Their reasoning, because they are owned by the Koch Brothers, is to develop as much public land as possible regardless of toxic waste & more carbon dioxide to heat the planet a little more! Maybe if they succeed we can grow oranges in IA! Phyllis On Tue, 25 Mar 2014 16:55:26 -0500 Norm West <[log in to unmask]> writes: Has anyone seen/heard their reasoning behind the need for H.R. 1459? Without a strong need for such a law, why have it? Susan West On Mar 25, 2014, at 1:14 PM, William Witt wrote: It sounds like the proposed changes in procedure could result in the kind of local input & admin tiptoe-review/recomendation process that blocked the Upper Iowa from designation as a Wild & Scenic River and the Loess Hills from consideration for National Monument or Park status. Thank goodness the R's are only able to push this kind of thing in the House. BW On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Wallace Taylor <[log in to unmask]> wrote: More shenanigans from the House of Representatives. Wally Taylor H.R. 1459, The Ensuring Public Involvement in the Creation of National Monuments Act http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44530 H.R. 1459 would amend the process of designating new national monuments. The Antiquities Act of 1906 authorizes the President to declare landmarks, structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are on federal land to be national monuments. H.R. 1459 would require an environmental review of any potential monuments that are greater than 5,000 acres. The designation of a national monument would expire after three years for any monument less than 5,000 acres unless the monument was designated by a change in the law. Under the bill, every designation would be followed by a feasibility study of the costs of managing the monument. The legislation also would limit the number of designations the President could make to one per state during a four-year term. Based on information provided by the National Park Service, CBO estimates that implementing H.R. 1459 would cost about $2 million over the 2014-2018 period. Over the past 10 years, 16 national monuments have been established. CBO estimates that the additional studies required under the legislation would increase the cost of designating a new monument by about $300,000. Enacting H.R. 1459 would not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply. H.R. 1459 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would impose no costs on state, local, or tribal governments. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/03/20/3416916/house-no-more-nationa l-parks/ http://www.washingtonwatch.com/bills/show/113_HR_1459.html#toc2 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/113/hr1459 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the CCL-DELEGATES list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - To unsubscribe from the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to: [log in to unmask] Check out our Listserv Lists support site for more information: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/faq.asp To view the Sierra Club List Terms & Conditions, see: http://www.sierraclub.org/lists/terms.asp