The Trump administration took a major step late yesterday toward opening previously off-limits areas of Alaska's Tongass National Forest to old-growth logging, releasing an environmental study that supports the change. The final environmental impact statement sets in motion regulatory moves the Department of Agriculture must make to exempt all 9.37 million acres of designated roadless areas in the Tongass from the Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a national framework dating to 2001. Groups following the issue said they expect Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to approve the full exemption as the administration has consistently supported and as requested by Alaska's governor and other elected officials. The final EIS now moves to EPA for a 30-day review, after which Perdue can make a determination. The final environmental statement veers little from a draft released last October. The agency made minor adjustments, such as identifying areas that had been logged during a short period when the forest was exempted from the roadless rule during the George W. Bush administration. Adjustments to roadless area maps added about 30,000 acres from what was originally designated in 2001, the agency said.
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机译：特朗普政府昨天延迟了一步走向以前开业的阿拉斯加的汤安国家森林的禁区，以衰老增长伐木，释放支持变革的环境研究。议案监管举办的最终环境影响声明，农业部必须豁免通往铜器中的所有937万英亩的指定无路保护统治，该框架达到2001年的国家框架。当前问题遵循的团体表示他们期待Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to approve the full exemption as the administration has consistently supported and as requested by Alaska's governor and other elected officials.最终EIS现在搬到EPA进行了30天的评论，之后普通可以决定。最终环境声明从去年10月发布的草案中没有。该机构对乔治W.布什政府期间豁免无路规则时，在短期内识别已记录的区域。原子能机构表示，对无路地区地图的调整增加了大约3万英亩，从2001年最初被指定。
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