Many people have expressed their opinions against Potlatch charging user fees for access to Potlatch lands. I can't complain about it because I do not allow just anybody on my property, especially those that want to hunt "my game" or tear up "my land" with their four-wheelers and pickup trucks. Most of us will never collect a fee to permit others to use our land for their own purpose. Most of us prefer to reserve our private land for our private use. What about "property" common to us all, such as our air and water?

Many of us are concerned with pollution entering our air and water. The largest polluter of our air and water is the Potlatch mill in Lewiston. The Potlatch mill is the second largest polluter in the entire state of Idaho, second only to the sugar processing plants south and east of here. Potlatch is permitted to do this. Potlatch applies for and receives permits from the Department of Environmental Quality to operate a "polluting facility" in Lewiston. This means that the Potlatch mill is permitted to discharge pollution into our air and water.

Potlatch is going to charge a fee to permit people to use their land. Why not charge Potlatch a fee to use our air and water? I recommend a $10 fee per every gram of pollution that the mill discharges.

Mark D. Reaney Jr.

Lewiston