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| Date April 20, 2011 |
Report No. GAO-11-377 |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
April 2011 Report to Congressional Requesters FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT Availability and Potential Reliability of Selected Data Elements at Five Agencies GAO-11-377 April 2011 FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT
Accountability • Integrity • Reliability Availability and Potential Reliability of Selected Data Elements at Five Agencies
Highlights of GAO-11-377... |
| Date July 14, 2009 |
Report No. GAO-09-854T |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office GAO
For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Tuesday, July14, 2009 Testimony Before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate HARDROCK MINING Information on State Royalties and the Number of Abandoned Mine Sites and Hazards
Statement of Robin M. Nazzaro, Director Natural Resources and Environment GAO-09-854T July 14, 2009 HA... |
| Date July 21, 2008 |
Report No. GAO-08-849R |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 July 21, 2008 The Honorable Harry Reid Majority Leader United States Senate The Honorable Jeff Bingaman Chairman Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Nick J. Rahall II Chairman Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives Subject: Hardrock Mining: Information on State Royalties an... |
| Date June 29, 2007 |
Report No. GAO-07-829R |
Title
United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 June 29, 2007 The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II Chairman Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives The Honorable Madeleine Z. Bordallo Chairwoman Subcommittee on Fisheries Wildlife and Oceans Committee on Natural Resources House of Representatives The Honorable Ron Kind House of Representatives Subject: U.S. Fish and ... |
| Date May 29, 1998 |
Report No. RCED-98-209 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
May 1998 Report to Congressional Committees FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT Appraisal of Crown Butte Mines’ New World Property GAO/RCED-98-209 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-280072 May 29, 1998 Congressional Committees In Public Law 105-83, the Congress authorized and... |
| Date Sept. 9, 1997 |
Report No. RCED-97-232R |
Title
A o GAO
~G ~ United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-277779 September 9, 1997 The Honorable Frank H. Murkowski Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Don Young Chairman, Committee on Resources House of Representatives Subject: Federal Land Management: Estimates of Value ... |
| Date Feb. 27, 1997 |
Report No. RCED-97-31 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
February 1997 Report to the Honorable Craig Thomas, U.S. Senate MINERALS MANAGEMENT Costs for Onshore Minerals Leasing Programs in Three States GAO/RCED-97-31 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-275497 February 27, 1997 The Honorable Craig Thomas United States Senate... |
| Date May 7, 1996 |
Report No. RCED-96-139R |
Title
GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-271755 May 7, 1996 The Honorable John R. Kasich Chairman, Committee on the Budget House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: After reviewing the information presented in our January 1995 report’ on the lands managed by the four primary federal land management agencies, yo... |
| Date Feb. 23, 1996 |
Report No. RCED-96-30 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
February 1996 Report to the Ranking Minority Member, Committee on Resources, House of Representatives FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT Information on Efforts to Inventory Abandoned Hard Rock Mines GAO/RCED-96-30 GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-270257 February 23, 1996 The... |
| Date Dec. 29, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-95-56 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
December 1994 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives MINERAL Rl%3oUiKXS BLM Needs to Improve Controls Over Oil and * Gas Lease Acreage ,‘.,Limit&ion .: GAOIRCED-95-56 GAO -United States General Accounting 0fTIce Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic ... |
| Date Sept. 16, 1994 |
Report No. RCED-94-10 |
Title
Resonrces, Community, Economic Development and Division B-262412 September 16,1994 u,.: .;, ,‘s ,,‘,.I :‘: Tht$Sp~ppbie“‘^”L” ” Rich&i &~&an Subcomn@tee, on RnergV _I,, . ,: C-an, ,, ,.(, /I :.’and Mineral Resources’ ” . ,,.‘I ‘,, .’ ,: : CQwtkeion. ?b@@ RgsOw$eq ’ ! : House of Representatives; I I, ,’ ,.: I i, ! I : ,/. .;.::‘.‘: (: ,,,i:*j;\?,);,p, ! :. :‘>... |
