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30 U.S.C. § 189

Rules and regulations; boundary lines; State rights unaffected; taxation

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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to prescribe necessary and proper rules and regulations and to do any and all things necessary to carry out and accomplish the purposes of this chapter, also to fix and determine the boundary lines of any structure, or oil or gas field, for the purposes of this chapter. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed or held to affect the rights of the States or other local authority to exercise any rights which they may have, including the right to levy and collect taxes upon improvements, output of mines, or other rights, property, or assets of any lessee of the United States.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60 cases (6 in the last 5 years), 1929–2026 · leading case: Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana, 453 U.S. 609 (1981).
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Commonwealth Edison Co. v. Montana, 453 U.S. 609 (1981). · cites it 6× “450 , 30 U. S. C. § 189 , Congress expressly authorized the States to impose severance taxes on federal lessees without imposing any limits on the amount of such taxes.”
Cotton Petroleum Corp. v. New Mexico, 490 U.S. 163 (1989). · cites it 2× “450 , 30 U. S. C. § 189 . Harrison , 49 L. D. 139, 144.”
Commonwealth Edison Co. v. State, 615 P.2d 847 (Mont. 1980). · cites it 3× “30 U.S.C. § 189 ; Oklahoma Tax Comm’n v. Texas Co.”
Amax Land Co. v. Quarterman, Cynthia, 181 F.3d 1356 (D.C. Cir. 1999). · cites it 3× “” 30 U.S.C. § 189 (1994). 2 *1361 B. Amax Land Company is the successor-in-interest to a 1965 lease of certain federal coal-containing lands in Wyoming.”
Wildearth Guardians v. Salazar, 783 F. Supp. 2d 61 (D.D.C. 2011). · cites it 3× “” 30 U.S.C. § 189 . Pursuant to that authority, the Secretary enacted regulations describing how the BLM would “conduct competitive leasing of rights to extract [fjederal coal.”
Ventura Cnty. v. Gulf Oil Corp., 601 F.2d 1080 (9th Cir. 1979). · cites it 2× “( 30 U.S.C. § 189 .) And since the lease concerns lands within a National Forest, Secretary of Agriculture regulations governing oil and gas development are also applicable.”
Amoco Prod. Co. v. Baca, 300 F. Supp. 2d 1 (D.D.C. 2003). · cites it 2× “2002) (“IPAA”) (quoting 30 U.S.C. § 189 ). Moreover, deference is regularly accorded to agency decisions relating to mineral leases and royalty valuations.”
Indep. Petroleum Ass'n of Am. v. Bruce Babbitt, 92 F.3d 1248 (D.C. Cir. 1996). “§ 1334 (a) (offshore leases); 30 U.S.C. § 189 (onshore leases); see California Co.”
California by & through Becerrav. U.S. Dep't of the Interior, 381 F. Supp. 3d 1153 (N.D. Cal. 2019). “§ 1701 ; 30 U.S.C. § 189 . In 1982, Congress enacted the Federal Oil and Gas Royalty Management Act of 1982 ("FOGRMA"), 96 Stat.”
Darby Dev. Co., Inc. v. United States, 112 F.4th 1017 (Fed. Cir. 2024). “See 30 U.S.C. §§ 189 , 226(a) (1994); Del-Rio, 146 F.”
Devon Energy Corp. v. Kempthorne, 551 F.3d 1030 (D.C. Cir. 2008). “30 U.S.C. § 189 . Pursuant to this directive, DOI has issued a number of regulations governing the royalty valuation process.”
Indep. Petroleum Ass'n of Am. v. Dewitt, 279 F.3d 1036 (D.C. Cir. 2002). “” 30 U.S.C. § 189 (federal lands); see also 25 U.”
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