Maurice Hinchey: “Since then, the corporation has broken off negotiations on the easement on a number of occasions. And since then they…”

“Since then, the corporation has broken off negotiations on the easement on a number of occasions. And since then they have sold the coal rights on their property to a South Korean corporation. So it is only now, or only recently that they have addressed the Forest Service, once again, only in the last year, to acquire access into this particular piece of property. So I just want to make that clear; that several administrations have gone by during this process, but that there has not been a consistent attempt to establish this right-of-way either since 1971 or since 1982. That process has only been very recent.”