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| Pre-NEPA explained by Charlie Richmond, USFS
GMUG Supervisor, and welcomes citizen comment |
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1/6/2006 Crested
Butte News interview with GMUG Forest Supervisor Charlie
Richmond:
…according to Richmond "The Forest
Service has learned that with ski area expansion, it's really
important to address the main issues before you get into the
NEPA phase" …explaining
that too many times a ski area comes up with a proposal and the
Forest Service takes it into the NEPA phase, where it gets stalled.
"We could get caught into the NEPA process for several years.
Then it's sort of a losing proposition for all the parties involved."
With the Snodgrass expansion, Richmond says, the Forest Service
is trying to get most of the real issues that could affect the
expansion addressed before the process gets started … Richmond
encourages the public to make specific comments on all matters
the Forest Service is currently working on" … although
cautioning that, "Your comments
do matter, but it's not a vote." |
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