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Alaska Loggers Association, Inc. 



portions o£ the following areas should be considered for removal 



from multiple use management: 



Yakutat Forelands 



Kadashan 



Lisianski 



Karta 



Nutkwa 



Chuck River 



The boundaries of areas considered for removal from multiple use 

 management must be carefully delineated, a task which members of 

 ALA are prepared to do. Areas removed should not block access to 

 areas under multiple use management and allocation should facili- 

 tate and not block access for power transmission and transportation 

 corridors. Areas now in protected status should be reviewed to 

 provide substitutes for those portions of the above areas which are 

 removed from multiple use management. 

 Process and Litigation Delays 



The Alaska Loggers Association (ALA) remains concerned 

 about the fact that the process in the consideration of a timber 

 sale from its conception to its award takes from four to seven 

 years. Furthermore, the complexity of the environmental "hoops" 

 through which the Forest Service must jump to put up a timber sale 

 provide infinite opportunities to delay this process - administra- 

 tively and through litigation. The ALA believes general steps can 

 be taken to streamline this process. First, the period for appeal 

 of forest plans and timber sale EIS's needs to be reduced to a 

 finite, reasonable period after the plan or EIS is published, after 

 which the plan or EIS will be deemed to meet all necessary 



