30 USC § 1012 - Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty
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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s1012"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 1012 - Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "1012"
section_name: "Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty"
chapter_number: 23
chapter_name: "GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 91–581, § 13, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1570; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(13), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 672.)"
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# § 1012. Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty
The Secretary may waive, suspend, or reduce the rental or royalty for any lease or portion thereof in the interests of conservation and to encourage the greatest ultimate recovery of geothermal resources, if he determines that this is necessary to promote development or that the lease cannot be successfully operated under the lease terms.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–581, § 13, Dec. 24, 1970, 84 Stat. 1570; Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 236(13), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 672.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2005— inserted section catchline.