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August 1999   Newsletter for The San Luis Obispo County Four Wheel Drive Club
Editor Debbie K.


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SLO 4 Wheelers General Meeting Summary August 4, 1999


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SLO 4-Wheelers COOKBOOK

WILL NOT BE OUT FOR CHRISTMAS

Due to lack of the number of recipes the cookbook will not be out by Christmas. We will try for Valentines Day and if not by then Mothers Day.

PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR RECIPES

They do not have to be trail recipes, there will be a section for all different types of recipes: Appetizers, Main Dishes, Side Dishes, Deserts, Handy Cooking and Preserving Tips, and Camping Recipes.

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Subject: National OHV Access Alert

    --Ask Dombeck to be inclusive From: Donald C. Amador, To: Clark Collins, Date: 7/26/99 9:43 PM RE: National OHV Access Alert--Ask Dombeck to be inclusive

    Dear Friends, Please FWD these letters on to your own email networks and consider sending in your own letters to Dombeck about his efforts to develop a national "closed unless posted open" policy. I had this issue confirmed today from somebody in the D.C. recreation community. Dombeck and Congress need to hear from all of you on this issue. Thanks for your interest. Don Amador

    BLUERIBBON COALITION, INC. July 26, 1999


    Michael Dombeck, Chief , USDA Forest Service (sent via FAX) ,14th & Independence SW ,Washington, DC 20090 FAX 202.205.1765
    Re: Proposed National Closed Unless Posted Open Vehicle Travel Policy

    Dear Chief Dombeck:
    It has been most disturbing for me to find out today that you are covertly developing a nation-wide policy of Closed Unless Posted Open for off-highway recreation (OHR). Just as you excluded OHR organizations from participating with you as your office worked in conjunction with green groups in the Fall of 1997 to develop the Interim Road Rule, it now appears you have chosen to go down that same trail with this issue.
    Many national and state OHR recreation organizations have worked hard to promote responsible use of our public lands. Often times these efforts have included collaborative projects with the Forest Service. These programs include TREAD LIGHTLY!, habitat restoration projects, trail improvements, watershed enhancement efforts, sound and noise reduction, improved signing, and youth outreach.
    By not including national recreation groups (i.e. American Motorcyclists Association, Backcountry Horsemen of American, United Four Wheel Drive Association, Blue Ribbon Coalition, etc.) in this new policy effort of you are violating the public trust.
    In addition, I am sending a formal FOIA request in separate correspondence. As you remember, I withdrew a similar FOIA earlier this year when you decided not to review the Regional (R5) Foresters decision that overturned a Closed Unless Posted Open travel management proposal by the Stanislaus National Forest. As promised, I am now being forced by your current actions to resubmit a FOIA so that the public may be informed as to how radical preservationist groups and others are apparently involved with decision making in your agency.
    I urge you to contact national OHR groups and invite them to the table. It is not too late to correct the grossly apparent NEPA and legal conflicts of trying to forward a national Closed Unless Posted Open policy that is being crafted without any input from affected users.

    Sincerely, Don Amador ,
    Western Regional Representative, Blue Ribbon Coalition, Inc. ,555 Honey Lane, Oakley, CA 94561 (925) 753-1687 Office (925) 625-5309 FAX cc: Resource Education Network

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    BLUERIBBON COALITION, INC. July 26, 1999
    sent via FAX
    Michael Dombeck, Chief, US Forest Service,
    14th & Independence SW, Washington, DC 20090, 202.205.1765
    Re: FOIA Request

    Dear Chief Dombeck:
    As the Western Regional Representative for the Blue Ribbon Coalition (BRC), I have become aware of your recent decision to covertly develop a national off-highway vehicle (OHV) travel management policy that will be announced this Fall. This policy appears to forward concepts of Closed Unless Posted Open. Having met you in person, I am surprised and disappointed that you have apparently chosen to disregard the opinion of a federal magistrate in Carson City, Nevada who ruled that a OHV travel management policy of Closed Unless Posted Open is in conflict with basic English Common Law as it relates to the publics right to travel without government permission. The magistrate also said a closed policy is in conflict with the California Vehicle Code.
    Knowing that many local and national preservationist organizations were unhappy with the Regional Forester's (R5) Decision that basically upheld the Forest Service's long-time "Open Unless Posted Closed" policy, it appears that your office is being pressured by green interests to overturn the Regional Forester's Decision via a national policy. Because of your decision to champion this issue, I believe that your agency has had correspondence with green groups and their supporters in the Congress and White House. I believe these documents are public property and should be made available to interested citizens.

