30 USC 1756: Expanded royalty obligations
Text contains those laws in effect on January 23, 2000
From Title 30-MINERAL LANDS AND MININGCHAPTER 29-OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENTSUBCHAPTER III-GENERAL PROVISIONS
§1756. Expanded royalty obligations
Any lessee is liable for royalty payments on oil or gas lost or wasted from a lease site when such loss or waste is due to negligence on the part of the operator of the lease, or due to the failure to comply with any rule or regulation, order or citation issued under this chapter or any mineral leasing law.
(
References in Text
Mineral leasing laws, referred to in text, are defined in sections 351, 505, 530, and 541e of this title.