Adequacy of geologic data for proposed coal lease tracts in central Utah and western Colorado. [GAO investigation of congressional inquiry]

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:6147739

In a June 9, 1983, letter you requested our evaluation of two issues relating to the Department of the Interior's management of its federal coal leasing program: (1) adequacy of geologic data on coal reserves contained in tracts that were proposed for coal lease sales in the San Juan Basin and Uinta federal coal regions and (2) the Bureau of Land Management's (Bureau's) decisions relating to the Duck Nest coal lease exchange. As you know, the Department, in late 1983, postponed the leasing of the San Juan tracts and we provided a briefing to your office on the geologic data issues affecting these tracts. Concerning the Duck Nest coal lease exchange, we are developing a report which we will provide to you in the near future. This report responds to that segment of your letter requesting that we determine the adequacy of data on coal reserves contained in tracts being considered for leasing in the Uinta federal coal region, which covers central Utah and western Colorado. As requested, we reviewed the impact programmatic changes made in 1981 had on the adequacy of and timely access to geologic data developed by or made available to Department of the Interior geologists for delineating and valuing Uinta lease tracts.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA). Resources, Community and Economic Development Div.
• OSTI ID: 6147739
• Report Number(s): GAO/RCED-85-35; ON: TI85901101
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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