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Timber Talk March/April 2021 TimberTimber TalkTalk Your Voice for South Carolina Timber Harvesting March/April 2021 As We See It … Safe Routes: Round 13 As We See It … Safe Routes: Round 13 Cover Accessing SCDOT Logging Entrance 2 ack in 1997, while serving on the and allies from organizations within Blanket Encroachment Permit B American Loggers Council (ALC) our industry including the Forest Re- Scott Dane to Become Next Executive 3 Congressional Relations Committee sources Association, the American Director for ALC representing the Texas Logging Coun- Forest and Paper Association, the American Jobs Plan - Need Action in SC 4 cil, I was asked to spearhead a change Southeastern Lumber Manufacturers in law to allow state legal weight tol- Association and several State and Re- Logging Truck Proposal Would erance on the Federal Interstate gional logging associations which are Make Roads Safer and Decrease 5 Emissions, Advocates Say Highway System. That was 24 years members of ALC. We have also ago, or in Congressional walked the halls of Con- Welcome New Members 13 time, 12 sessions ago. We gress with many of our Bill to Increase Carrier Insurance 14 have seen leadership sponsors representing the Lumber Prices Soar, But Logs Are Still 15 change hands in Washing- Insurance Industry and Dirt Cheap ton several times since OEM’s who consider this Boone & Crocket Calls for $45B Infra- 16 1997, and during that legislation an important structure Investment time, we have stayed the step forward to improve Fatal, Non-Fatal Log Truck Accidents course in our attempt to safety by decreasing the 19 Rose Significantly From 2011-2015 make delivery of unre- Danny Dructor likelihood of incidents while fined forest products to Executive Vice President transporting unrefined for- The Moby Dick of NEPA? 20 the mills and wood yards est products from the Bipartisan, Bicameral Leaders Reintro- 24 as safe as possible. woods to consuming mills. duce Future Logging Careers Act Originally introduced as the “Right I would be remiss if I did not point Westerman Reintroduces Trillion Trees 26 to Haul Act” and several edits defin- out that ALC members have worked Act ing and refining later, what is really a diligently over the years securing sup- Timber Hauling Platform Launches 27 very commonsense piece of legisla- port from Republicans and Democrats tion, was recently reintroduced as the in both the House and Senate. The Predatory Towing - Is There a Fix? 28 Safe Routes Act of 2021 H.R, 2213 by issue remains that despite all the Higher Lumber Costs Add to New 29 Congressman Mike Gallagher (R-WI). work Transportation Committee Home Prices Since its reintroduction, it has gained Chairs have yet to allow this legisla- Stabenow & Braun Introduce Bipartisan bipartisan support with the addition tion due process with a fair hearing Tree Plant Act of Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) and a vote for passage. SCTA Letter to SC Senator Tim Scott as a co-sponsor. ALC’s position has been and con- SCTPA Letter to Congressman Tom 40 So here we are in round 13 of tinues to be one that involves safety Rice - Safe Routes Act 4-15-21 what has turned out to be the longest for the general public and those driv- SCDOT To Replace Bridge Westbound 42 attempt in the history of the Ameri- ers hauling the loads. Arguably more US 76 - 378 can Loggers Council to get a piece of efficient routes to mills creates the Mark Your Calendar 43 legislation across the finish line. Along benefit of fewer CO2 emissions which the way ALC has garnered support (Continued on page 2) (Continued from page 1) Routes Act of 2019.” should be of interest to the Biden administration. It is hard for a Congressman or Senator to argue In addition, when state legal weight limits are uti- against safety and protecting lives, but what con- lized on shorter Interstate routes when available, tinues to amaze all of us is the unwillingness of the less hours of service and fewer drivers are needed T & I Committee to move this simple legislation out in an industry challenged to recruit new drivers. of Committee and give it the hearing it deserves. What was not anticipated is the opposition en- Safe Routes is not about revenue, or interfering countered from the railroad industry which appar- with another industry’s commerce, it is about safe- ently views this legislation as a threat to their com- ty. merce. I cannot remember the last time I saw a Safe Routes Save Lives. Let’s hope that as we load of logs being loaded on a railcar in the woods fight through Round 13, both the Chairs of the Sen- and being taken to a mill or collection yard, an eve- ate and House Transportation Committees and ryday occurrence before rail service to rural areas their members will give this legislation the oppor- became insufficient and modern infrastructure be- tunity it