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To: Bernard Marx
I have read that "close to an Indian sacred site" includes property up to FIVE MILES away.
2 posted on 08/28/2003 10:06:56 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
I have read that "close to an Indian sacred site" includes property up to FIVE MILES away.

The Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun newspaper says that provision has been eliminated. Now there appears to be NO distance limit: it could be more than five miles!

"Proponents did make one change in attempt to pacify critics. They dropped a proposed five-mile zone around sacred sites for tribal notification of development projects. Critics, however, said that change could make the process even more uncertain, possibly expanding the area around a proposed development that would be subject to the new review process."

The Kaus File comments: "What's more, the bill includes very questionable secrecy provisions. It would make it a crime for anybody engaged in identifying a sacred site and gauging its importance to divulge any information about it to the public. [Emphasis added]"

3 posted on 08/28/2003 10:21:52 AM PDT by Bernard Marx
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