Proposed Colorado and Utah Cooperative Agreements Should Be Modified To Reduce State/Federal Duplication in Mine Plan Review
EMD-82-87
Published: May 27, 1982. Publicly Released: May 27, 1982.
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GAO reviewed the Department of the Interior's environmental analyses of coal mine plans.
Recommendations
Recommendations for Executive Action
| Agency Affected | Recommendation | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Department of the Interior | The Secretary of the Interior should require the Director of OSM to (1) modify the proposed cooperative agreements to require Colorado and Utah to prepare a combined technical and environmental analysis of each mine plan on Federal lands; or (2) reduce payment to Colorado and Utah as well as to any other States that do not prepare combined technical and environmental analyses to cover the increased OSM costs. |
Closed – Not Implemented
Interior will not comply with the recommendation to modify cooperative agreements because it would have no effect on the Federal Government's role or workload. Interior did not accept the reduction of payments recomendation for states that do not prepare combined technical and environmental analyses to cover Interior's increased costs.
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Coal miningEnergy conservationEnvironmental policiesstate relationsLand use agreementsPlanningPolicy evaluationProgram evaluationPublic landsSurface mining land reclamation