Rboone, thanks for taking the time and effort to convert your concerns into action. Expect a courtesy but legalistic letter back from Inyo saying the appeal has been dismissed. Even if you submitted comments back in 2004, they can argue about the open period to file an appeal. Since they never published an official decision document there is no open filing period to file this appeal - normally 45 days after the DD is published. So they have a couple technicalities to fall back on, and that's fine. This situation is so bizarre I'm sure they don't want it formalized.
More importantly, I expect them to explain what they intend to do to rectify the situation as new managers working on this problem. Just think of this as a petition to get them focused and justify assigning resources on this.
Thanks for stepping up, maybe it will encourage others.
