Court Tosses Bush Plan To Allow Logging Of National Forests Without Environmental Review

Associated Press March 31, 2007 11:07 AM

A federal judge on Friday tossed out new Bush administration rules that gave national forest managers more discretion to approve logging and other commercial projects without lengthy environmental reviews.

U.S. District Court Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled that the government failed to adequately consider the effects the rules would have on the environment and neglected to properly gather public comment on the issue.

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