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109525 1 (1979-06-01)

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                                     FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                     Expected at 9:30 a.m.
                                     Friday, June 1, 1979


           UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                   WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                        STATEMENT OF
                        J. DEXTER PEACH
           DIRECTOR, ENERGY AND MINERALS DIVISION
                         BEFORE THE
              SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND POWER      t9 2s0.
                           OF THE
       HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERSTATE AND FOREIGN COMMERCE

       rZAL TRESPASS IN THE EASTERN UNITED STAZJ


Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:

     We welcome the opportunity to appear before this Sub-

committee to discuss our findings on reported cases of coal

trespass in the Eastern States and, specifically, Alabama.

My testimony is based on our recent report, prepared at

your request, evaluating the extent to which the Department

of the Interior and its Bureau of Land Management have       t

investigated reported cases involving trespass of Federally

owned coal,'with losses--based on the value of the coal--

estimated by the Bureau ranging from $135 million to more

than $1 billion. 1/ I should mention at the outset that

this estimate--made by the Bureau's Eastern States Offihe--

is oased on very limited data, and is thus unreliable; but



l/Coal Trespass in the Eastern States--More Federal Over-
   sight Needed, EMD-79-69, May 25, 1979.





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