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      lil            UNITED STATES GENERAL  ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                                 REGIONAL  OFFICE
                             SUITE 300-D, 2420 W 26TH AVENUE
                             DENVER,  COLORADO  80211

                                                                 JAN 1  1978


Dr. Wilmot N. Hess, Director
Environmental Research Laboratories
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
  Administration
Boulder, Colorado  80302

Dear Dr. Hess

     We recently completed a review of the Bureau of Land Management's
outer continental shelf environmental studies programQ  As you know, a
major part of the review dealt with the Alaska outer continental shelf
environmental studies program, which is managed by the Environmental
Research Laboratories   The results of our review were discussed with
you and your staff in both Boulder, Colorado, and Rockville, Maryland,
and we anticipate reporting the results to the Congress in the near
future

     However, additional issues were identified during the review which
were not fully developed, and will not be included in the report to the
Congress   They are being brought to your attention so that you can
obtain further details and take any necessary corrective action   We will
be glad to meet with you or your staff and discuss these issues in greater
detail if you desire

     We found, in the Alaska outer continental shelf environmental studies
program

     --a lack of control over procurement, use, and retention of
       equipment,

     --a potential conflict of interest in the operation of the
       Fairbanks Alaska Project Office, and

     --a possible unfair competitive advantage by one research contractor

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