SEATTLE – The Bush administration has proposed giving dam owners the exclusive right to appeal Interior Department rulings about how dams should be licensed and operated on American rivers
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The proposal would prevent states, Indian tribes and environmental groups from making their own appeals, while granting dam owners the opportunity to take their complaints — and suggested solutions — directly to senior political appointees in the Interior Department.
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Dam owners “would be facing an extremely high cost and very uncertain benefits,” said Lynn Scarlett, the assistant secretary at Interior for policy, management and budget who approved the proposed rule. “Giving them some ability to voice their concern and present alternatives seemed appropriate.”
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[The proposal] will be open to public comment until Nov. 8. The department can then, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, issue a final rule that has the power of law.

Further proposals, pairing future government rulings and the exclusive rights to appeal them, are to be published in next months Federal Register. Some possible pairings mentioned in the press conference were:

Ruling on / Exclusive Right to Appeal
– abortions / priests
– car driving / car owners,
– torturing / torturers,
– air quality / polluters,
– dams / dam owners,
– marriage / married couples,
– milk quality / diary farmers.