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Tom McClintock: “If that categorical exclusion authority had been available to the El Dorado National Forest as it has been for 7 years…”

On the recordAugust 10, 2023
If that categorical exclusion authority had been available to the El Dorado National Forest as it has been for 7 years to the Tahoe Basin, would the town of Grizzly Flats have survived?
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Tom McClintock
Republican · California

Editor's note · Context

McClintock questions the impact of regulatory authority on forest management and disaster prevention.

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