Oregon daily emerald., May 07, 1992, Page 7, Image 7

White House accused of playing ‘God’
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Fnvironnientalisls arui th*•
Bush administration disagree
whether the White House is
exerting undue political pres
sure on a spot nil ( ahinet lev
el panel considering exempt
ing some Northwest logging from the Fndangered
Sprx ies Act
Two administration sourt es speaking on coniii
lion of anonymity told Hie Associated Press on
Tuesday that members of the panel' have been
called to White House meetings to discuss tin1
panel's upcoming decision regarding the northern
spotted owl
Attorneys for the Sierra (dub Legal Defense
Fund said Tuesday the communications lielween
the White House and the panel are improper and
could Iw used to overturn the Fntiangered Spec ies
.Committee's vote, expected next week
We have lieen disturbed from tin start by tie
cynical manipulation of this proc ess by the ilnte
nor) secretary for political purposes I Ins seems
to be the tales! and most serious step along that
road, said Victor Sher. an attorney lor tb'- group
in .Seattle
A spokesmen Ini Intel ;nr'S■ ri•!'ir\ Mamed Lu
j,in U s.tili the i Olivers,itioris pertain to l.;t-!s■ ■ r. 1 i
environmental pot. v .itni lli.it i;«• poiitu .1: pres
sure is Inn.!!)’ plai ed ori theimilu11'tee known .is
Thr ( .oil Squad
\n nil.- I rum tlm admiiiisTratinn yy 11 i du ; .11 • ■ lu
,my 1 [imimllii' member boys !(1 ■ ■ s should vote
l h.it is .1 [tension committer mrmOrrs will h.i\>
to mnkr un their own after reviewing tin evi
limi t s.ini Steve (ioldstein, the interior Depart
mtiil's chief spokesman
I iu' sourc es said mu ii of the meetings was at
tended b\ l.ujan, ( hairman ot tin' 1 ummittee, ami
( Jay ton Yewtter. President Hush's domestu poll
1 y adviser
William k Killy hmni ut !t;i- i.iivirunmental
Protect mu Agem v and a ( . itiitn Itter member,
joined Lujan and Yeiitter in such a meeting on
I uesdav. one soun e said
John Knauss. iiead ol the Natiunal (beanie and
Atmosphere Administration and a lommittee
member, attended a similar meeting within the
last two y\ 1 eks. tile soun e said
Trances Hunt, a forestry specialist for the \a
tionai U lidlde I rdrralion. said her 1 ontai Is with
ill tile administration iluln ated knauss yyas pres
sured during the meeting to vote in t.iyuf of the
arm
j! [ ion M the 1 in d angered Spit les Ail
V, . aider standing-is lh.ll.lt was alhoul
tw is.! ini’, she Lunin is portray ing this as
something the administration ne«*ds
knauss was us Athens, Ivreece. amt i unlit, not
lie reach'd lor ( ailment luesd.iv a NOAA
spokesman Saul Neither Reilly nor Veutter i oul.it
he real he! lor i Diriment. antes said
] in ' s I-:-.h and Wildlife Servu e itei hired the
ms I a threatened species in June 1 mil), citing ex
i ess11■■ . >gging as a threat to Us survival
Ihe special exemption committee is trying-to
decide whether saving the bird from extinction
carries too great ail "economic toll for the I’acdlc
Northwest
it is to mei : in x| Thursday I** dec ide for the
firs l I ime si in • I-he 1 u~>r i ase ol the i el lieu Dam s
snail darter whether to exempt < ommeri ial ile
y el op merit from the Lnd a tigered Species Act
(ioldsteir) confirmed that Lilian ami Reilly met
w ith Veutter on l uesd.iv
Hie issues i n mg the -secretary regarding the
spotted owl. mi hiding' the .upturning I •. tan
gered Speiies ( ommlttee vote: Will obv u .
liave i great mi; u t. lie said It vs ; i only-■’■■■
prudent management (or the .sei ie! uv led
members of the lonimiitee n> ke.o We. 1
House aware as lie a- tilings are pr.gr w.ri,;
\ minijiil unn i s! till M in s nn’ « h isX. I 1
be identified Mini the 'ex p.irti- i uniii;mi itn a:
Slmr rotors In applies on I \ lu < onveTsatioris ill
v olv mg riHiri' tliim three .in.I that no more
lil.m three people met on tie lope .il one time
That sourie also siinl ex parte imimumi j
tion" applies only to mlorm.ition that is not part
of the public retort! anil that none of tin White
House i on verse! ions delved into Itiiormation out
side the public rec ufd
The committee has the power to allow the lie
lean of hand Venue"::-!.: to Ii.rvvar i w "■
some federal lopping in Oregon even though the
I isli and W i Id 1 i It* Service has warned the- timber
salt's (tiuId jeopardize tie owl
It tan approve the logging :! five ol it-, seven
members dot ide the a. turn is ol regional or no
tional significance there are no reasonable .ii■ t
natives and the benefits outweigh the de.advao
luges
Other members are \gru ulture Sec rc-tatv i d
ward M.idigan \rmv Sec retarv Vehaei St
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