A proposed federal rule affecting national forest projects is drawing pushback from several states. California’s attorney general and eight others sent a letter to the U.S. Forest Service warning the change would shorten public comment periods and limit outside review. Under the proposal, some comment windows would shrink from 30 days to 10, and others from 45 days to 20. The group says letting the same official who approved a project handle objections could undermine fairness in decisions involving logging, road building, and wildfire fuel reduction work on forest land.