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Forestry representatives urge Angelina County to table proposed road-use permit, say it would single out timber haulers
Summary
Speakers from Texas forestry organizations told the Angelina County Commissioners Court that a proposed road-use/damage-repair permit would unfairly target log trucks, conflict with state permits and risk litigation; they asked the court to delay action and work with industry stakeholders.
Speakers representing Texas forestry groups urged the Angelina County Commissioners Court on Tuesday to table a proposed road-use and damage-repair permit, calling it discriminatory toward timber haulers and potentially unenforceable.
Dave Duran, who said he was speaking on behalf of the Texas forestry industry and the Texas Logging Council and the Texas Forestry Association, told the court the proposed agreement “signals out log trucks and logging related traffic” by requiring permits and potential financial responsibility for road maintenance. “This selective enforcement places an undue burden on the forest sector and creates an uneven playing field,” Duran said.
The concern, he said, is that other agricultural…
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