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Hold the Logging Industry accountable to the Clean Water Act

The logging industry should be required to have Clean Water Act permits for discharging pollutants to our public waterways just like virtually every other industry. Sign the petition if you agree. Join us by signing this petition to EPA asking that they ensure that industrial logging road pollution remains regulated under the Clean Water Act’s permit program.

We value clean, clear water. We also feel it is time for the logging industry to do its fair share to protect water quality. We oppose efforts to exempt the timber industry and logging roads from the Clean Water Act.

Industrial logging roads are a leading cause of sediment pollution, threatening water quality and native fish populations across the West. Thankfully, there are low-tech, cost-effective, and well-proven road design, construction and maintenance practices that can reduce that pollution. Many of these practices are already being implemented in some parts of the country.

The Clean Water Act's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit program provides a streamlined way to incorporate those practices and reduce logging road pollution while also insuring regulatory certainty. EPA determined over 20 years ago that industrial logging activities require NPDES permits for point-source stormwater discharges. EPA should stand by that determination and regulate the timber industry as it regulates nearly every other industry in America.

Please ensure that industrial logging road pollution remains regulated under the Clean Water Act’s NPDES permit program.
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Number Date Name Location Add your comment:
487 Wed Jun 20 17:50:36 EDT 2012 RJ Shapiro Ashland, OR
486 Wed Jun 20 17:45:49 EDT 2012 Pat LeBaron Medford, OR
485 Wed Jun 20 17:35:07 EDT 2012 Donald Wagner Veneta, OR
484 Wed Jun 20 16:44:59 EDT 2012 Leaetta Wacker Grants Pass, OR Since large machinery used to log our land, can cause damage to our streams and watersheds I hereby charge the United States Government to hold accountable such logging industries that break the laws More....
483 Wed Jun 20 15:32:38 EDT 2012 Nathan Pundt Berkeley, CA
482 Wed Jun 20 15:25:58 EDT 2012 Anonymous Ashland, OR
481 Wed Jun 20 15:16:58 EDT 2012 Anonymous Ashland, OR Logging rapes, pillages and plunders our Earth. It's time for all logging to stop. There other sustainable resources much more efficient to be utilized in place of the destruction of trees.
480 Wed Jun 20 15:10:21 EDT 2012 courtlandt jennings ashland, OR Thanks for reading, i really hope that such an active polluter would be held accountable for the water pollution they are causing. Its time to stop thinking that any industry can get a pass just because More....
479 Wed Jun 20 15:03:44 EDT 2012 M McGillivary Eugene, OR
478 Wed Jun 20 14:52:22 EDT 2012 Jenessa Dragovich Dexter, OR
477 Wed Jun 20 14:50:05 EDT 2012 Allyn Stone Ashland, OR
476 Wed Jun 20 14:49:35 EDT 2012 Andrew Hawley Portland, OR
475 Wed Jun 20 14:20:46 EDT 2012 Jennifer Forsman Houston, TX
474 Wed Jun 20 14:01:20 EDT 2012 Marian Spath Eugene, OR
473 Wed Jun 20 13:28:36 EDT 2012 Paul Kampmeier Seattle, WA
472 Wed Jun 20 13:11:23 EDT 2012 Elaine Wood Selma, OR
471 Wed Jun 20 13:04:18 EDT 2012 Nena Lovinger Fall Creek, OR
470 Wed Jun 20 13:02:05 EDT 2012 Laurel Sutherlin San Francisco, CA
469 Wed Jun 20 12:50:55 EDT 2012 Barrett Edgar Wedderburn, AZ
468 Wed Jun 20 12:01:34 EDT 2012 Anonymous cave junction, OR
467 Wed Jun 20 11:23:00 EDT 2012 Tracy Harding Ashland, OR
466 Wed Jun 20 10:19:29 EDT 2012 Richard Fitzgerald Portland, OR
465 Wed Jun 20 09:51:53 EDT 2012 Heidi Wolfe Jacksonville, OR
464 Wed Jun 20 09:47:33 EDT 2012 Roderick Eckle Columbus, OH
463 Wed Jun 20 08:30:04 EDT 2012 DAN CAPPELLO LAWRENCE, PA
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