| Date Aug. 5, 1993 |
Report No. T-RCED-93-67 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office rq413\ ^- Testimony
Before the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives
For Release on Delivery Expected at IO:00 a.m., EDT Thursday
August 5, lW3 MINE&IL&SOURCES Hardrock Mining Reclamation
James Duffus III, Director, Natural Resources Manageme... |
| Date March 29, 1993 |
Report No. RCED-93-109 |
Title
I J M;wc*h 1 !)!Ej MINERAL ROYALTIES Royalties in the Western States and in Major Mineral-Producing Countries
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148904
m-m-.. _. ., RESTRICTED--Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Office of Congressional Relations. SS68/S RELEASED GAO United States General Accounting Of’ fice Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, ... |
| Date Aug. 24, 1992 |
Report No. RCED-92-192 |
Title
I I ni ted S t.at,w Gt?nc?ral Accounting Office GAO
A11$.pst, Report to the Honorable Dale Bumpers, 1J.S.Senate l!N2 MINERAL RESOURCES Value of Hardrock Minerals Extracted From and Remaining on Federal Lands ..- _ -.. __“_..-..- RESTRICTED--Not to be released outside the General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Office of Congression Relations. \ GAomB:II:Ib92-l92 ,,, s,.,, .... |
| Date June 16, 1992 |
Report No. RCED-92-199R |
Title
GAO General Accounting OfAce Washington, D.C. 20548 unitedstatee
B-229205 Resonrces, Community, and Economic Development Division June 16, 1992 The Honorable Larry LaRocco House of Representatives Dear Mr. LaRocco: ill III lllllll ll
146879 This letter responds to your February 5, 1992, request regarding our report Federal Land Manaaement: The Mininq Law of 1872 Needs Revision (GAO/RCED-89-72, Mar... |
| Date June 7, 1991 |
Report No. RCED-91-162 |
Title
,. ._ .I’ I, GAO United States Gemmd Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Economic Community, Development and Division B-226046 June 7,x291 The Honorable I&ck J, Rahall, II Chairman, Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives The Honorable Malcolm Wallop United States Senate The Honorable Conrad Burns United Stat... |
| Date Dec. 26, 1990 |
Report No. RCED-91-8 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO
December 1990 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives OREGON DUNES RECREATION AREA Patenting of Mining Claims Complies With Law GAO United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 Resources, Community, Economic Development and Division B-24037... |
| Date Dec. 19, 1990 |
Report No. RCED-91-50 |
Title
..-.--- I~., -._. __. ..--... . ...___ _..- “ll.-“.” ..-.. ._ ---.. I Ini(,td St,a(,es Gtbnt~ral Accounting Office _ GiO
_._... . .l,l-. -~-_.-” Ih’ t~Illfwr (‘ I!MO Ik port t,o t I&! Honorable .Junes A. McClure, U.S. Senate *ul r MINERAL REVENUES Funding for the Idaho Initiative Project ill ll 111111
142966 Not to be released outside the RESTRICTED-General Accounting Offh unless specl... |
| Date Sept. 6, 1990 |
Report No. T-RCED-90-106 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:45 a.m. EDT Thursday September 6, 1990 Hardrock Mining on Federal Lands Statement of James Duffus III, Director, Natural Resources Management Issues Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Before the Subcommittee on Mining Natural Resources Committee on Interior House of Representatives and and ... |
| Date Aug. 2, 1990 |
Report No. RCED-90-7 |
Title
i: United States General Accounting Office GAO
August 1990 Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives 1 MINERAL REVENUES Collection and Distribution of RevenuesFrom Acquired Lands RESTRICTED --Not to be released outside General Accounting Office unless specifically approved by the Office of Congressional... |
| Date March 10, 1989 |
Report No. RCED-89-72 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources,Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives
March 1989 FtiDEML LAND MANAGEMENT The Mining Law of 1872 Needs Revision GAO/RCED-89-72 Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division B-229205 March 10, 1989 The Honorable Nick J. Rahall, II Chairman, Subcommittee... |
| Date March 7, 1989 |
Report No. T-RCED-89-13 |
Title
United States General Accounting Office GAO Testimony For Release on Delivery Expected at 9:45 a.m. EDT Tuesday, March 7, 1939 Importance of Financial Guarantees for Ensuring Reclamation of Federal Lands Statement of James Duffus III, Director, Natural Resources Management Issues Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division Before the Subcommittee on Mining and Natural Resources Committ... |
