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2015 Op. Wash. Att'y Gen. 1 (2015)

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         Washington State (/)
         Ojice oJ the Attomney (eneral
         Attorney General Bob Ferguson







  AUTHORITY OF FOREST PRACTICES BOARD TO


  ADOPT A MORATORIUM ON FOREST PRACTICES


  APPLICATIONS DUE TO POTENTIAL SLOPE


  INSTABILITY





AGO 2015 No. 1 - Apr 17 2015

Attorney General Bob Ferguson


FOREST PRACTICES ACT / BOARD-DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES-DEPARTMENT OF ECOLOGY-ADMINISTRATIVE
PROCEDURE ACT-RULEMAKING-Authority Of Forest Practices Board To Adopt A Moratorium On Forest Practices Applications Due
To Potential Slope Instability

      1.   The Forest Practices Board lacks authority to adopt a moratorium on the acceptance or approval of forest practices
      applications.

      2.   The Forest Practices Board could adopt an emergency rule concerning unstable slopes, provided that the
      emergency rule complies with the Administrative Procedure Act and the Forest Practices Act.

                                           April 17, 2015




The Honorable Peter Goldmark

Commissioner of Public Lands

1111 Washington Street SE                             Cite As:

Olympia, WA 98504-7001                                AGO 2015 No. 1




Dear Commissioner Goldmark:


By letter previously acknowledged, you requested our opinion on the following questions:

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