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Committee advances bill to extend Tahoe 10,000‑acre categorical exclusion nationwide; Democrats warn it weakens NEPA
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute and ordered H.R. 179, which would extend a 10,000‑acre categorical exclusion used in the Lake Tahoe Basin to other federal lands, out of committee after debate over environmental review and public input.
The House Committee on Natural Resources on July 22 adopted an amendment in the nature of a substitute and ordered H.R. 179, a bill that would expand a categorical exclusion (CE) that currently applies in the Lake Tahoe Basin to certain forest management projects nationwide.
Representative Tom McClintock framed the bill as a way to speed up hazardous fuels reduction, noting the Lake Tahoe CE reduced project review time from years to months and increased treated acreage. McClintock…
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