Forestry Corporation to resume logging for first time since bushfires, against EPA advice
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Forestry Corporation says negotiations with the EPA were taking too long.
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Forestry Corporation will resume logging on the South Coast for the first time since last summer's bushfires, against the advice of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA).
Key points:
Forestry Corporation says it will resume logging in new sections of forest within weeks
The EPA says talks to set site-specific operating conditions to help protect fire-affected areas have ended
Forestry Corporation will implement its own measures it says will help protect the environment