11.   Domestic producers also stand to benefit as demand for local inputs and substitutes rise as imports become expensive.

12.   However, despite the switch to more local inputs, MESB has incurred higher costs, he added.

13.   The administration has said that the rule needs to be amended to allow more local input from tribes, communities and other interests who live near national forests.

14.   The Bush administration also considers the policy flawed and Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman in May promised to amend it, specifically to allow more local input.

15.   The Bush administration had said it would allow the rule to take effect this Saturday while work continued on revisions to allow more local input.

16.   The designation, made without local input and restricting grazing, mining and access to water, came just weeks before the election.

17.   The trust must also notify municipalities to collect local input on the purchase, under the terms of the bill.

18.   IMF spokesman Graham Newman said the fund has become more transparent over the years and has tried to get a broad level of local input.