Minerals management at the Department of the Interior needs coordination and organization

Technical Report · Sat Jun 06 04:00:00 EDT 1981

OSTI ID:6236709

In its work on the importance of materials availability, GAO is conducting a continuing evaluation of the federal policymaking process for meeting industrial and strategic materials requirements. An important element of that process is minerals management on federal lands. GAO found that the Department of the Interior lacks a coherent minerals management policymaking process, which can result in an imbalanced consideration of mineral resource management. Decisionmaking is fragmented among surface management agencies, without a requirement for consistent or cumulative evaluation of implications for domestic mineral policy. Therefore, to provide balance between policies for mineral exploration and development and other, more explicitly stated policy objectives, GAO is recommending that the Secretary of the Interior develop a minerals management program plan. Setting fundamental objectives for which mineral resources will be managed should be a first step.

• Research Organization: General Accounting Office, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6236709
• Report Number(s): EMD-81-53; ON: DE81904048
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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