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RCED-85-33 1 (1985-05-28)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabfcl0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Fs~rngr g t h be b1*ass oat -8 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL RELEASED Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Environment, Energy, And Natural Resources Committee On Government Operations House Of Representatives OF THE UNITED STATES The Department Of The Interior's Office of Surface Mining Should More Fully Recover Or Eliminate Its Costs Of Regulating Coal Mining The Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) is spending about $65 million annually to implement regulatory program requirements of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977. The act requires the regulatory authority, whether OSM or that of a state with an OSM-approved program, to charge fees to mining operators for reviewing, enforcing, and administering coal mine operating permits and authorizes that the amount of such fees can fully recover costs. The OSM and states assess certain fees, but the fees recover only a small portion of their program costs. GAO found that if OSM and states fully recovered their regulatory costs, OSM could save over $50 million a year and the impact on coal demand and production would be minimal. GAO recommends that the Secretary of the Interior collect fees that fully recover OSM's regulatory costs, phase out or substantially reduce financial assistance to states, and encourage states to fully recover their own costs. r I z . 127113 GAO/RCED-85-33 MAY 28. 1985 1'

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