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Date Nov. 16, 1978 Report No. CED-78-176 Title

Reserved Water Rights for Federal and Indian Reservations: A Growing Controversy in Need of Resolution

Date Nov. 16, 1978 Report No. CED-79-15 Title

Agriculture and Food: Land Use Issues

DOCtlNT RESUME 07945 - r C33884771 Land Use Issues. CED-79-15. November 16, 1978. 46 pp. + 4 appendices (18 pp.). Staff study by Henry Eschwege, Development Div. Director, Community and Economic Issue Area: Land Use Planning and Control (2300). Contact: Community ad Econo.ic DeveloFment Div. Budget unctijn: Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy (300); Natural Resources, Environment, and Energ...
Date July 27, 1978 Report No. EMD-78-83 Title

Natural Resources: Interior Programs for Assessing Mineral Resources on Federal Lands Need Improvements and Acceleration

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 June 21, 1978 Report No. CED-78-130 Title

Natural Resources: Land Title Should Be Conveyed to Alaska Natives Faster

DOCUHENT BSUSLE 06277 - [817467831] mA W) C)4 (16 Land Title Should Be Conveyed to Alaska Natives faster. CED-78-130; B-108439. June 21, 1978. 41 FF. * 3 appendices PP.). Report to Sen. Henry B. Jackson, Chairtat, Senate Committee on Enerqy and Natural Resources; Rep. Jchn SEiterling, Chairman, 3ouse Conmmittee on Interior and Insular Affairs: General Oversiqht and Alaska Lands Subcommittee; Bep. ...
Date Jan. 27, 1978 Report No. GGD-78-41 Title

Financial Management: Review of Impact of Corps of Engineers Owned Land in McCormick County, South Carolina

04844 - [B03452031 ',eriqnted) (Review of Impact of Cprps of Engineers Owned Land in McCormick County, South Carolin4, GGD-78-41; E-146285. January 27, 1978. 12 pp. Report to Sen. Strom ihlmond; by Victor L. Lowe, Director, General Government Dirv. . Issue Area: Intergovernmental Policies and Fiscal Relations: Fiscal Problens AL Potential Solutions (407). Contact: General Governent Div. Budget Fun...
Date Aug. 16, 1977 Report No. CED-77-122 Title

Natural Resources: Information on the Acquisition of Lands for Redwood National Park

REPORT OF THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES RElEASED ~~lli\\lillliiillllllllllllll LM103091 Information On The Acquisition Of Lands For Redwood National Park Department Department of the Interior of Justice In 1968 the Congress authorized $92 million for the acquisition of lands for the establishment of Redwood National Park. As of July 1977, expenditures for the acquisition of lands ha...
Date Aug. 3, 1977 Report No. CED-77-106 Title

Natural Resources: Greater Emphasis Needed on Military Fish and Wildlife and Public Outdoor Recreation Planning and Management Activities

DOCUMENT RESUME 03086 - [A21732941 r3reater Emphasis Needed on Military Fish and Wildlife and Public Outdoor Recreation Planning and Management Activities]. CED-77-106; B-146771. August 3, 1977. 17 ppReport to Secretary, Department of Defense; y Baltas E. Birkle (for Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Developmen' Div-). Tssue Area: Land Use Planning and Control: Management of Federal...
Date July 28, 1977 Report No. CED-77-101 Title

Land Use Planning, Management, and Control: Issues and Problems

DOCUMENT RESUME 02790 - [A2133234] Land Use Planning, Management, and Control: Issues and Problems. CED-77-101. Jujy 28, 1977. 56 pp. + 4 appendices (21 pp.). Staff study by Henry Eschwege, Director, Community and Economic Development Div. Issuf Area: Land Use Plaaning and Control (2300). Contact: Community and Economic Development Div. Budget Function: Natural Raesources, Fntironaent, and Energy ...
Date July 20, 1977 Report No. LCD-77-352 Title

Government Operations: General Services Administration's Procedures for Disposing of Federal Property

/02 %,63 DCCUMENT 02963 - [ A2033120] (Restricted) RESUME [General Services Administration's Procedures for Disposing of Federal Property]. LCD-77-352; B-101646. Jujy 20, 1977. 2 pp. + enclosure (9 pp.). Report to Rep. John D. Dingell, Chairman, House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce: Energy and Power Subcommittee; by Elmer B. Staats, Comptroller General. Issue Area: Facilities and Mat...
Date July 7, 1977 Report No. CED-77-93 Title

