PUBLIC LAW 101-522—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 2291 (1) MONUMENT. — Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands within the Monument are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, or patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all mineral and geothermal leasing laws. (2) TRANSFERAL AREA.—Subject to valid existing rights. Federal lands within the Transferal Area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, or patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all mineral and geothermal leasing laws. Upon completion of a well capable of producing geothermal steam in commercial quantities, as defined in section 6(d) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1005(d)) on valid existing leases within the Transferal Area, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, the withdrawal made by this subsection shall be revoked, and such lands shall be restored to the operation of the public land laws, mining laws, and mineral and geothermal leasing laws. (3) TRANSFERAL CORRIDOR. —Subject to valid existing rights. Federal lands within the Transferal Corridor are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry or patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all mineral and geothermal leasing laws. (4) TRANSFERAL AREA ADJACENT.— Subject to valid existing rights, Federal lands within the Transferal Area Adjacent are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, or patent under the mining laws, and from disposition under all mineral leasing laws except the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Upon completion of a well capable of producing geothermal steam in commercial quantities, as defined in section 6(d) of the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 (30 U.S.C. 1005(d)) within the Transferal Area, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior, this area will be managed as part of the Special Management Area and be governed by provisions in section 4(a)(5). Geothermal leases issued in this area shall contain stipulations that prohibit surface occupancy and no plans of operation will be approved by the Secretary until commercial quantities of geothermal resources are found within the Transferal Area. (5) SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA.—Subject to valid existing rights. Federal lands within the Special Management Area are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, from location, entry, or patent under the mining laws, and under all mineral leasing laws except the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Geothermal leases issued in this area shall contain stipulations that prohibit surface occupancy and shall require that the Special Management Area be entered only by directional drilling from outside the Special Management Area boundaries. In the event that no commercial quantities of geothermal resources are developed under leases within 30 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to withdraw such areas in perpetuity from all further leasing under the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970. Upon such withdrawal, the Special Management Area designations shall terminate and such areas shall become part of the Monument. All or
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