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Southeast Alaska Conservation Council 



SEACC 419 6lh Sireel, Suile 328, Juneau, AK 99H01 



(907) 586-6942 phone (907) 463-3312 fax 



email: seacc@alaska.nel 



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July 23, 1996 



The Honorable Don Young 

 Chairman of Committee on Resources 

 U.S. House of Representatives 

 1324 Longworth House Office BIdg. 

 Washington, DC 20515 



Dear Chairman Young: 



This letter follows up on your July 1 1, 1996 hearing in Washington D C regarding H R 

 3659, the so-called "Environmental Improvement Timber Contract Extension Aci " 

 Instead ofimproving the environment, this bill only serves to improve the bollom line for 

 Louisiana Pacific Corporation, the Ketchikan Pulp Company's parent corporation, at the 

 expense of the other Tongass-dependent industries, forest resources, and the American 

 taxpayer. After pocketing years of profit from repeated violations of stale and federal 

 envirorunental laws, the Ketchikan Pulp Company now wants the Amencan taxpayer to 

 pay it to cleanup its act The Ketchikan Pulp Company was also found guilty in 1983 of 

 anti-trust violations including price fixing, collusive bidding, and conspiring to monopolize 

 the Tongass logging industry by driving independent timber operators out of business 



During my oral statement at the July 1 0, 1 996 hearing, I submitted for the record a 

 number of resolutions and letters from Southeast Alaska communities, businesses and 

 organizations opposing your bill Since the hearing, we have continued lo receive 

 resolutions and letters opposing your bill We request that you ioclude the enclosed 

 package of 1 17 resolutions and letters into the ofTicial, written hearing record for 

 H.R. 3659. 



We again ask you to stop this outrageous piece of special interest, corporale welfare 

 legislation right now 



Best Regards, 



■^uck Lindekugel / 

 Conservation Director 



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