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16 U.S.C. § 490 — Deposits from timber purchasers to defray cost of disposing of debris
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Purchasers of national-forest timber may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture to deposit the estimated cost to the United States of disposing of brush and other debris resulting from their cutting operations, such deposits to be covered into the Treasury and constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any deposits in excess of the amount expended for disposals shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest-reserve fund, to be credited to the receipts of the year in which such transfer is made.
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Purchasers of national-forest timber may be required by the Secretary of Agriculture to deposit the estimated cost to the United States of disposing of brush and other debris resulting from their cutting operations, such deposits to be covered into the Treasury and constitute a special fund, which is appropriated and shall remain available until expended: Provided, That any deposits in excess of the amount expended for disposals shall be transferred to miscellaneous receipts, forest-reserve fund, to be credited to the receipts of the year in which such transfer is made.
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**(a) Definitions** In this section:
(1) **Chief** — The term “Chief” means the Chief of the Forest Service.
(2) **Director** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Bureau of Land Management.
**(b) Projects** The Chief and the Director, via agreement or contract as appropriate, may enter into stewardship contracting projects with private persons or other public or private entities to perform services to achieve land management goals for the national forests and the public lands that meet local and rural community needs.
**(c) Land management goals** The land management goals of a project under subsection (b) may include any of the following:
(1) Road and trail maintenance or obliteration to restore or maintain water quality.
(2) Soil productivity, habitat for wildlife and fisheries, or other resource values.
(3) Setting of prescribed fires to improve the composition, structure, condition, and health of stands or to improve wildlife habitat.
(4) Removing vegetation or other activities to promote healthy forest stands, reduce fire hazards, or achieve other land management objectives.
(5) Watershed restoration and maintenance.
(6) Restoration and maintenance of wildlife and fish.
(7) Control of noxious and exotic weeds and reestablishing native plant species.
**(d) Agreements or contracts**
(1) **Procurement procedure** — A source for performance of an agreement or contract under subsection (b) shall be selected on a best-value basis, including consideration of source under other public and private agreements or contracts.
(2) **Contract for sale of property** — A contract entered into under this section may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be considered a contract for the sale of property under such terms as the Secretary may pres
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TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 494
tain exceptions, to Secretary of the Interior, with
power to delegate, see Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1950, §§ 1, 2,
eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3174, 64 Stat. 1262, set out in
the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
§ 489. Repealed. Pub. L. 87–869, § 5, Oct. 23, 1962,
76 Stat. 1157
Section, act Aug. 10, 1912, ch. 284, 37 Stat. 287, related
to sale of mature, dead, and down timber.
§ 490. Deposits from timber purchasers to defray
cost of disposing of debris
Purchasers of national-forest timber may be
required by the Secretary of Agriculture to de-
posit the estimated cost to the United States of
disposing of brush and other debris resulting
from their cutting operations, such deposits to
be covered into the Treasury and constitute a
special fund, which is appropriated and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That
any deposits in excess of the amount expended
for disposals shall be transferred to miscella-
neous receipts, forest-reserve fund, to be cred-
ited to the receipts of the year in which such
transfer is made.
(Aug. 11, 1916, ch. 313, 39 Stat. 462; Apr. 24, 1950,
ch. 97, § 6, 64 Stat. 84.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1950—Act Apr. 24, 1950, covered excess deposits into
miscellaneous receipts instead of returning them to the
depositors as was formerly the practice.
§ 491. Omitted
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
Section, act May 11, 1926, ch. 286, 44 Stat. 512, which
authorized Secretary of Agriculture to permit expor-
tation of timber and other products from State or Ter-
ritory when cut or removed from national forests situ-
ated therein, was from Department of Agriculture Ap-
propriation Act, 1927, and was not repeated in subse-
quent appropriations. See section 616 of th
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