Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73
§1681 Congressional statement of purpose
Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 36— - FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - WOOD RESIDUE UTILIZATION › § 1681
Summary
Develops, tests, and shares practical ways to increase use of leftover wood from logging, forest care, and wood-product mills, including woodpulp, in homes, businesses, and power plants.
Full Legal Text
Title 16, §1681
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 96–554, § 9, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3259, provided that: “This Act [enacting this subchapter and enacting a provision set out as a note under section 1600 of this title] shall become effective October 1, 1981”.
Short Title
For
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of Pub. L. 96–554, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257, as the Wood Residue Utilization Act of 1980, see
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of 1980 Amendment note set out under section 1600 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 1681
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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