After gaining significant protections for bighorn sheep on the Payette National Forest due to Advocates for the West's prior litigation...
Big Victory over Big Oil!
Date:
11/24/2010 
Hearing Officer Merlyn Clark issued a recommended order today, finding that our clients -- residents, property owners, and small business people on Highway 12 -- have a "direct and substantial interest" in the proposed ConocoPhillips mega-shipments up the scenic Clearwater and Lochsa river corridor, and thus must be allowed to intervene to oppose the Idaho Transportation Dept. permits for these massive shipments.
The hearing officer also ruled that the Conoco mega-loads cannot roll until a formal "contested case" hearing is completed, following the recent Idaho Supreme Court ruling on this matter. This means that the Conoco shpments will remain in storage at the Port of Lewiston pending further proceedings.
"This is a great victory for the residents and business people along Highway 12," said Executive Director Laird Lucas, who appeared before the hearing officer last Friday. "We look forward to a full airing of all the facts and impacts of these mega-shipments."
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