Natural Resources: Procedures Used to Review and Revoke Obsolete Public Land Withdrawals in Idaho and Nevada

L gD COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. ‘1733 OF D.C. THE UNITED 20548 STATES B-184196 The Honorable Morris K. Udall Chairman, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs House of Representatives Dear Mr. Chairman: In accordance with your reguest of December 21, 1976, we have examined Federal procedures for reviewing public Generally, land withland withdrawals in Nevada and Idaho. drawals are defined...
Date July 5, 1977 Report No. CED-77-88 Title

Natural Resources: Public Rangelands Continue To Deteriorate

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS J 5 \’ (01 --. .: 5 BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UAU-TED STATE,“ LM102457 iilliil~lllliillliliilliIaiilillil~iill Public Rangelands Continue To Deteriorate Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management The Nation’s public rangelands have been deteriorating for years and, for the most part, are not improving. Deterioration can be attnbuted principally to poo...
Date June 21, 1977 Report No. GGD-77-28 Title

Crime in Federal Recreation Areas: A Serious Problem Needing Congressional and Agency Attention

Date May 17, 1977 Report No. CED-77-72 Title

Environmental Protection: Adequacy of Controls for the Reclamation of Lands Mined for Noncoal Minerals

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 7, 1977 Report No. EMD-77-19 Title

Outer Continental Shelf Sale #35: Problems Selecting and Evaluating Land to Lease

DOCUMENT RESUME 00178 - [A10516841 outer Continental Shelf Sale #35: Problems Selecting and 1977. 45 Evaluating Lan. to Lease. EMD-7719; B-11867e. March 7, pp. + appendices (22 pp.). Report to the Congress; by Robert F. Keller, General. Acting Comptroller Contact: Energy and Minerals Div. Budget Function: Natural Resources, Environment, and Eneigy: Energy (305). Organization Concerned: Department ...
Date Dec. 9, 1976 Report No. 100189 Title

Government Operations: Concessions Management by the National Park Service, Department of the Interior

DOCU.ENT RESUME 00189 - [A0590618] Concessions Manaqement by the ational Park Service, of the Interior. December 9, 1976. 12 pp. Department Testimony before Rep. Joe L. Evins, Chairman, House Committee on Small Esiness: Energi and Evironment Subccmmittee; by Henry Escbwege, Director, Conmunity and Economic Development Die. Issue Area: Land Use Planning and Control: Federally-owned and Federally Su...
Date Nov. 16, 1976 Report No. CED-76-159 Title

Improvements Needed in Review of Public Land Withdrawals: Land Set Aside for Special Purposes

06’ TirE . cTn;lTED STM’ES - lllll%lllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM100158 Improvements Needed In Review Of Pub!ic Land Withdrawals -- Land Set Aside- For Special Purposes Department of the Interior Department of Agriculture General Services Administration Public land withdrawals generally are not being reviewed to determine whether they shotild remain in effect and those reviewed zre not bein?...
Date Sept. 8, 1976 Report No. CED-76-143 Title

Environmental Protection: Alleged Damage Being Done to the Big Thicket National Preserve in Eastern Texas

‘B-125035 SEP8 1976 / The Honorable Alan Steelman House of Representatives Dear Mr. Steelman: -’ - d 31,s ‘/ I In January 1976 you expressed concern aboutglleged damage being done to the Big Thicket National Preserve in eastern Texasyand asked if anything could have been done by the National Park Service to help prevent additional damage. Accordingly, you asked us to review the Park Servi.ce...
Date June 15, 1976 Report No. OSP-76-21 Title

Information Management: Improvements Still Needed in Federal Energy Data Collection, Analysis, and Reporting

REPORT TO THE CONGRESS ~''-, BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Improvements Still Needed In Federal Energy Data Collection, Analysis, And Reporting Two years ago GAO reported on the need to improve Federal efforts in collecting, analyzing, and reporting energy data. Because the adequacy of Federal energy data continues to be a controversial subject, GAO updated its earlier effort and...
Date April 2, 1976 Report No. RED-76-83 Title

Government Operations: Information on Federal Land Exchanges With Private Citizens in New Mexico

Informa Federal xchanges Department of the Interior From 1962 to 1973, a land exchange program was conducted in New Mexico with Bureau of Land Management lands. Land ,exch%ges are generally initiated by citizens filing proposals to exchange private lands for public lands, This report includes informaon (1) the Bureau’s exchange and tion appraisal procedures, (2) the lands transferred and receive...
Date March 26, 1976 Report No. 099403 Title

