Fire Rehabilitation Emergency

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"An emergency situation was determined in this case to avoid a substantial loss in economic value to the federal government and the local community and to mitigate the risk to human health and safety according to Leeanne Schramel-Taylor, public affairs officer for the Plumas National Forest.

She said delays to the project would cause an estimated loss of $6.25 million or more in timber value if the project were forced to wait for the appeals process, which could mean delays until the spring or summer 2010.

The government stands to lose over $3 million by the delay—$1.8 million in value currently lost to natural deterioration, plus $1.5 million if the sale of the timber receives no bids and must be put out to service contracts.

Declaring an emergency situation allows the Forest Service to bypass the automatic stay of the appeal process and implement the project while the administrative appeal is pending."


http://www.plumasnews.com/news_story.edi?sid=7722

Can't blame Bush on THIS one. Litigating vultures sued to leave dead trees along roads standing. We'll certainly see this project back in court again.