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STATEMENT OF SCOTT BERG 



My name is Scott Berg, assistant vice president, forest environment and research and I 

 am here today representing the American Forest & Paper Association. Thank you for the 

 opportunity to present formal testimony on the January 20, 1994 Proposed Rule by the 

 Animal Plant and Health Inspection Service (APHIS) addressing the importation of logs, 

 lumber, and other unmanufactured wood articles. The American Forest and Paper Association 

 (AF&PA) is the national trade association representing the growers and producers of wood 

 and paper products in the United States, many of whom import and export unmanufactured 

 wood products in the global market place. Thus, our members have a direct and substantial 

 interest in the rulemaking that APHIS is engaged in and want to work with the Subcommittee 

 on Specialty Crops and Natural Resources on this important effort. 



The American Forest and Paper Association fully supports a deliberative approach to 

 carefully considering the question of phyto-sanitary requirements for imported unmanufactured 

 wood products as proposed by APHIS Before addressing the specifics of the Proposed Rule, 

 we believe it is essential to clearly state the forest industry's objectives for the rulemaking. 

 Those objectives include: 



1. Prevent the introduction into the United States of potentially harmful exotic insect 

 pests and diseases that could threaten the future health and productivity of the U.S. 

 forests; 



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