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FEDERATION OF WESTERN OUTDOOR CLUBS







No. 23
NORTHERN TIER PIPELINE

                
The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs reaffirms its position of opposition to the Northern Tier Oil Pipeline, and in particular its opposition to the construction of a super oilport at Port Angeles, Washington, as set forth in its 1978 Resolution.


Since then, and after many months of hearings before the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (WEFSEC), the hearing examiner submitted a 486-page report in which he strongly opposed the pipeline.


The environmental groups in Washington State support the recommendation of the WEFSEC.  Ultimately, the decision will lie with Washington's Governor, John D. Spellman.  However, President Reagan's administration has appealed ot he Governor for his "help in securing permission at the state level without unnecessary and crippling regulatory delays."


This unseemly interference from an Administration that boasts its strong belief in "state rights" is not only inconsistent but impertinent.


The Federation of Western Outdoor Clubs strongly recommends that the Governor of the State of Washington reject such interference and accept the recommendation of the hearing examiner to deny the permit for this pipeline.


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