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B-148623 1 (1973-01-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaaehd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: RIESTRUCTED Ndtb r lla ti o eC easeeou Sde the So Accounting Office except on the basis of specTfic apP C/I hy thse Office of Congressional Rej 0 F WASHINGTON.0 RELEASED B-148623 JAt 8 1973 Dear Mr. Chairman: At your request we have evaluated the Department of the Interiorts comments to you, dated October 11, 1972, on our report entitled Administration of Regulations for Surface Exploration, Mining, and Reclamation of and d Coal Lands, Department of-the Interior (B-148623, Aug. 10, 1972). This letter comments on the Department's views that: --The Buae:u..Xn1d enA'ents (BLM's) procedures for vi meat statemen9ts werede1 oped through formal and informal consultation with the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and fully comply with the CEQ guidelines. --Our report was not in all cases factual and accurate. --Rzga ion regulations (43 CFR 23 and 25 CFR 177) were fully implemented, and further clarification of BLM's regulations or the manual instructions and other implementing guidelines of the Geological Survey is unnecessary. In considering the Department's views, we interviewed again those Department officials who had initially provided input into our report as well as other Department officials who were willing and able to provide information. Also we examined new evidence and documented files provided by the Department, and we met with CEQ officials. BLM's procedures for preparing environmental impact statements The Department stated that BLM's procedures--updated on May 4, 1972--fully comply with the CEQ guidelines. After carefully reevaluating the procedures and discuss- ing the matter with CEQ officials, we remain of the opinion

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