Energy: Issues Related to the Development of Federal Coal Resources

: . . .L ’ &fqo3 UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 s For Release on Deliver:/ Expected at 10: 00 a.m. EST Friday, March 26, 1976 ,.--eJ-sA c _, _I. e- “L&. Illllllll Ililliilllllllllllllllll llllllll LM099403 ; ,/ I J,, , 9 y J., .d STATEMENT OF PHILLIP S. HUGHES ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES ,. ! BEFORE HEARINGS CONDUCTED 1: -.. (, i f : :. BY...
Date Feb. 16, 1976 Report No. 098296 Title

Natural Resources: Development of Federal Coal Resources and the Ability of the Department of the Interior To Effectively Administer a Development Program

UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 For Release on Delivery Expected at 10:00 a.m. EDT Monday, February 16, 1976 fJ;: -4 STATEMENT OF PHILLIP S. HUGHES ASSISTANT COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES BEFORE HEARINGS CONDUCTED ,BY SUBCOMMITTEE ON MINERALS, MATERIALS AND FUELS COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE We welcome discuss ' 51 resourc...
Date April 28, 1975 Report No. RED-75-346 Title

Government Operations: Further Action Needed on Recommendations for Improving the Administration of Federal Coal-Leasing Program

llllllllllllll B-169124 procedures for its regional mining supervisors to use in enforcing the 1951 reclamation and environmental requirements contained in most leases until the leases were adjusted to include the stronger reclamation and environmental requirements established in January 1969. On May 19, 1972, Survey issued reclamation requirement guidelines to its mining supervisors to implement ...
Date July 12, 1974 Report No. RED-74-250 Title

Energy: Information on Oil and Gas Production on Federal Lands

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Date March 27, 1974 Report No. B-164613 Title

Government Operations: Oil Shale Leases for Two Tracts of Land in the State of Utah

I B-264623 I llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll LM095940 .. proceed vith that leases l the lease sffers ., under the pz-utotype leasing fn his ._: - progrm, whether to the sc!cTataTy Faragtaph Tnag d%termina that: the sole : discretion .._ . ._ -_ - and issue _ -. i-_ .. :: -. (3) states Uth@TV?S@, if, St8ts as.a Of result b&I of actim aC+WS l!uly by the rf@&3 Secretary, 51F int@rerJt- -. .- -...
Date Feb. 12, 1974 Report No. B-105156 Title

Budget and Spending: Proceeds Collected During Fiscal Year 1972 From the Use or Lease of Federal Lands

B-105156 RELEASED The Honorable Ralph S. Regula House of Representatives Dear Mr. Regula: In response to your July 25, 1973, request office, we are furnishing you data on th fisca7 year 1972 by the Department Department of Agriculture's Forest S and as agreed with your During fiscal year 1972 the Bureau and the Forest Service collected $931,79?,872 In receipts from the use or lease of Federal land...
Date Aug. 30, 1973 Report No. B-178547 Title

National Defense: Navy's Bombing Practices at the Pinecastle Electronic Warfare Range in the Ocala National Forest, Florida

B-178547 The Honorable Bill Chappell )! -House of Representatives k Dear Mr. Chappell : / In response to your June 22, 1973, letter we have lookc~d into the Nav ~oI>ombi.n,~ctices at the Pinecastle Elcctr0la.i r, I Warfare Range in the Ocala Ns’t’idnal Forest, Florida. You requested that we obtain information on the frequency of bomb- We reviewed pertinent records and interviewed Navy ofit< ci...
Date Dec. 4, 1972 Report No. 089498 Title

Natural Resources: Federal Policies and Procedures for Land Acquisition at Water Resources Projects

Date Aug. 10, 1972 Report No. B-148623 Title

Natural Resources: Administration of Regulations for Surface Exploration, Mining, and Reclamation of Public and Indian Coal Lands

_. : _ _ - ’ ,-. -!.- -. COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. -WE UNITED 20548 STATES B-148623 Dear Mr. Chairman: This is our report on the administration of the regulations of the Department of the Interior ior surface exploration, mining, and reclamation of public and Indian coal lands, Our review was undertaken pursuant to the October 6, 1971, joint request from you and the ranking minorit...
Date March 29, 1972 Report No. B-169124 Title

Government Operations: Improvements Needed in Administration of Federal Coal-Leasing Program

