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On the recordJune 14, 2023
I would like to know if you could put that in writing in this rule that, in the case of inconsistencies of FLPMA and the O&C Land Act, that the O&C Land Act will prevail.
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Val Hoyle
Democratic · Oregon

Editor's note · Context

Hoyle requests written assurance regarding the precedence of the O&C Act.

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