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[CITE: 30USC1756]

 
                   TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
 
               CHAPTER 29--OIL AND GAS ROYALTY MANAGEMENT
 
                   SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 1756. Expanded royalty obligations

    Any lessee is liable for royalty payments on oil or gas lost or 
wasted from a lease site when such loss or waste is due to negligence on 
the part of the operator of the lease, or due to the failure to comply 
with any rule or regulation, order or citation issued under this chapter 
or any mineral leasing law.

(Pub. L. 97-451, title III, Sec. 308, Jan. 12, 1983, 96 Stat. 2462.)
