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B-148623 1 (1973-02-26)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkhx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: SSTRCT - t to be released outside the General AC0'0;ntjig Office excePt On the basiryl 73- isk by te tjWfg~=N Ok W a record ot which LyeE tio1 Pubiection0, Branch, OAS / RELEASED B-148623 / FEB 2 i973 The Honorable Henry S. Reuss Chairman, Subcommittee on Conservation and Natural Resources Committee on Government Operations House of Representatives IDear Mr. Chairman: This is our response to your letter of September 12, 1972, concerning the De, t .ent of the Interior's June 29, 1972, amendment to its surface e;i, pn, ni and ec- Lamation regulations., You requested that we determine (1) the basisfort TMeoGvernment to assume the burden of re- claiming community pits or common-use areas, (2) the amount, adequacy, and disposition of the charges collected under the regulations in effect before June 29, 1972, to defray the Government's costs of reclamation, and (3) the legality of establishing a fund for the deposit of reclamation contribu- tions under the June 29, 1972, amendment to the regulations. Before 1969 the Department did not require purchasers of material from community pits to pay a fee to finance the cost of reclaiming such pits. Community pits-are those where a deposit of materials, such as sand and gravel, is removed by several purchasers over an extended period of time. In such cases, reclamation of the area is not per- formed while there is a demand for the materials in the deposit. In January 1969 the Department issued regulations C43 CFR 23) which provided that the Government would assume the burden of reclaiming deposits where more than one permit or contract was involved. The regulations provided also that a charge to defray the cost of reclamation would be added to the sales price under each such permit or contract. 9S~IO13IV I

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