Treatment of Oil Shale Mining Claims: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Production of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred First Congress, First Session, on S. 30 ... H.R. 2392 ... July 31, 1989, Volume 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1989 - 312 pages |
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... provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act or to maintain the claim pursuant to certain requirements . H.R. 2392 provides for the same general approach as S. 30 . These oil shale mining claims have been mired in controversy for decades and ...
... provisions of the Mineral Leasing Act or to maintain the claim pursuant to certain requirements . H.R. 2392 provides for the same general approach as S. 30 . These oil shale mining claims have been mired in controversy for decades and ...
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... PROVISIONS OF THE HOUSE MEASURE , HE RISKS LOSING THE CLAIM IN 28 YEARS ( 2017 ) AFTER EXPENDING A MINIMUM OF $ 140,000 . PERHAPS WE SHOULD NOT BE SO ALARMED ABOUT THE TERMINATION PROVISION , HOWEVER , SINCE THE $ 5000 REQUIREMENT IS SO ...
... PROVISIONS OF THE HOUSE MEASURE , HE RISKS LOSING THE CLAIM IN 28 YEARS ( 2017 ) AFTER EXPENDING A MINIMUM OF $ 140,000 . PERHAPS WE SHOULD NOT BE SO ALARMED ABOUT THE TERMINATION PROVISION , HOWEVER , SINCE THE $ 5000 REQUIREMENT IS SO ...
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... PROVISION WHICH PROHIBITS HOLDERS OF OIL SHALE CLAIMS FROM OBTAINING ANY OTHER FEDERAL MINERAL LEASES . THIS IS VERY OFFENSIVE IN LIGHT OF THE BILL'S $ 1000 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT WHICH THESE CLAIMANTS MUST COMPLY WITH IN ORDER ...
... PROVISION WHICH PROHIBITS HOLDERS OF OIL SHALE CLAIMS FROM OBTAINING ANY OTHER FEDERAL MINERAL LEASES . THIS IS VERY OFFENSIVE IN LIGHT OF THE BILL'S $ 1000 ANNUAL ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT WHICH THESE CLAIMANTS MUST COMPLY WITH IN ORDER ...
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... PROVISIONS , AS WELL AS THE JACKED UP PATENTING FEE CONTAINED IN H.R. 2392 , IS TO COERCE THE CLAIMANTS TO ABANDON ... PROVISION IN S. 30 , WHICH PREVENTS ANY ENTITY HOLDING AN OIL SHALE CLAIM FROM OBTAINING ANY OTHER TYPE OF LEASE UNDER ...
... PROVISIONS , AS WELL AS THE JACKED UP PATENTING FEE CONTAINED IN H.R. 2392 , IS TO COERCE THE CLAIMANTS TO ABANDON ... PROVISION IN S. 30 , WHICH PREVENTS ANY ENTITY HOLDING AN OIL SHALE CLAIM FROM OBTAINING ANY OTHER TYPE OF LEASE UNDER ...
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... provision of law , 6 with respect to any oil shale mining claim located prior to 7 enactment of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 ( 30 U.S.C. 8 181 , et seq .; 41 Stat . 437 ) , no patent for such claim shall be 9 issued after January 25 ...
... provision of law , 6 with respect to any oil shale mining claim located prior to 7 enactment of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 ( 30 U.S.C. 8 181 , et seq .; 41 Stat . 437 ) , no patent for such claim shall be 9 issued after January 25 ...
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Page 263 - Wyoming," approved August 1, 1912 (Thirty-seventh Statutes at Large, page 1346), shall be subject to disposition only in the form and manner provided in this Act, except as to valid claims existent at date of the passage of this Act and thereafter maintained in compliance with the laws under which initiated, which claims may be perfected under such laws, including discovery.
Page 232 - After a careful consideration of the subject, it is my opinion that where minerals have been found and the evidence is of such a character that a person of ordinary prudence would be justified in the further expenditure of his labor and means, with a reasonable prospect of success, in developing a valuable mine, the requirements of the statute have been met.
Page 64 - Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. I would be pleased to answer any questions you may have.
Page 152 - May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than one hundred dollars' worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the tenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, ten dollars...
Page 63 - States, species are classified as threatened or endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife service in accordance with the 1973 Endangered Species Act, renewed and extended in 1988.
Page 260 - ... valid claims existent on February 25, 1920, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the laws under which initiated, which claims may be perfected under such laws, including discovery.
Page 125 - This is true even though the effect of the legislation is to impose a new duty or liability based on past acts.
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Page 89 - Winter Concentration Areas - That part of the winter range of a species where densities are XX greater (defined for each DAU) than the surrounding winter range density during the same period used to define winter range in the average five winters out of ten. Severe winter Range - That part of the range of a species where 90 percent of the Individuals are located when the annual snowpaclc 1s at Us maximum 1n the two worst winters out of ten.
Page 237 - A petition for rehearing filed under this paragraph must be supported by a certificate of counsel to the effect that it is presented in good faith and not for delay, and counsel must also certify that the petition is restricted to the grounds above specified.