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RCED-94-132R 1 (1994-04-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobacknm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: United States GAO General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-256490 April 18, 1994 Ms. Mollie H. Beattie Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Department of the Interior Dear Ms. Beattie: The Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1992 provided funding for the repair and replacement of facilities that were damaged by Hurricane Iniki at the national wildlife refuges in Kauai, Hawaii. In response to allegations we received regarding possible improper expenditure of some of these funds by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), we initiated a review to determine whether funds appropriated under the act were being used for the purposes specified in the act. This letter provides the results of our review. In summary, expenditures for reconstruction work at two locations, which is either planned or under way, are not authorized under the act. Specifically, as of March 1994, FWS was spending emergency funds for, among other things, enlarging selected buildings at the Hanalei refuge. FWS is also planning to spend emergency funds to enlarge and remodel the visitors' center at the Kilauea Point refuge. The work, in our view, goes beyond the limitations on the use of emergency funds--that is, for the repair and replacement of buildings and facilities to their prehurricane conditions. BACKGROUND FWS is responsible for managing the three national wildlife refuges (NWR) on the island of Kauai: Kilauea Point NWR, which houses the Kilauea Point Lighthouse; Hanalei NWR; and Huleia NWR. All three suffered facility and habitat damage from Hurricane Iniki. A few days after the hurricane, a team of FWS engineers visited Kauai and estimated that $6.01 million was needed for refuge rehabilitation. GAO/RCED-94-132R, Hurricane Iniki Expenditures

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