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16 U.S.C. § 1681 — Congressional statement of purpose
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The purpose of this subchapter is to develop, demonstrate, and make available information on feasible methods that have potential for commercial application to increase and improve utilization, in residential, commercial, and industrial or powerplant applications, of wood residues resulting from timber harvesting and forest protection and management activities occurring on public and private forest lands, and from the manufacture of forest products, including woodpulp.
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The purpose of this subchapter is to develop, demonstrate, and make available information on feasible methods that have potential for commercial application to increase and improve utilization, in residential, commercial, and industrial or powerplant applications, of wood residues resulting from timber harvesting and forest protection and management activities occurring on public and private forest lands, and from the manufacture of forest products, including woodpulp.
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The Congress finds that—
(1) the management of the Nation’s renewable resources is highly complex and the uses, demand for, and supply of the various resources are subject to change over time;
(2) the public interest is served by the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, in cooperation with other agencies, assessing the Nation’s renewable resources, and developing and preparing a national renewable resource program, which is periodically reviewed and updated;
(3) to serve the national interest, the renewable resource program must be based on a comprehensive assessment of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of renewable resources from the Nation’s public and private forests and rangelands, through analysis of environmental and economic impacts, coordination of multiple use and sustained yield opportunities as provided in the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (74 Stat. 215; [16 U.S.C. 528–531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section528–531&num=0&edition=prelim)), and public participation in the development of the program;
(4) the new knowledge derived from coordinated public and private research programs will promote a sound technical and ecological base for effective management, use, and protection of the Nation’s renewable resources;
(5) inasmuch as the majority of the Nation’s forests and rangeland is under private, State, and local governmental management and the Nation’s major capacity to produce goods and services is based on these nonfederally managed renewable resources, the Federal Government should be a catalyst to encourage and assist these owners in the efficient long-term use and improvement of these lands and their renewable resources consistent with the principles of sustained yield and
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**(a) Establishment, implementation** The Secretary may establish pilot projects and demonstrations to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The pilot projects and demonstrations established under this section (1) may be operated by the Secretary; or (2) may be carried out through contracts or agreements with owners of private forest lands or other persons, or in conjunction with projects, contracts, or agreements entered into under any other authority which the Secretary may possess: Provided, That nothing contained in this subchapter shall abrogate or modify provisions of existing contracts or agreements, including contracts or agreements for the sale of national forest timber, except to the extent such changes are mutually agreed to by the parties to such contracts or agreements.
**(b) Scope; residue removal credits** Pilot projects and demonstrations carried out under this section may include, but are not limited to (1) establishment and operation of utilization demonstration areas; (2) establishment and operation of fuel wood concentration and distribution centers; and (3) construction of access roads needed to facilitate wood residue utilization: Provided, That residue removal credits may be utilized by the Secretary only as provided in [section 1683 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1683&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Secretary may carry out pilot wood residue utilization projects under which purchasers of National Forest System timber under contracts awarded prior to October 1, 1986, may, except as otherwise provided in this section, be required to remove wood residues not purchased by them to points of prospective use in return for compensation in the form of “residue removal credits.” Such projects may be carried out where the Secretary identifies situations in which pilot wood residue utilization projects on the National Forest system can provide important information on various methods and approaches to increasing the utilization, in residential, commercial, and industrial or powerplant applications, of wood residues and where such information cannot reasonably be obtained unless the pilot projects are done in conjunction with normal National Forest timber sale activities. The residue removal credits shall be applied against the amount payable for the timber purchased and shall represent the anticipated cost of removal of wood residues. The following guidelines shall apply to projects carried out under this section:
(1) Except in cases where wood residue removal is determined to be necessary for fire prevention, site preparation for regeneration, wildlife habitat improvement, or other land management purposes, the Secretary may not provide for removal of wood residues in instances where the anticipated cost of removal would exceed the anticipated value.
(2) The residue removal credits authorized by this section shall not exceed the amount payable by the purchaser for timber after the application of all other designated charges and credits.
(3) The Secretary may sell the wood residues removed to points of prospective use for not less than their appraised value.
(4) Pilot
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The Secretary shall make annual reports to the Congress on the programs authorized by this subchapter. These reports shall be submitted with the reports required under [section 1606(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1606/c&num=0&edition=prelim).
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The Secretary shall issue such regulations as the Secretary deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subchapter.
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For purposes of this subchapter, the term:
(1) “Anticipated cost of removal” means the projected cost of removal of wood residues from timber sales areas to points of prospective use, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of the timber sales contract in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.
(2) “Anticipated value” means the projected value of wood residues as fuel or other merchantable wood products, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of the timber sales contract in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.
(3) “Points of prospective use” means the locations where the wood residues are sold or otherwise put to use, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.
(4) “Person” means an individual, partnership, joint-stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or any other legal entity, or any agency of Federal or State government or of a political subdivision of a State.
(5) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.
(6) “Wood residues” includes, but is not limited to, logging slash, down timber material, woody plants, and standing live or dead trees which do not meet utilization standards because of size, species, merchantable volume, or economic selection criteria and which, in the case of live trees, are surplus to growing stock needs.
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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, and 1986 to carry out the pilot projects and demonstrations authorized by [section 1682 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1682&num=0&edition=prelim), the residue removal credits authorized by [section 1683 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1683&num=0&edition=prelim), and the other provisions of this subchapter: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500,000 of such amount may be appropriated for administrative expenses to carry out this subchapter for the period beginning October 1, 1981, and ending September 30, 1986. Such sums shall be in addition to those provided under other provisions of law and shall remain available until expended.
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Page 1977
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1681
culture’’ for ‘‘Extension Service’’, was executed by
making the substitution in subsec. (a) of this section,
which is section 5A of the Act, to reflect the probable
intent of Congress.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2008 AMENDMENT
Amendment of this section and repeal of Pub. L.
110–234 by Pub. L. 110–246 effective May 22, 2008, the
date of enactment of Pub. L. 110–234, except as other-
wise provided, see section 4 of Pub. L. 110–246, set out
as an Effective Date note under section 8701 of Title 7,
Agriculture.
Amendment by section 7511(c)(34) of Pub. L. 110–246
effective Oct. 1, 2009, see section 7511(c) of Pub. L.
110–246, set out as a note under section 1522 of Title 7,
Agriculture.
§ 1674b. Sustainable Forestry Outreach Initiative
The Secretary shall establish a program, to be
known as the ‘‘Sustainable Forestry Outreach
Initiative’’, to educate landowners concerning
the following:
(1) The value and benefits of practicing sus-
tainable forestry.
(2) The importance of professional forestry
advice in achieving sustainable forestry objec-
tives.
(3) The variety of public and private sector
resources available to assist the landowners in
planning for and practicing sustainable for-
estry.
(Pub. L. 95–306, § 5B, as added Pub. L. 107–171,
title VIII, § 8101(a), May 13, 2002, 116 Stat. 474.)
§ 1675. Authorization of appropriations; criteria
for eligibility of States for funds
There is authorized to be appropriated to
carry out this subchapter $30,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2002 through 2023. Generally, States
shall be eligible for funds appropriated under
this subchapter according to the respective ca-
pabilities of their private forests and rangelands
for yielding ren
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