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EMD-78-68 1 (1979-06-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaazjl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL Report To The Congress OF THE UNITED STATES Natural Gas Reserves Estimates: A Good Federal Program Emerging, But Problems And Duplications Persist The Department of Energy is developing a national program to collect estimates of nat- ural gas reserves to meet various Government information needs. GAO believes the approach being used is appropriate because it proposes to collect the estimates from opera- tors--those having the best knowledge of the reserves--and to use Federal personnel to verify the information through annual audits of the reports received. However, GAO doubts that all the dja to be collected are needed to fulfill Government functions. AXlso, a pilot test of the survey form is not planned and a strong validation program must still be developed. Two other major, but less comprehensive, programs by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the U.S. Geological Survey are duplicative and should be cancelled. A companion report, issued concurrently entitled Policy Needed to Guide Natural Gas Regulation on Federal Lands (EMD-78-86), reviews Federal regulation of the exploration, development, and production of natural gas in the Federal domain of the Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf. \D S7, A- 6 -6 /: 109648 EMD-78-68 JUNE 15, 1979 LM109648 OA4W

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