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30 U.S.C. 1016: AdministrationText contains those laws in effect through Public Law 119-120 (October 7, 2026).
From Title 30-MINERAL LANDS AND MININGCHAPTER 23-GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES

§1016. Administration

Administration of this chapter shall be under the principles of multiple use of lands and resources, and geothermal leases shall, insofar as feasible, allow for coexistence of other leases of the same lands for deposits of minerals under the laws applicable to them, for the location and production of claims under the mining laws, and for other uses of the areas covered by them. Operations under such other leases or for such other uses, however, shall not unreasonably interfere with or endanger operations under any lease issued pursuant to this chapter, nor shall operations under leases so issued unreasonably interfere with or endanger operations under any lease, license, claim, or permit issued pursuant to the provisions of any other Act.

( Pub. L. 91–581, § 17 , Dec. 24, 1970 , 84 Stat. 1571 ; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(17) , Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 672 .)

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2005⁠—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline.