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Article: Wildfire retardant drops break law, judge says.(Nation)(Forest Service violated Endangered Species Act of 1973, Donald W. Molloy)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
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- October 26, 2005
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GRANTS PASS, Ore. -- The U.S. Forest Service violated environmental laws, including the Endangered Species Act, when it failed to go through a public process to consider the dangers of fire retardant drops that have killed thousands of fish, a judge has ruled.
The Forest Service decision not to comply with the National Environmental Policy Act on the dangers of using toxic fire retardants "appears to be a political decision," District Judge Donald W. Molloy in Missoula, Mont., wrote in the decision released Tuesday.
Judge Molloy ordered the Forest Service to prepare a formal environmental analysis of the effects of fire retardant on the environment and ...