Sec. 2. DEFINITIONS.2
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## SEC. 2 DEFINITIONS.2 As used in this Act, the term— 2The amendment made by section 236(5) of Public Law 109–58 was carried out to reflect the probable intent of Congress. The instruction to strike “**SEC. 2. As**” probably should have been to strike “**Sec. 2. As**”. ###
(a)“**Secretary**” means the Secretary of the Interior; ###
(b)“**geothermal lease**” means a lease issued under authority of this Act; ###
(c)“**geothermal resources**” means
(i)all products of geothermal processes, embracing indigenous steam, hot water and hot brines;
(ii)steam and other gases, hot water and hot brines resulting from water, gas, or other fluids artificially introduced into geothermal formations;
(iii)heat or other associated energy found in geothermal formations; and
(iv)any byproduct derived from them; ###
(d)“**byproduct**” means any mineral or minerals (exclusive of oil, hydrocarbon gas, and helium) which are found in solution or in association with geothermal steam and which have a value of less than 75 per centum of the value of the geothermal steam or are not, because of quantity, quality, or technical difficulties in extraction and production, of sufficient value to warrant extraction and production by themselves; ###
(e)“**known geothermal resources area**” means an area in which the geology, nearby discoveries, competitive interests, or other indicia would, in the opinion of the Secretary, engender a belief in men who are experienced in the subject matter that the prospects for extraction of geothermal steam or associated geothermal resources3 are good enough to warrant expenditures of money for that purpose. 3Probably should read “**geothermal resources**”. Section 236(1) of Public Law 109–58 amended the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 by striking `geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources'' each place it appears and inserting “**geothermal resources**”. The amendment could not be executed because the word “**or**” appears in paragraph
(e)instead of “**and**” in the matter purported to be struck. ###
(f)“**Significant thermal features within units of the National Park System**” shall include, but not be limited to, the following: ####
(1)Thermal features within units of the National Park System listed in Section 28(a)(1) and designated as significant in the Federal Register notice of August 3, 1987 (Vol. 52. No. 148 Fed. Reg. 28790). ####
(2)Crater Lake National Park. ####
(3)Thermal features within Big Bend National Park and Lake Mead National Recreation Area proposed as significant in the Federal Register notice of February 13, 1987 (Vol. 52, No. 30 Fed. Reg. 4700). ####
(4)Thermal features within units of the National Park System added to the significant thermal features list pursuant to section 28(a)(2) of this Act. ###
(g)“**direct use**” means utilization of geothermal resources for commercial, residential, agricultural, public facilities, or other energy needs other than the commercial production of electricity; and4 4Punctuation in paragraph
(g)so in law. See amendment made by section 236(2) of Public Law 109–58. **[**[30 U.S.C. 1001](/us/usc/t30/s1001)**]**
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- Pub. L. 109-58
- 148 FR 28790
- 30 FR 4700
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