| Date April 19, 1988 |
Report No. RCED-88-123BR |
Title
I *s’ ~yl
United States General Accounting Office Briefing Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Mining and Natural ’ Resources, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives
m&“m--“-------- &1988 FEDERAL LAND MANAGEMENT An Assessmentof
Hardrock Mining~ Damage illllllllll ill ll
135599 GAQ/RCED-88”123BR G~i(‘ -j 1I,Jnited Statew C;c!neral Accounting Office Wenhi... |
| Date March 31, 1986 |
Report No. IMTEC-86-13 |
Title
'GAO
March United _..-. ---.-.Report to the Chairman, Committee on
States General Accounting Office w Government Operations House of Representatives 1986 INDIAN ROYALTIES Interior Has Not Solved Indian Oil and Gas Royalty Payment Problems !Illlll ll I Ml
129706 RE8TRJO’BD=-- Not to be released outside the (l)enerti Amating Office emept onthe ba&e of specifio approval by ths, Offloe of Congmmlona... |
| Date Dec. 13, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-85-37 |
Title
What Is The Extent Of Foreign Participation In Mineral Leases And Mining Claims On Federal Land? GAO Analyzes Three States
Foreign citizens and foreign corporations are prohibited from directly acquiring mineral leases or trolding mining claims on federal lands. However, federal laws allow foreign participation in leases and claims through stock interest in U.S. corporations. While several federal... |
| Date July 26, 1984 |
Report No. RCED-84-101 |
Title
. . I*/ I/ / liiY@d BY W-- CXIMPTROLLER GENERAL ’ Report To The Congress
Private Mineral Rights Complicate The Management Of Eastern Wilderness Areas
Since 1975, the Congress has expanded the Natlonal Wilderness Preservatron System to areas of eastern natlonal forest lands Many of these eastern lands contain slgnlflcant amounts of private mlneral rights, as a result, the Department of Agricultur... |
| Date April 28, 1983 |
Report No. RCED-83-77 |
Title
w 'REPORT THEUS. BY General Accounting Office
Opportunity To Increase Oil hd Gas Exploration And Lease Rental Income
As a general policy, the Federal Government does not issue oil and gas leases on lands that have been or may be designated as wilderness. Therefore, the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service generally do not process lease applications that include both nonwilderness lands... |
| Date Oct. 7, 1982 |
Report No. RCED-83-26 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
Report To The Chairman, Subcommittee On Mines And Mining Committee On Interior And Insular Affairs House Of Representatives OF THE UNITED STATES
Interior’s Program To Review Withdrawn Federal Lands--Limited Progress And Results
In 1976, the Congress required the Secretary of the Interior to review, by 1991, certain types of Federal lands withdrawn (set aside) by variou... |
| Date Aug. 16, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-115 |
Title
$18 ” Q,,/ ,; ” . limo STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 ENERGY AND DlVl5lON MINERALS B-208517 Mllllll IllIll
119196 -- AUGUST16,1982 The Honorable James G. Watt Secretary of the Interior Dear Mr. Secretary: Subject: Data Compiled for Shut-In Oil and Gas Wells on Onshore Federal Lands Is Inaccurate and Probably Unnecessary (GAO/EMD-82-115) We recently completed an evaluat... |
| Date June 17, 1982 |
Report No. EMD-82-44 |
Title
* b ’ K?? BY THECOMPTROLLERGENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THEUNITEDSTATES
Developing Alaska’s Energy Resources: Actions Needed To Stimulate Research And Improve Wetlands Permit Processing
Additional research is needed to evaluate the impacts of oil and gas-related activity in Alaska as a basis for promoting environmentally sound approaches to future development without unnecessarily increas... |
| Date Dec. 4, 1981 |
Report No. EMD-82-10 |
Title
Report ToTheChairman, Committee On Energy And Commerce House Of Representatives OF THEUNITED STATES Streamlining And EnsuringMineral Development Must Begin At Local Land Management Levels
Success in streamlining and accelerating mineral development on Federal lands depends on the Bureau of Land Management State Offices ultimately responsible for the implementation of Interior minerals policies. GA... |
| Date Dec. 1, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-81-1B |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNlTED 20541 STATES - WASHINGTON. O.C. B-201298 . _ December 1, 1980 The Honorable Herman E. Talmadge Committee on Agriculture, Chairman, Nutrition and Forestry United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman:
