Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§619 Emergency Stumpage Rate Redeterminations in Alaska
Title 16 › Chapter 4— PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS › § 619
Summary
Buyers who won National Forest timber bids after January 1, 1974 can ask in writing for emergency changes to stumpage rates. Those new rates apply to timber scaled from January 1, 1981 until five years from October 16, 1984. The Secretary can change contract terms, including bid premiums, to keep those buyers competitive. These rules do not apply to holders of 50-year Alaska timber sale contracts.
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Title 16, §619
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(a)Emergency stumpage rate redetermination shall be made upon the written application of the purchaser of National Forest timber in Alaska, bid after January 1, 1974, and rates established as a result thereof shall be effective for timber scaled during a period between January 1, 1981, and five years from October 16, 1984.
(b)In making the emergency rate redeterminations the Secretary may modify existing contract terms, including the amount of the bid premium, in order to provide rates which will permit the holders of contracts bid after January 1, 1974, to be competitive with other purchasers of National Forest timber.
(c)The provisions of this section shall not apply to contracts held by the holders of 50-year timber sale contracts in Alaska.
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16 U.S.C. § 619
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60