HomeMy WebLinkAbout75-018WHEREAS, the economy of Butte and numerous otlzer
Cali~ornia counta.es a.s dependent~ pra.maril.y, upon the cont3nued
produc-~ivi~y and prosperity o~' the timber indus~ry, arid
WHEREAS~ the timber indu.stry of California has already
been put to an additional. expense of several million doll.ars
annuall.y for compliance wi~h ~he ~973 Z'berg-Nejedly Forest
Practice Act, an.d
WHEREAS~ it a.s the statutory policy of the State of
California~ expressed in the Forest Practice Act (,Sec. 4512 (c)
P.R.C.) to encoura~e forest resou.xce management for timber pro-
duc~ion while giving considera~ian tn othe~ resource and environ-
mental values~ and
WHEREAS~ the l.~gislative intent of the Forest Practa.ce
Aet, as expressed in ~ec. ~513 P.H.C., was to create a eompre-
hensive system o#' regula~ion of timberlands to assure contin.ued
foxes~ product~.vity and "maximum" continued production of timber
praducts while giving consideration to other environmental at~d
resource v'alues, and
W~IEREAS~ the State Board o~ Fo~estry was required to
develop and has developed and adopted forest prac~ice rules ta
accomplish th.e purposes of the Act incl.uding en.vironmental protection
in accordance w~.th the requirements of Secti.ons ~-I-551-~+~91 P.R.G.~
and _
RESOLUTION REQUESTING ELIMINA~`I~N OF UNNECE~SAFiY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORTS FOR TIMBER OPERATIONS
WHEREAS, ~hese detailed and comprehenszve reguJ.at~ons
adopted after many days of publzc hearings are for the purpose
of maintaining the ~imber productivity so essential to the
welfare of the people o~ Hutte Coux~ty and to the shelter and
construction needs of the people a~d the~r dependent economies
while providing for enviranmental protection in accordance with
legislative intent~ and
WHEREAS, the econo~y and livelihood of the people of
Butte and numerous other counties is dependent~ primarily~ upon
the continued produetivity and prosperity of the timber industry~
and
NOW THEREFOR~, be it resolve& that the Board of Superv~.sors
of Butte couz~.ty acequest the Governpr~ the Seoretary a~' Resources
and the California Legislature to recngn.ize the Z.'berg-Nejedly:
k'oxest Practice Act a~' 1973 as a special act settS.n.g ~'orth~ cora-
prehensively~ th.e enviroz~mental protect~.on requirements whxch7
together wi~h specific applicabla statutss such as th.e Fxsh and Game
and Water Qual3ty laws~ provi.de adequate environmenta]. protection
whzle encouragxng t~,mber product~.on~ thus tt~aki.ng aflditional appli-
cation of Environmental Impact Reports superfluous, causing a delay
of 4 to 6 months in timber operations and necessi~ating additional
expense of several million dol3.arso
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Bu~te Coun~y Board of Supervisors
this lltl~,,,^ day of Feb~uary, 1975, by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Cameron, McKillop, RichCer and Qtairman Ladd
NOES : None
ABSENfi: Supervisor Madigaa
N02' VOTING: None ~
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J Me A D~ Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors
ATTEST:
CLARK Ao NELSON, Coun~y Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Board
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