_... Subject: Your request and comments for phosphate information on Section 5 of H.R. 53421 In response to your request of August 29, 1980, we are providing our comments o... |
| Date Sept. 25, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-80-116 |
Title
COMPTROLLER GENERAL
WASHINGTON OF
D.C. THE UNITED
ZC+Wi STATES B-196523 SEPTEMBER 25,198O The Honorable Cecil D. Andrus Secretary of the Interior Dear Mr. Secretary:
3 &&+',W""~ This is in response to your letter of June 16, 1980, taking issue with our March 14, 1980, report "Impact of Fk, ing the Onshore Oil and Gas Leasing System More Competitive Following is a point-by-point analysis of the (BM... |
| Date July 18, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-80-104 |
Title
B-199626 July 18, 1980 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Mark 0. Hatfield Ranking Minority Member Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate Subject: III Ill II lllllll
112867 /%i.l and Gas Potential in the William 0. ""Douglas Arctic Wildlife Rangs((EMD-80-104) 1980, supplemented by'diswe exami... |
| Date Jan. 22, 1980 |
Report No. EMD-80-56 |
Title
RELEASED JANUARY 22,198O 311, 1379, letter, you asked us to on whet.her the dat.a in “Petroleum Qua1 .it.y Dat-a from Out.crop Samples SOI1T’C’P Rc.~k and llieservoir Ray” (United St.ates On:~hr)rt~ Nortt. h SJ.ope I”:ast. of Prudhoe (?t:olcxj ical ,C,urvey (IJSc?S) open file #?‘?I--16.34) supports many t.hat t.he rocks of t-he Arctic National iinnl y5t.r; ’ cont.ent..ions for produo... |
| Date Sept. 5, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-79-B3 |
Title
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WASHINGTON, OF
D.C. THE
X648 UNITED STATES B-178726 SEP 5 1979
The Honorable Harley 0. Staggers Committee on Interstate Chairman, and Foreign Commerce &O" House of Representatives H I$ Dear Mr, Chairman: This letter provides our ccpmments on B.R. 3671, 96th r" Congress, the "Energy Developme%t and Management Authority Actr... |
| Date Sept. 5, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-79-65 |
Title
BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL P OF THE UNITED STATES 7 ress r inistrative Other
Most of the 011 shale In Colorado’s Plceance Creek basm IS mtermmgled wrth sodium and alummous minerals But Federal mining laws and procedures frustrate the development of methods for extracting these valuable re sources GAO believes that an unequivocal expression of congressional interest in optimal mineral recovery an... |
| Date June 12, 1979 |
Report No. 109612 |
Title
. United States General Accounting Office Washington, D.C. 20548 FOR RELEASE oiu ELIVERY Expected at 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, June 12, 1979 Statement Charles of . Division Office II IIll llllIl!lll
109612 D. Hylander International Accounting the Deputy Director, U.S. General before Subcommittee House Committee on Mines and Mining and Insular Affairs on Interior on Competitiveness of the U.S. Mining Indu... |
| Date Feb. 27, 1979 |
Report No. EMD-78-93 |
Title
BY THE COM P T R O LLER GENERAL Report To The Congress
OF THE UNITEDSTATES -35 ‘ t, M ining Law Reform And Balanced Resource Management
Most exploration and development of hardrock minerals on public lands is governed by provisions of the Mining law of 1872. As indicated by its age, however, that law is outdated with respect to contemporary concerns for environmental quality and properly balance... |
| Date July 27, 1978 |
Report No. EMD-78-83 |
Title
DOCUMENT REStiE
06497 B2 1271451 Interior Proqrams for Assessing Mineral Besourcbs on federal Lands Need Improvements and Acceleratica. EID-78-83; B-11u812. July 27, 1978. 19 pp. + 3 appendicen 413 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptrcller General. Issue Area: Materials: Access to Mattrials (1809). Contact: Enerqy and Minerals Div. Budqet Func :on: Natural Resources, Environmen... |
| Date May 17, 1977 |
Report No. CED-77-72 |
Title
COMPTROLL.ER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF THE UNITED sTs.l’iZ D.C. 20548 B-118678 llllllllllllMllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
LM102164 The Honorable Henry M. Jackson Chairman, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources United States Senate The Honorable Morris K. Udall Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives As you know, surface mining control and reclamation legi... |
| Date March 27, 1974 |
Report No. B-164613 |
Title
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