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[CITE: 16USC1683]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
      CHAPTER 36--FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING
 
                 SUBCHAPTER IV--WOOD RESIDUE UTILIZATION
 
Sec. 1683. Pilot projects; requirements; residue removal credits 
        as compensation; implementation guidelines
        
    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 projects, demonstrations, and other programs 
    established pursuant to this subchapter shall be carried out in a 
    manner which does not result in an adverse effect on the furnishing 
    of timber, free of charge, under any other provision of law.
        (5) Wood residues shall be collected from a site so as to avoid 
    soil depletion or erosion giving full consideration to the 
    protection of wildlife habitat.
        (6) For the purposes of section 500 of this title, (A) any 
    residue removal credit applied under this section shall be 
    considered as ``money received'' or ``moneys received'', 
    respectively, and (B) the ``money received'' or ``moneys received'', 
    respectively, from the sales of wood residues removed to points of 
    prospective use shall be the proceeds of the sales less the sum of 
    any residue removal credit applied with respect to such residues 
    plus any costs incurred by the Forest Service in processing and 
    storing such residues.

(Pub. L. 96-554, Sec. 4, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1682, 1687 of this title.
