§1686 — Title 16 Conservation | U.S. Code

Summary

Defines key words used for selling and using leftover wood from timber sales. Anticipated cost of removal — the estimated cost to move leftover wood from the sale area to where it will be used, set by the Secretary when the sale is advertised. Anticipated value — the estimated value of that leftover wood as fuel or other sellable wood products, set by the Secretary when the sale is advertised. Points of prospective use — the places where the wood will be sold or used, decided by the Secretary. Person — any individual, company, trust, government agency, or other legal entity. Secretary — the Secretary of Agriculture. Wood residues — leftover wood such as logging slash, down timber, woody plants, and live or dead trees that do not meet use standards or are extra to growing-stock needs.

Title 16, §1686

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For purposes of this subchapter, the term:

(1)“Anticipated cost of removal” means the projected cost of removal of wood residues from timber sales areas to points of prospective use, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of the timber sales contract in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.

(2)“Anticipated value” means the projected value of wood residues as fuel or other merchantable wood products, as determined by the Secretary at the time of advertisement of the timber sales contract in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.

(3)“Points of prospective use” means the locations where the wood residues are sold or otherwise put to use, as determined by the Secretary in accordance with appropriate appraisal and sale procedures.

(4)“Person” means an individual, partnership, joint-stock company, corporation, association, trust, estate, or any other legal entity, or any agency of Federal or State government or of a political subdivision of a State.

(5)“Secretary” means the Secretary of Agriculture.

(6)“Wood residues” includes, but is not limited to, logging slash, down timber material, woody plants, and standing live or dead trees which do not meet utilization standards because of size, species, merchantable volume, or economic selection criteria and which, in the case of live trees, are surplus to growing stock needs.

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 9 of Pub. L. 96–554, set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.

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