30 USC § 205 - Consolidation of leases

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s205"
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title: "30 USC § 205 - Consolidation of leases"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "205"
section_name: "Consolidation of leases"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "COAL"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 5, 41 Stat. 439.)"
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# § 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.

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**Source Credit**: (Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 5, 41 Stat. 439.)