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http://casperstartribune.com/articles/2006/04/26/news/wyoming/8675d4f912867ca68725715b00837f09.txt"HELENA, Mont. -- Rules imposed by the Bush administration limit unlawfully the public's ability to influence U.S. Forest Service decisions on management of the nation's forests, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula issued an injunction Monday against a rule that requires people to specify objections to Forest Service projects while they are under consideration, or forfeit the right to challenge them later. The injunction applies nationwide.
"The substantive comment requirement was a serious problem because under these rules, members of the public might not even know that a project threatened their interests until after the Forest Service deadline for public comment," lawyer Doug Honnold said Tuesday."
http://casperstartribune.com/articles/2006/04/26/news/regional/47df8f96b862c8cb8725715b00726cd7.txt"HELENA, Mont. (AP) -- Three Bush administration rules that limited the public's ability to influence U.S. Forest Service decisions are unlawful, a federal judge has ruled.
U.S. District Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula issued an injunction against a rule that required people comment significantly on Forest Service projects or lose the right to challenge them later. The injunction applies nationwide."