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Legislative Hearing Committee H.R. 1497, LEGAL TIMBER PROTECTION ACT LEGISLATIVE HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS OF THE COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Serial No. 110-49 Printed for the use of the Committee on Natural Resources ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/congress/index.html or Committee address: http://resourcescommittee.house.gov U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 38-330 PDF WASHINGTON : 2008 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2104 Mail: Stop IDCC, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:48 Oct 17, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 L:\DOCS\38330.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES NICK J. RAHALL, II, West Virginia, Chairman DON YOUNG, Alaska, Ranking Republican Member Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Jim Saxton, New Jersey Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Elton Gallegly, California Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii John J. Duncan, Jr., Tennessee Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey Chris Cannon, Utah Donna M. Christensen, Virgin Islands Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado Grace F. Napolitano, California Jeff Flake, Arizona Rush D. Holt, New Jersey Stevan Pearce, New Mexico Rau´ l M. Grijalva, Arizona Henry E. Brown, Jr., South Carolina Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Guam Luis G. Fortun˜ o, Puerto Rico Jim Costa, California Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Dan Boren, Oklahoma Bobby Jindal, Louisiana John P. Sarbanes, Maryland Louie Gohmert, Texas George Miller, California Tom Cole, Oklahoma Edward J. Markey, Massachusetts Rob Bishop, Utah Peter A. DeFazio, Oregon Bill Shuster, Pennsylvania Maurice D. Hinchey, New York Dean Heller, Nevada Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island Bill Sali, Idaho Ron Kind, Wisconsin Doug Lamborn, Colorado Lois Capps, California Mary Fallin, Oklahoma Jay Inslee, Washington Vacancy Mark Udall, Colorado Joe Baca, California Hilda L. Solis, California Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, South Dakota Heath Shuler, North Carolina James H. Zoia, Chief of Staff Jeffrey P. Petrich, Chief Counsel Lloyd Jones, Republican Staff Director Lisa Pittman, Republican Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, Guam, Chairwoman HENRY E. BROWN, JR., South Carolina, Ranking Republican Member Dale E. Kildee, Michigan Jim Saxton, New Jersey Eni F.H. Faleomavaega, American Samoa Wayne T. Gilchrest, Maryland Neil Abercrombie, Hawaii Cathy McMorris Rodgers, Washington Solomon P. Ortiz, Texas Bobby Jindal, Louisiana Frank Pallone, Jr., New Jersey Tom Cole, Oklahoma Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island Bill Sali, Idaho Ron Kind, Wisconsin Don Young, Alaska, ex officio Lois Capps, California Nick J. Rahall, II, West Virginia, ex officio (II) VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:48 Oct 17, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 L:\DOCS\38330.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY CONTENTS Page Hearing held on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 .......................................................... 1 Statement of Members: Bordallo, Hon. Madeleine Z., a Delegate in Congress from Guam ............... 1 Brown, Hon. Henry E., Jr., a Representative in Congress from the State of South Carolina .......................................................................................... 2 Statement of Witnesses: Barringer, Victor Clay, II, President and CEO, Coastal Lumber Company, on behalf of the Hardwood Federation ........................................................ 21 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 22 Response to questions submitted for the record ..................................... 26 Blumenauer, Hon. Earl, a Representative in Congress from the State of Oregon ....................................................................................................... 3 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 5 Forester, Craig S., Vice President and General Manager, Rex Lumber Company, on behalf of the International Wood Products Association and America’s Imported Wood Suppliers, Distributors, and Users .......... 38 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 40 Sobeck, Eileen, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice .......................... 7 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 8 von Bismarck, Alexander, Executive Director, Environmental Investiga- tion Agency, Inc., ........................................................................................... 27 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 28 Wrobleski, Ann, Vice President, Global Government Relations, International Paper Company, on behalf of the American Forest & Paper Association .......................................................................................... 14 Prepared statement of ............................................................................... 16 Response to questions submitted for the record ..................................... 19 Additional materials supplied: Alley, Patrick, Director, Global Witness, Statement submitted for the record ............................................................................................................. 58 America’s Imported Wood Suppliers, Distributors, and Users, Letter submitted for the record ............................................................................... 68 Gardiner, Barry, MP, The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Forestry, Statement submitted for the record ............................................................ 69 Gilman, Brad, Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, on behalf of Trinity Yachts, Inc., Letter submitted for the record ............................................. 72 Grogan, Dr. James, Yale University School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut, Statement submitted for the record .. 73 Hershowitz, Ari, Director, Biogems Project, Latin America, Natural Resources Defense Council, Statement submitted for the record ............. 75 Hogan, Jane, Secretary-Treasurer, Ontario Hardwood Co., Inc., Letter submitted for the record ............................................................................... 77 Hutchins, Lawrence Q., President, Quail’s Nest Industries, Letter submitted for the record ............................................................................... 78 Jenkins, Peter T., Director, International Conservation, Defenders of Wildlife, Statement submitted for the record ............................................. 79 World Wildlife Fund and TRAFFIC, Statement submitted for the record .. 80 (III) VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:48 Oct 17, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 L:\DOCS\38330.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:48 Oct 17, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 L:\DOCS\38330.TXT Hresour1 PsN: KATHY LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON H.R. 1497: LEGAL TIMBER PROTECTION ACT. Tuesday, October 16, 2007 U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans Committee on Natural Resources Washington, D.C. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10:05 a.m. in Room 1324, Longworth House Office Building, Hon. Madeleine Z. Bordallo, [Chairwoman of the Subcommittee] presiding. Present: Representatives Bordallo, Brown and Sali. Also Present: Representative Blumenauer. STATEMENT OF THE HONORABLE MADELEINE Z. BORDALLO, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM GUAM Ms. BORDALLO. Good morning, everyone. The hearing will come to order. The Subcommittee is meeting today to hear testimony on H.R. 1497, the Legal Timber Protection Act, introduced by our col- league from Oregon, Mr. Blumenauer. Pursuant to Committee Rule 4[g], the Chairman and the Rank- ing Minority Member will make opening statements. If any other members have statements they will be included in the hearing record. H.R. 1497, the Legal Timber Protection Act, would amend the Lacey Act to make it unlawful to import any plant taken in viola- tion of any foreign law or any product made from such a plant. Such restrictions already apply to fish and wildlife harvested in violation of foreign laws and have been used successfully by fish and wildlife law enforcement agents for decades to curb the impor- tation of fish and wildlife harvested illegally abroad. No such enforcement tool exists today for plants and plant prod- ucts such as timber, however, unless the species is listed under CITES. As a result, a wide range of logs harvested illegally can currently be imported to the United States, and this is a problem for several reasons. First, widespread and unsustainable illegal logging activities in developing nations throughout Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America and are undermining governance in economic growth and development. The World Bank estimates that those countries lose more than $10 billion a year in revenues as a result of illegal logging. Local communities, social structures and conservation efforts are also undermined as the forests that indigenous peoples and many species of wildlife rely upon for survival are wiped out by illegal (1) VerDate Aug 31 2005 15:48 Oct 17, 2008 Jkt 000000 PO
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