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May 17, 2004
ADP Files Appeal to Defend Sugar Run Wilderness
Today we filed our appeal of the Sugar Run Timber Sale which proposed logging within the proposed Sugar Run Wilderness Area, Sugar Run Natural Area, and Colosmos Historic Area. Our appeal is long but here is the gut issue:
Of greatest and most pressing concern is the failure of the EIS to address in any way, shape, or fashion the specific special areas proposed in a detailed science based publication for the Sugar Run Project Area. These include the Sugar Run Wilderness Area, the Sugar Run Natural Area, and the Colosmos Historic Area. The Sugar Run Wilderness Area has been included as a special area in the Act to Save America’s Forests currently pending before the US Senate. These facts have all been communicated on numerous occasions with the US Forest Service. The failure to address this fact is inexcusable. Maps of the proposed Special Areas are attached to this appeal. The maps, legislation, and the scientific publication A Citizens’ Alternative for the Allegheny national Forest are included on the enclosed CD-ROM.
• The failure to consider the Sugar Run Wilderness, Sugar Run Natural Area, and Colosmos Historic Area in the development of alternatives for the Sugar Run FEIS violates the NEPA which mandates that a reasonable range of alternatives be developed using the best available scientific information. 40 CFR §§ 1502.14(a) and (c).
• The failure to consider the Sugar Run Wilderness, Sugar Run Natural Area, and Colosmos Historic Area when considering direct and indirect effects of the proposed timber sale (as well as past, present, and future cumulative effects) violates the National Environmental Policy Act. 40 CFR §§ 1502.16.
Posted by jkleissler at May 17, 2004 04:32 PM
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