deserves. came available. In order to become more profita- ble, short line rail companies were acquired by The American Loggers Council is a 501(c)(6) trade larger rail lines. Tracks in rural areas which once association representing the interests of timber served the timber and other rural industries were harvesting and timber hauling businesses across pulled up and the right of ways became trails for the United States. For more information visit our recreation forcing truck transportation become website at www.amloggers.com. SCTPA is a proud more efficient. This begs the question then as to charter member of the American Loggers Council. why rail is opposed to the narrowly crafted “Safe Accessing SCDOT Logging Entrance Blanket Encroachment Permit he SCDOT Blanket Encroachment Permit is now in effect for Temporary T Logging Road Entrances. SCDOT requires an encroachment permit anytime there is travel or work done across and/or in the state owned road right-of-way. The encroachment permit assists SCDOT to know where the access is located and what kind of activity or work is being conducted. SCDOT can provide assistance as needed to make sure the access is located at a safe location for traffic and sight distances in both directions. The Blanket Logging Road Encroachment Permit is required to be located at the jobsite. SCDOT worked with SC Timber Producers Association, Forestry Association of SC and the SC Forestry Commission to develop the blanket temporary logging road access encroachment permit. The blanket en- croachment permit is an annual permit and there is no fee charged. This development was due to some operations not having, not knowing about and not constructing temporary logging road accesses in the cor- rect manner to allow for proper drainage along the road, safe access locations and reduce damage being done to the state owned right-of-way. The blanket permit can be accessed on the SC Department of Transportation’s website. The web address for encroachments permits is https://www.scdot.org/business/permits.aspx Blanket permits are only accessible for users with an account. Therefore, the first part of the process is to generate an account. Initiate the process to create an account by clicking on the appropriate link on the bottom left of the Encroachment Permits page labeled Request an Account. Once an account is established you would come back to the site and log into the Existing Customers on the right side of the page. Once logged in select the blanket permit for logging entrance as the permit type. There are tutorial videos at the bottom of the internet page that can be helpful. SCDOT requires an encroachment permit for any activity on or across a state owned road right-of-way. Page 2 TIMBER TALK MAR/APR 2021 MAR/APR 2021 TIMBER TALK PAGE 3 AMERICAN JOBS PLAN The Need for Action in South Carolina For decades, infrastructure in South Carolina has suffered from a systemic lack of investment. The need for action is clear: ROADS AND BRIDGES: In South Carolina there are 745 bridges and over 3,780 miles of highway in poor condition. Since 2011, commute times have increased by 9.4% in South Carolina and on aver- age, each driver pays $564 per year in costs due to driving on roads in need of repair. The Ameri- can Jobs Plan will devote more than $600 billion to transform our nations' transportation infra- structure and make it more resilient, including $115 billion repairing roads and bridges. PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: South Carolinians who take public transportation spend an extra 53.8% of their time commuting and non-White households are 4.4 times more likely to commute via public transportation. 19% of trains and other transit vehicles are past useful life. The American Jobs Plan will modernize public transit with an $85 billion investment. RESILIENT INFRASTRUCTURE: From 2010 to 2020, South Carolina has experienced 37 extreme weather events, costing the state up to $20 billion in damages. The President is calling for $50 bil- lion to improve the resiliency of our infrastructure and support communities’ recovery from disas- ter. DRINKING WATER: Over the next 20 years, South Carolina’s drinking water infrastructure will re- quire $6.1 billion in additional funding. The American Jobs Plan includes a $111 billion investment to ensure clean, safe drinking water is a right in all communities. HOUSING: In part due to a lack of available and affordable housing, 267,000 renters in South Caro- lina are rent burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on rent. The President proposes investing over $200 billion to increase housing supply and address the affordable housing crisis. BROADBAND: More than 12% of South Carolinians live in areas where, by one definition, there is no broadband infrastructure that provides minimally acceptable speeds.
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