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RCED-84-17 1 (1984-08-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaberv0001 and id is 1 raw text is: REPORT BY THE Comptroller General O)F TFE UNITED STATES Legislative Changes Are Needed To Authorize Emergency Federal Coal Leasing The Department of the Interior has established emergency leasing regulations to make federal coal available to existing operators with an urgent need for it Existing law requires the Secretary of the Interior to issue federal coal leases, including emergency leases, on a competitive basis Although reasonable in concept, Interior's emergency leasing regulations have been difficult to administer within a competitive framework, mainly because there is an inherent lack of competitive interest for emergency tracts which are located next to an ongoing mining operation and are needed to sustain it The low value of these tracts on the open market contrasts with their substantial economic value to the adjacent operator needing the coal In view of the need for emergency leasing, GAO rec- ommends that the Congress amend the Mineral Lands Leasing Act of 1920 to authorize emergency federal coal leasing and to allow Interior to use negotiated, rather than competitive, lease sale procedures to carry it out Such legislative changes would recognize the unique objectives of emergency leasing and allow Interior to administer it in a more pragmatic manner @\J bl z4G124852 -C,( GAO/RCED-84-1 7 r(o AUGUST 2. 1984

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