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Committee approves streamlined logging safety rules after stakeholder review
Summary
A comprehensive update to Idaho’s logging safety rules was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee after DOPL reviewed and removed outdated or duplicative language; agency officials said the rules are descriptive and used as an in‑the‑field reference for loggers.
The Senate Commerce Committee approved a wide-ranging update of the Idaho Minimum Standards for Logging Safety rule chapter following a multi‑stage review by the Division of Occupational and Professional Licenses (DOPL) and broad stakeholder engagement.
Amy Lorenzo, bureau chief for DOPL’s Building, Construction and Real Estate Bureau, presented the changes and said the logging safety chapter is not a licensing program but serves as a practical, in-the-woods reference for logging operators. She told the…
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