Potential Cost of Purchasing or Exchanging Phosphate Mining Lease Rights in Florida's Osceola National Forest

GAO was requested to study the potential cost of purchasing or exchanging preference right leases for phosphate mining in the Osceola National Forest. The study included an evaluation of the technical and cost information that had already been developed. Further, GAO was requested to comment on procedures that should be followed by the Department of the Interior and the companies involved in assuring that fair market value is properly determined.