Reports

The OIG investigated allegations that Bronco Utah Operations, LLC (Bronco), a coal mining company based in Utah, improperly removed Federal coal without a lease. We determined that Bronco trespassed into unleased Federal coal deposits that resulted in a loss of public revenues. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) granted Bronco a right-of-way that allowed the company to tunnel through Federal land to continue the company’s coal operations designated by its mining plan.

Mining Company Removed Coal From Unleased Land

Reissue of Audit "The CHS Should Improve Its Financial Management System to Receive Federal Funds"

We investigated allegations that a utility company improperly valued gas produced from Federal mineral leases and underpaid mineral royalties to the Office of Natural Resources Revenue (ONRR). We did not substantiate the allegations and found the utility company complied with Federal guidance when it calculated and paid Federal mineral royalties to ONRR.

We investigated allegations that a National Park Service (NPS) prime contractor failed to pay its subcontractors on two NPS construction contracts. We found that the NPS prime contractor violated the Federal Acquisition Regulation’s prompt payment requirements when it failed to pay two subcontractors for work within 7 days of receiving a payment from the NPS. The prime contractor wrongfully withheld the full payment to a subcontractor for over 18 months for work completed in November 2017 at Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site.