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[CITE: 16USC1682]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 36--FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--WOOD RESIDUE UTILIZATION
 
Sec. 1682. Pilot projects and demonstrations


(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.

(Pub. L. 96-554, Sec. 3, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 1687 of this title.