    I hearby request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552: When correspondence is mentioned it refers to email, FAXes, letters, and memos.
    1) A copy of all correspondence between the Forest Service and environmental, conservation, and land-use groups and/or individuals -- between June 1, 1998 & July 25, 1999 -- regarding OHV travel policies including the Closed Unless Posted Open concept.
    2) A copy of all correspondence between the Forest Service and members of the House of Representatives, the US Senate, and the Offices of the President and vice-president

      -- between June 1, 1998 & July 26, 1999 -- regarding OHV travel policies including the Closed Unless Posted Open concept.
    Chief Dombeck July 26, 1999 FOIA Request
    (3) A copy of all correspondence between the Washington Office of the Forest Service
    and Regional Offices -- between June 1, 1998 & July 26, 1999 -- regarding OHV travel policies including the Closed Unless Posted Open concept.

    As a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit educational organization,
    I believe the requested information should be sent to the address below at no charge. The information from this request will be made available to various publics including recreationists, academics, schools, and other interested parties. The BRC publishes a national magazine and will include information obtained from this FOIA so that the public will be better informed about Forest Service policies. Should a copying fee be imposed in excess of $50, please contact me. Thanks for your prompt attention to this matter.

    Sincerely,
    Don Amador, Western Regional Representative, Blue Ribbon Coalition,
    Inc. 555 Honey Lane, Oakley, CA 94561, (925) 753-1687 Office cc: Resource Education Network Land Use Network

Subject: Re: CA problems:CARB
URGENT REGULATORY ACTION

    ALERT
    CARB Ignores Hobbyist Plea to Save Vehicles and Parts From the Crusher The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has amended its proposed scrappage regulation. However, despite concerns expressed by California's hobbyist community and SEMA, the regulation still forces all vehicles scrapped in a state-sponsored program to be completely destroyed. If finalized, the potential loss in terms of irreplaceable parts and vehicles will be significant. In fact, CARB plans to destroy 150,000 vehicles a year for 10 years to meet emissions reduction goals!

    The CARB's regulation is especially offensive because California law specifically mandates that all scrappage programs allow parts recycling - a mandate the CARB flatly ignores. We have always had the facts and law on our side. Now, we have one last chance to let the bureaucrats know how we feel.

    We urge you and your club to join SEMA and other California automobile enthusiasts in opposing this destructive and unlawful scrappage program and all its flaws.
    Contact the California Air Resources Board. Let your opposition be known!

      Clerk of the Board,
      Air Resources Board
      P.O. Box 2815
      Sacramento, CA 95812.
      Fax: 916-445-5025

    We have attached some talking points to help in preparing your comments. Please send us a copy of your comments. If you need additional information or if you have any questions, please feel free to contact Steve McDonald ([email protected]) or Brian Caudill ([email protected]) at the SEMA Washington, D.C. office at 202/783-6007. Our fax number is 202-783-6024.

    WHY SHOULD YOU GET INVOLVED?
    1. Existing law (California Health & Safety Code Section 44120) mandates that scrappage programs include recycling of parts.
    2. Recycling of parts helps to ensure that affordable repairs will be available and that these repaired vehicles will emit less for the remainder of their useful lives. This proposal would also effectively eliminate the Bureau of Automotive Repair's (BAR) parts locator program that is charged with finding rare parts to repair older vehicles.
    3. CARB has demonstrated no means to verify claimed emissions reductions from scrapped vehicles or that the scrapped vehicles are being replaced by cleaner vehicles.
    4. A scrappage inspector in Southern California has testified that many cars turned in for scrappage either barely run or canM-^Rt pass smog inspections and that scrappage programs are fraught with other serious flaws.
    5. The amended regulation reduces the minimum period between the time a vehicle is offered for scrappage and the completion of the sale (from 14 to 7 days), thus reducing the time members of the public can save these vehicles from destruction.
    6. To improve our chances of killing California scrappage programs, SEMA is offering an alternative - voluntary vehicle repair and upgrade. This approach is working in Arizona, which rejected scrappage in favor of voluntary repair and upgrade.

 

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End of August 1999 edition of the SLO 4-Wheeler