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16 U.S.C. § 620h — Savings provision
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Nothing in sections 620 to 620j of this title, or regulations issued under sections 620 to 620j of this title, shall be construed to abrogate or affect any timber sale contract entered into before August 20, 1990.
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Nothing in sections 620 to 620j of this title, or regulations issued under sections 620 to 620j of this title, shall be construed to abrogate or affect any timber sale contract entered into before August 20, 1990.
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**(a) Findings** The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Timber is essential to the United States.
(2) Forests, forest resources, and the forest environment are exhaustible natural resources that require efficient and effective conservation efforts.
(3) In the interest of conserving those resources, the United States has set aside millions of acres of otherwise harvestable timberlands in the western United States, representing well over 100,000,000,000 board feet of otherwise harvestable timber.
(4) In recent years, administrative, statutory, or judicial action has been taken to set aside an increased amount of otherwise harvestable timberlands for conservation purposes.
(5) In the next few months and years, additional amounts of otherwise harvestable timberlands may be set aside for conservation purposes, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973 [[16 U.S.C. 1531](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title16-section1531&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], the National Forest Management Act of 1976, or other expected statutory, administrative, and judicial actions.
(6) There is evidence of a shortfall in the supply of unprocessed timber in the western United States.
(7) There is reason to believe that any shortfall which may already exist may worsen unless action is taken.
(8) In conjunction with the broad conservation actions expected in the next few months and years, conservation action is necessary with respect to exports of unprocessed timber.
**(b) Purposes** The purposes of sections 620 to 620j of this title are—
(1) to promote the conservation of forest resources in conjunction with State and Federal resources management plans, and other actions or decisions, affecting the use of forest resources;
(2) to take action esse
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 620g
1 So in original. Probably should be section ‘‘620e(7)(B)(ii)’’.
(i) the face of a log that is less than 7
inches in diameter; or
(ii) unprocessed timber that is less than
8 feet in length or less than 1⁄3 sound wood.
(C) Waivers
(i) In general
The Secretary concerned may waive log
painting and branding requirements—
(I) for a geographic area, if the Sec-
retary determines that the risk of the
unprocessed timber being exported from
the area or used in substitution is low;
(II) with respect to unprocessed timber
originating from private lands located
within an approved sourcing area for a
person who certifies that the timber will
be processed at a specific domestic proc-
essing facility to the extent that the
processing does occur; or
(III) as part of a log yard agreement
that is consistent with the purposes of
the export and substitution restrictions
imposed under sections 620 to 620j of this
title.
(ii) Review and termination of waivers
A waiver granted under clause (i)—
(I) shall, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, be reviewed once a year; and
(II) shall remain effective until termi-
nated by the Secretary.
(D) Factors
In making a determination under this
paragraph, the Secretary concerned shall
consider—
(i) the risk of unprocessed timber of that
species, grade, and size being exported or
used in substitution;
(ii) the location of the unprocessed tim-
ber and the effect of the location on its
being exported or used in substitution;
(iii) the history of the person involved
with respect to compliance with log paint-
ing and branding requirements; and
(iv) any other factor that is relevant to
determining the likelihood of the unproc-
essed timber being exported or used in sub-
stitution.
(5)
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