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Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-110

§1682 Pilot Projects and Demonstrations

Title 16 › CHAPTER 36 — FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING › SUBCHAPTER IV — WOOD RESIDUE UTILIZATION › § 1682

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary can set up pilot projects and demonstrations to carry out the goals of this part. The Secretary may run the projects directly or work with private forest owners or other people under contracts or agreements, or join them with other projects the Secretary already has authority to do. Existing contracts, including national forest timber sale contracts, are not changed unless everyone involved agrees. These projects can cover a few kinds of activities, such as demonstration areas for using leftover wood, fuel‑wood collection and distribution centers, and building access roads to help use wood residues. Any use of residue removal credits must follow section 1683.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §1682

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(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.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

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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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 1682

Title 16, Conservation

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110