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BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL                                  1I3/9 2..-



Report To The Congress


OF THE UNITED STATES





A Shortfall in Leasing Coal From Federal

Lands: What Effect On

National Energy Goals?



In January 1981--after a 10-year moratorium--
the Department of the Interior plans to resume
competitive coal leasing. But flaws in the new
program, unless corrected early, may greatly
reduce the amount of coal available from Fed-
eral lands.

Interior's plans for the first sale include only
about one-third as much coal as needed. Faulty
assumptions in setting the leasing target risk a
Government-caused production shortfall by
the late 1980s.

Interior's failure to obtain expressions of leas-
ing interest from industry during land use plan-
ning unnecessarily restricts coal development
and may force it to less economically and en-
vironmentally suitable locations.

More coal data is needed to identify and eval-
uate tracts and industry needs to be encour-
aged to do more exploration.





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                 *lccl IAUGUST 22, 1980

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