PUBLIC LAW 100-443—SEPT. 22, 1988
102 STAT. 1769
(2) In subsection (b) after "oil and gas" insert ", coal, oil shale, phosphate, potassium, sulphur, gilsonite or geothermal resources". (d) The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1001-1025) is amended by adding the following new section: "SEC. 29. The Secretary shall not issue any lease under this Act on those lands subject to the prohibition provided under section 43 of the Mineral Leasing Act.".
Coal, Petroleum and Eroducte'" ^^°^^30 USC 1027.
SEC. 6. SIGNIFICANT THERMAL FEATURES.
The Geothermal Steam Act of 1970, as amended (30 U.S.C. 10011025) is amended by adding the following new section 28: "SEC. 28. (a)(1) The Secretary shall maintain a list of significant Records, thermal features, as defined in section 2(f), within units of the 30 USC 1026. National Park System, including but not limited to the following units: "(A) Mount Rainier National Park. "(B) Crater Lake National Park. "(C) Yellowstone National Park. "(D) John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Memorial Parkway. "(E) Bering Land Bridge National Preserve. "(F) Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve. "(G) Katmai National Park. "(H) Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve. "(I) Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve. "(J) Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. "(K) Hot Springs National Park. "(L) Big Bend National Park (including that portion of the Rio Grande National Wild Scenic River within the boundaries of Big Bend National Park). "(M) Lassen Volcanic National Park. "(N) Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. "(O) Haleakala National Park. "(P) Lake Mead National Recreation Area. "(2) The Secretary may, after notice and public comment, add significant thermal features within units of the National Park System to the significant thermal features list. "(3) The Secretary shall consider the following criteria in determining the significance of thermal features: "(A) Size, extent and uniqueness. "(B) Scientific and geologic significance. "(C) The extent to which such features remain in a natural, undisturbed condition. "(D) Significance of thermal features to the authorized purposes for which the National Park System unit was established. "(b)(1) The Secretary shall maintain a monitoring program for significant thermal features within units of the National Park System. "(2) As part of the monitoring program required by paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish a research program to collect and assess data on the geothermal resources within units of the National Park System with significant thermal features. Such program shall be carried out by the National Park Service in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey and shall begin with the collection and assessment of data for significant thermal features near current or proposed geothermal development and shall also include such features near areas of potential geothermal development.
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