation of leases

If, in the judgment of the Secretary of the Interior, the public
interest will be subserved thereby, lessees holding under lease
areas not exceeding the maximum permitted under this chapter may
consolidate their leases through the surrender of the original
leases and the inclusion of such areas in a new lease of not to
exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of contiguous
lands.