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THOMS PLACE HO^'kIvvnerS ASSOCIATION 

 P.O. Box 2073 



Wranoell. Ak 999 '^ 



A RESOLUTION TQM THOMS PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION OPPOSING THE 

 ENVtRONMErfTAi l» 1-^0V6MENTT1MBER COf^TRACT EXTENSION ACT, BMXSS.1877 * H.R. 3«53. 

 OR. THE 15-YEAR : • TFIACT EXTENSION R3fl LOUISIANA PAORC'S ICETCHIKAN PULP COMPANY 



WHEREAS. 



WHEREAS, 



ChF -{/ yMr oomnct cumntly UMd bv.Louiai»na Padfie't KitcMksn 

 Pup r>mpany (LPK) Qivas LPK an unfair martcat advantag* ovsf otfiar 

 tii> b>: 'tusinttMs and axclutlv* rights to timbar resources: and 



t^'. : 'ns of that contract ware nagotiatad In 1954 and are entirely 

 in4C'"'priate for today's market and natural resource conditions in 



Sr.i' ^••^st Alaska; and 



WHEREAS. m< k <: LPK timber opcfstoni the priority for tfw management of the 

 Tov.'ss Nstional Forest damages other multiple use rasouroas 

 irro'-rtont for Sautf>east Alaska's economy including aubsistarKC, 

 ici' ■,■< recraation, fhh and wHdHfa habitat; and 



WHEREAS, though not hi tfM LPK c on tract araa. most of the timber sales in ttia 

 W';>r/<;ll area have gone to LPK Instsad of ber^HMng the local >^angaR 

 ec.v -fny; and 



WHEREAS, rpos : ^f the timber to supply LPK's remaining contract wil be logged 

 ir ;- < northern Tor>gass, an area not in the contract for hs timbar 

 su;; ' ■ indicating that logging in ttte specified LPK contract area is not 

 «•.<:■ H'^able; and 



WHEREAS. th 



WHEREAS, 



•y-nomic base in the northern Tor^jau. wtWcfi includas commercial 

 > wort fishing, recreation, tourism, and aubsistance ftuntirtg and 

 -■0 will be damaged H unsustainable k>gging to meet LPK's 

 i;<-t continuea; srHJ 



LTK -. IS convicted of a felony and 13 other charges due to violations 

 o' ' > -n water and dean air laws in 1995; and 



WHEREAS, 



WHEREAS, 



if-e 

 b' 



/"ts convicted in 1983 of violating civil anti-trust law. driving 102 

 -tdependent operators out of business k\ Southeast Alaska; artd 



ng term economic diverstty and stability of Southeast Alaska wni 

 <">aged by the proposed 15 year extension of LPK's timber 



TMEREFORE BE 

 Louisiana Pacific 



ADOPTED JUNf- 



SOLVED that Thorns Place Homeowners Association opposes any extension of 

 •.:hikan Pulp Company's SO year contract wht^the U.S-^rest Servkie. 



996. 



President 



