Company Failed to Report Production and Pay Royalties for Oil and Gas
We found that a company in Colorado failed to report production and pay royalties for oil and gas produced from Federal leases.
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We found that a company in Colorado failed to report production and pay royalties for oil and gas produced from Federal leases.
We summarized what we have determined to be the most significant management and performance challenges facing the DOI for FY 2023.
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act authorizes $1.36 billion in appropriations for ecosystem restoration and resilience programs.
We investigated allegations that a coal operator failed to pay mineral royalties on coal produced from Federal leases in Wyoming and Kentucky.
We found that a company bypassed safety valves and falsified safety tests associated with an oil and gas production platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
We investigated allegations that a Bureau Director did not comply with ethics obligations. We did not substantiate these allegations.
We found that the Office of Diversity, Inclusion and Civil Rights applied an incorrect legal standard and backdated final agency decisions.
We cannot determine if BIA and OIA grant activities met DOI climate change goals due to a lack of performance measures and grant monitoring.
We describe aging infrastructure and dam safety risks, identify how the DOI plans to use IIJA funding, and discuss the BOR’s oversight strategy.