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Originally Posted by MrPinks
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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I've said this already in another thread. This whole thing will go less distance than a sticky turd rolling uphill. My only irritation is the people that are SUPPOSED to be doing their due diligence to protect the rights of this industry seem like they are not doing shit, and it took a swingers publication to deliver an almost knock out punch, when it should of been others that have a ton of funding that seem to be not nearly as effective. Once again the industry fails to come together to protect its best interests and it seems its each man for itself due to selfishness and greed. Im about done caring.
