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RCED-83-77 1 (1983-04-28)

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REPORT BY THE U.S.



General Accounting Office






Opportunity To Increase Oil And Gas

Exploration And Lease Rental Income




As a general policy, the Federal Govern-
ment does not issue oil and gas leases on
lands that have been or may be designated
as wilderness. Therefore, the Bureau of
Land Management and the Forest Service
generally do not process lease applications
that include both nonwilderness lands and
wilderness or potential wilderness lands.
GAO found that over 1 million acres of the
lands in the lease applications in seven
Western States involved nonwilderness
lands.

GAO believes the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment and the Forest Service should imple-
ment joint procedures to segregate the non-
wilderness portions of over-the-counter
lease applications and lease them to willing
applicants where practicable. For the seven
States alone, this could increase the
a mount of Federal lands available for oil and
gas exploration and provide about $1 million
in annual rental income.





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