01/31/2022
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"According to the Forest Service's NEPA handbook, the agency has, I don't know, 30, 40, maybe 35 categorical exclusions at its disposal."
"I would love to have them have more resources and more tools to use that existing exemption, as opposed to going further for something they really don't need yet."
"I understand that the Forest Service has authority, I think explicit authority, to use categorical exclusions up to, what is it, 3,000 acres now?"
"First of all, welcome one and all, colleagues. It is great to see you back here, and thank you for all the good work that you continue to do with your life."