Improvements Needed In Administration Of Federal Coal-Leasing Program B-169124 Department of the Interior BY THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES . COMF’TROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. . . OF D.C. THE UPJITED STATES 20848 B-169124 Dear Senator Metcalf: is our report coal-leasing on improvements needed in administration program by the Department of the Interior. of This the Federal Since the ...
Date March 13, 1972 Report No. 092412 Title

Financial Management: Administration of the Small Reclamation Projects Loan Program

UNITED STATESGENERAL WASHINGTON, Accouhmxi D.C. 20548 OFFICE CIVIL DlVISlON MAR 131972 Dear Mr. Armstrong: The General Accounting Office has made a limited review of the administration of the loan program administered by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior under the Small Reclamation Projects Act of 1956 (43 U.S.C. 422a), as amended. Our examination was conducted at the Bureau of...
Date Feb. 22, 1972 Report No. B-174172 Title

Natural Resources: Public Recreational Facilities Not Adequately Developed at Lake Berryessa, California--A Bureau of Reclamation Project

Public Recreational Not Adequately D Lake Berryessa, Cal ureas Of Redam B-174172 Department of the Interior UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING QFFICE UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 CIVIL DIVISION B- 174172 Dear Mr. Secretary: t y,* This is our report on public recreational facilities not adequately developed at Lake Berryessa, California--a Bureau of Reclamation proje...
Date Feb. 16, 1972 Report No. B-174594 Title

Government Operations: Disposition of the Castner Range Area Before Its Transfer to the Jurisdiction of GSA

B-174594 r ? .2- Dear Mr. White: Your letter of November 15, 1971, requested that we undertake a review of the preliminary negotiations between the General Services Administration (GSA) and other parties concerning the ‘disposition of the Castner Range area before its : transfer to the jurisdiction of GSA. The Castner Range, adjacent to the city of El Paso, Tgxas, and now a part of Fort Bliss, c...
Date Nov. 15, 1971 Report No. B-152490 Title

Government Operations: Review of the Fees Charged by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, for Recreation-Residence-Site Permits on National Forest Lands

COMPTROLLER GENERAL WASHINGTON. OF D.C. THE UNITED STATES 20548 B-152490 / r' Dear Mr. Wyatt: I 2. Follow-up Review of Adjustments Made in Fees Charged for Summer-home Sites on National Forest Lands, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture (B-152490, Jan. 18, 1966). In response to your request, we reviewed the Forest Service's most recent fee determination for the recreationresidence sites in th...
Date Oct. 27, 1971 Report No. B-147652,B-147655 Title

Agriculture and Food: Information on Federally Owned Submarginal Land Proposed To Be Held in Trust for the Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community in Wisconsin

REPORT TO COMMITTEE ON IN IOR AND INSULAR UNITED STATES SENAXE. . . ov 9 793 AFFAIRS . Information. On Federally Owned < 1’ Fx-%T Submarginal Land Proposed -To B&---. Held In Trust For The Stockbridge Munsee Indian Community In Wisconsin v B- 147652, B- 147655 Bureau of Indian Affairs Department of the Interior E-147652 B-147655 Dear Mrc c;JL ChaiTman: In accordance with your request of April 1,...
Date April 15, 1971 Report No. B-162804 Title

Government Operations: GAO Review and Comment on the Federal Government's Involvement in the Construction of the Robert F. Kennedy Gravesite

COMPTROLLEW GENERWh THE LJNIYED OF STATES WASHIHGTON. D.C. 20948 Dear Senator Griffin: This is in response to your letter of March 22, 1971, enclosing a letter to you frown Mrs. Richard M. Upright dated March 10, 1.971, and requesting that we review and comment on the Federal Govemme&*s upu_ja."i ,..._. -i, involvement in the construction___.: the Bqbe~~~-.~~~~dy~&n"~vesite. of w---m --The.-~~~e'-...
Date Nov. 18, 1958 Report No. B-118605 Title

Natural Resources: Report on Acquisition, Leasing, and Disposal of Reclamation Lands, Bureau of Reclamation

REPORT ON REVIEW OF ACQUISITION, LEASING, AND DISPOSAL OF RECLAMATION LANDS BUREAU OF RECLAMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE NOVEMBER 1958 ~~ .'i~ REPORT ON REVIEW OF ACQUISITION, LEASING, AND DISPOSAL OF RECLAMATION LANDS BUREAU OF RECLAMATION DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE NOVEMBER 1958 GAO W#oot, UNITED STATES GENERAL A...