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People in thisindustry really need to get he heads out of the sand and read these new regulations. Ignorance is not going to make this go away. I read through most of the new regulations and it is quite disturbing. My impression is that secondary producers MUST keep the same records as primary producers. Primary producers really need to start cover our (secondary) asses and start coughing up the IDs and statements. The law looks to have become even more confusing with cross referencing. When are we going to have have a group that will take a stand for us? The FSC isn't doing shit for us.
One thing I found interesting was the possible exemption by certification, a letter to the DOJ. If primary producers were to perform this, while still maintaining records, this might be somewhat of a solution. I don't know if secondary producers can follow these steps. Seriously, is it only a handful of us that are trying to figure this out and actually give a shit about this?
I like the idea of a third party controlling the records but I still think secondary producers will have to retain records. Either way, from my impression, things just got a lot worse for secondary producers.
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