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TlirtMr and Wood Products Division Boise Cascad* 



Western Oregon Area February 2. 1994 



RO. Box 100 



MAdford, Oregon 97501 



S03/77&«e6e 



Mr. Gary Smith 



USDA- APHIS -PPG 



657 Federal Building 



511 NW Broadway 



Portland, OR 97209-3490 



Mr. Smith! 



This letter is to request that Boise Cascade Corporation's (BCC) 

 Compliance Agreement 04-94, covering the utilization of Radiata 

 Pine logs from New Zealand and chile, be amended to include the use 

 of railroad cars for the movemGnt of logs from the Port of First 

 Arrival, (West Sacramento, California) to BCC a White City savnnill 

 in White City, Oregon. All other terms of the agreement would 

 remain the same. 



I have included for your information, a letter from Southern 

 Pacific's representative Donna Gault, explaining the route and 

 schedule that the trains would use for this movement, as well as a 

 route nap. 



The railcars that we would use are "gondolas". The cars have solid 

 sidewalls cuid bottoms, but the top is not covered or enclosed. 



I have discussed this request with Dorthea Zadig of the California 

 Pest Exclusion office and Mr. Bill Wright of the Oregon state 

 Department of Agriculture. No decisions were reached during these 

 discussions, pending confirmation of the haul route and schedule, 

 which is included in this mailing. Once the cars are delivered to 

 Medford they are switched to a local service compound that will 

 take them to BCC Wl-iite City. This movement would involve a 24-hour 

 layover in the Medford switch yard. 



If you have any questions, please give rae a call at ray office (503) 

 776-6601. Mrs. Gault woulG be happy to answer any questions about 

 the railroad system that you may have. Her office number if on her 

 letter. 



Thank you for your consideration in this matter. 



Sincerely, 



^l^'^ John Grimm 

 Log Buyer 



JGivm 

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