...than 5 years each. (b) DURATION OP A PEBMIT. — Each permit for commercial recovery shall be issued for a term of 20 years and for so long thereafter as hard mineral resource!: are recovered annually in commercial quantities from the area to which the...

...Exhibit A 30 USC S 207(a) and (b) Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 with Clarifying Language Underscored. (a) A coal lease shall be for a term of 20 years and for...so long thereafter as coal is produced annually in commercial quantities from that lease. Any lease which is not producing in commercial quantities at...

...rentals; royalties: readjust§6, FCLAA ment of conditions A coal lease shall be for a term of twenty years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced annually in commercial quantities from that lease. Any lease which Is not producing in commercial quantities at...

...however, be read in conjunction with the provisions of Section 6* of the 1976 Act, which provide that a coal lease shall be for a term of 20 years and for...so long thereafter as coal is produced annually in commercial quantities, but that any lease not producing in commercial quantities at the end of 10 years...

...a term of art in Federal mineral law. Section 6 of FCLAA (section 7(a) of the MLA) provides: "Each lease shall be for a term of 20 years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced annually in commercial quantities from that lease. Any lease that is not producing in commercial quantities at...

...Both S. 372 and S. 570 would amend section 7 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to provide that a coal lease shall be for a term of 20 years and for so long thereafter as the condition of continued operation is met. Such language ends the incongruity in current law in which...

...Both S. 372 and S. 570 would anend section 7 of the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to provide that a coal lease shall be for a term of 20 years and for . o long thereafter as the condition of continued operation is net. Such language ends the incongruity...

...which can be operated as a single mine or unit. SEC. 7. (a) A coal lease shall be for a term of twenty years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced annually in commercial quantities from that lease. Any lease which is not producing in commercial quantities at...

...than 5 years each. (b) DURATION OF A PERMIT. — Each permit for commercial recovery shall be issued for a term of 20 years and for so long thereafter as hard mineral resources are recovered annually in commercial quantities from the area to which the recovery...

...of assessing federal -20royalties. 30 USC $207 provides: A coal lease shall be for a term of twenty years and for so long thereafter as coal is produced annually in commercial quantities from that lease. Any lease which is not producing in commercial quantities at...