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RCED-85-35 1 (1984-11-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabnns0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Ij 6 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 November 5, 1984 Ar.' [ ( II1 vi [ IPMI NI I,1V IN B-21 6768 The Honorable James H. Weaver Chairman, Subcommittee on Mining, Forest Manaqement, and Bonneville Power 125626 Administrat ion Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Adequacy of Geologic Data for Proposed Coal Lease Tracts in Central Utah and Western Colorado (GAO/RCED-85-35) In a June q, 1983, letter you requested our evaluation of two issues relating to the Department of the Interior's management of its federal coal leasing program: (1) adequacy of geologic data on coal reserves contained in tracts that were proposed for coal lease sales in the San Juan Basin and Uinta federal coal reqions and (2) the Bureau of Land Manaqement's (Bureau's) decisions relating to the Duck Nest coal lease exchange. As you know, the Department, in late 1983, postponed the leasing of the San Juan tracts and we provided a briefing to your office on the qeologic data issues affecting these tracts. Concerning the Duck Nest coal lease exchange, we are developing a report which we will provide to you in the near future. This report responds to that segment of your letter request- inq that we determine the adequacy of data on coal reserves con- tained in tracts being considered for leasing in the Uinta federal coal reqion, which covers central Utah and western Colorado. As requested, we reviewed the impact proqrammatic changes made in 19R1 had on the adequacy of and timely access to qeoloqic data developed by or made available to Department of the Interior qeol- oqists for delineatinq1 and valuinq Tlinta lease tracts. These 1Tract delineation is the process of determininq the location of tract boundary lines for deposits of coal reserves. The deter- mination is made by a team of Interior Department geologists, mining engineers, land use planners, and other specialists on the basis of technical coal data, conservation of coal and other natural resources, land ownership patterns, and coal industry expressions of interest in developing those lands. ()-340-1(005573)

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