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EMD-82-85 1 (1982-05-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabdid0001 and id is 1 raw text is: .1 ~.. P7 / UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION May 24, 1982 B-207450 The Honorable Jesse Helms Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: Subject: Potential Cost of Purchasing or Exchanging Phosphate Mining Lease Rights in Florida's Osceola National Forest (GAO/EMD-82-85) In your letter of April 2, 1982, you requested the General Accounting Office (GAO) to (1) study the potential cost of purchasing or exchanging preference right leases for phosphate mining in the Osceola National Forest, including an evaluation of the technical and cost information already developed in this regard, and (2) comment on procedures that should be followed by the Department of the Interior and the companies involved in assuring that fair market value is properly determined. As you are aware, proposed legislation, S. 1873 and H.R. 9, both provide for the designation of wilderness in the Osceola National Forest in the State of Florida. The bills also provide for the compensation of several companies that have applications for preferential lease rights for mining phosphates within the boundaries of the proposed wilderness areas. Because of the short time frame involved in responding to your request and the Committee's urgent need for this material, we did not obtain formal agency comments. Verbal views of some agency officials were obtained and are presented in the text of the report where appropriate. Their remarks do not, however, represent the official position of their agency. As outlined during our prior briefing of your staff on April 26, 1982, the intent of this letter is to summarize our findings. --First, conflicts and deficiencies in existing technical and cost information provide an insufficient basis for determining the value 118518 (008473) O2 2 ,?

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