Audit Report: IG-0514

Administrative Control of the Hanford Reach National Monument

Office of Inspector General

July 19, 2001

July 19, 2001

Administrative Control of the Hanford Reach National Monument

In January 1997, the Office of Inspector General issued Report DOE/IG-0399, Audit of the U.S. Department of Energy's Identification and Disposal of Nonessential Land, which identified approximately 138,000 acres of land at the Hanford Site which were not essential to carrying out the Department of Energy's (Department) mission. In June 2000, the President created the 195,000 acre Hanford Reach National Monument (Monument) within the boundaries of the Department's Hanford Site near Richland, Washington. Although the Department maintains administrative control and jurisdiction over the land within the Monument, the Department of Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service manages about 84 percent of the land. The objective of the audit was to determine if the Department should retain administrative control of the land within the Monument.

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    In January 1997, the Office of Inspector General issued Report DOE/IG-0399, Audit of the U.S.
    Department of Energy's Identification and Disposal of Nonessential Land, which identified
    approximately 138,000 acres of land at the Hanford Site which were not essential to carrying out the
    Department of Energy's (Department) mission. In June 2000, the President created the 195,000 acre
    Hanford Reach National Monument (Monument) within the boundaries of the Department's Hanford
    Site near Richland, Washington. Although the Department maintains administrative control and
    jurisdiction over the land within the Monument, the Department of Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife
    Service manages about 84 percent of the land. The objective of the audit was to determine if the
    Department should retain administrative control of the land within the Monument.}"}