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CNN . com. - EPA exempts wood products industry from runoff rule - June 14 , 2000 wysiwyg:// 17/http : //www . cnn . com/2000/NATURE/06/ 14/epa. runoff. ap/index . htrr <br /> t <br /> 'r> [ <br /> Click Here Click Here <br /> M.Com ., nature <br /> �' � s a • t r ,r' t f. � a: M 't >a r_ m• qy� .ii . ,.�. a A� . <br /> CNN . Sites <br /> ;x t <br /> 3 a A v d p <br /> t _ tIF <br /> c RIMINI <br /> v. <br /> IF <br /> MAINPAGE <br /> WORLD EPA exempts wood products industry from <br /> u • s • runoff rule <br /> WEATHER <br /> BUSINESS June 14 , 2000 <br /> SPORTS Web posted at : 12 , 26 p . m . EDT ( 1626 <br /> GMT ) IF <br /> TECHNOLOGY J� 1 <br /> SPACE I WASHINGTON (AP) -- In a blow to <br /> IF <br /> conservationists , the Environmental <br /> HEALTH Protection Agency said it will exempt <br /> ENTERTAINMENT <br /> loggers , ' <br /> tree farmers and other forest t " n <br /> POLITICS operations from a pending rule aimedIF <br /> • : . <br /> P P g <br /> LAW at reducing water pollution on private _ . , W '* 4LIFFIF <br /> ' '" <br /> land . OFFTRAVEL R . � ' `�":'�- t <br /> l , t . i m <br /> FOOD Loggers successfully lobbied for exemption <br /> IF <br /> IF <br /> IF <br /> The move is a major victory for the from upcoming water pollution rules <br /> ARTS & STYLE. <br /> : . wood products industry, which <br /> III <br /> BOOKS aggressively fought the rule . Among other things , critics sent the EPA 30 , 000 <br /> postcards and held public meetings to encourage opposition . <br /> . IN - DEPTH... " They finally heard the loud uproar across this country . . 41 that what they were <br /> ANALYSIS proposing simply wouldn 't work, " Chris West , vice president of the Northwest <br /> LOCAL Forestry Association in Portland , Ore . , said Tuesday. <br /> The EPA will propose a new rule this fall that 4 = 4 ' 911 <br /> m-- /�C N N would cover forestry practices , said Charles Fox , <br /> Saving the environment <br /> Headline News assistant EPA administrator for water. That rule has an uncertain fate : It would <br /> briefIF <br /> be up to a George W . Bush or Al Gore administration to decide whether to <br /> flews g iZ : , enact it . <br /> :daily: ., ' lmanac <br /> s The rest of the original rule , which would affect farmers and other private <br /> landowners , should become final in about a month , Fox said . <br /> Vid20 ` , He said criticism directed at the forestry portion of the rule was distracting <br /> attention from the overall plan to clean up the nation ' s waterways , so the EPA <br /> Video archive decided last week to make the exemption , <br /> audio <br /> I IF <br /> multimedia " There 's no question that the industry mounted an extremely aggressive and no <br /> showcase doubt expensive campaign , " he said . " Much of the information they put out <br /> more services was not entirely true , if not downright false in some cases . " <br />