Surface mining: Regulatory capability of Indian tribes should be assessed
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5925728
This report addresses how successful cooperative agreements between the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement and the Indian tribes have been in advancing tribal regulatory proficiency concerning surface coal mining operations on Indian lands. GAO found that the Department of the Interior monitors the tribes' progress in completing tasks specifically required by the cooperative agreements. However, Interior has not comprehensively assessed whether the tribes' regulatory proficiency has progressed to the point where they could assume primary responsibility for regulating coal mining and reclamation activities on their land - the stated purpose of the agreements.
- Research Organization:
- General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5925728
- Report Number(s):
- GAO/RCED-87-34
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
S. 2879: a bill to provide for cooperation between the Secretary of the Interior and Indian tribes with respect to the regulation of coal mining operations on Indian reservation lands and the acquisition and reclamation of abandoned mines on such land, and for other purposes. Senate of the United States, Ninety-Eighth Congress, Second Session
Surface mining: Issues associated with Indian assumption of regulatory authority
Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining should more fully recover or eliminate its costs of regulating coal mining
Book
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Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1983
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OSTI ID:6388571
Surface mining: Issues associated with Indian assumption of regulatory authority
Technical Report
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Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985
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OSTI ID:5926198
Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining should more fully recover or eliminate its costs of regulating coal mining
Technical Report
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Tue May 28 00:00:00 EDT 1985
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OSTI ID:5175447
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