PUBLIC LAW 95-554—OCT. 30, 1978
92 STAT. 2074
30 USC 202a.
Evaluation and review.
Acquisition authorization.
Exchanges.
exercise of a right-of-way permit issued pursuant to title V of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.". SEC. 3. Section 3 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 203), is further amended by adding after the word "contiguous", the words "or cornering", and by deleting the period at the end of the second sentence thereof and adding the following clause: "except that nothing in this section shall require the Secretary to apply the production or mining plan requirements of section 2(d)(2) and 7(c) of this Act (30 U.S.C. 201(d)(2) and 207(c)). The minimum royalty provisions of section 7(a) of this Act (30 U.S.C. 207(a)) shall not apply to any lands covered by this modified lease prior to a modification until the term of the original lease or extension thereof which became effective prior to the effective date of this Act has expired.". SEC. 4. Section 37 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 (30 U.S.C. 193) is further amended by the addition of the words "except as provided in sections 206 and 209 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (90 Stat. 2756, 2757-8), and" after "only in the form and manner provided in this Act," and before the word "except". SEC. 5. Section 30 of the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended (30 U.S.C. 187) is further amended by striking the word "boy" and inserting in lieu thereof "child" and by striking the phrase "or the employment of any girl or woman, without regard to age,". SEC. 6. (a) The Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed within nine months of the date of enactment of this Act to evaluate and review the scenic, recreational, fish and wildlife, cultural, historic, and other public values of the reservoir in Johnson County, Wyoming, known as Lake DeSmet and the adjoining and adjacent coal properties. The Secretary's review and evaluation shall be for the purpose of determining whether the Lake DeSmet property shall be acquired for public use and enjoyment by exchange for Federal coal lands. (b) If the Secretary determines that the Lake DeSmet property shall be acquired, he is authorized, with the agreement of the owners of the property, to acquire the Lake DeSmet property by exchanging Federal coal lands, interests in Federal coal lands, or Federal coal leases. (c) The exchange authorized by this section shall be for equal value. To the extent, if any, the value of the lands or interests exchanged are not equal the difference may be adjusted by the payment of money so long as the payment does not exceed 25 per centum of the total value of the lands or interests transferred out of Federal ownership. In determining the value of the Lake DeSmet property, the Secretary is authorized and directed to include the fair market value of the property, considering the acquisition cost of the lands, the value of the coal deposits, water rights and water resource developments, and capital and other appropriate improvements. The exchange of such properties shall be carried out expeditiously in accordance with the provisions of this section and other Federal land exchange authority to the extent such authority is applicable and consistent with this section.
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