Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Administration of Timber Export and Substitution Restrictions

Zusammenfassung

This final rule implements the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (Act). It defines certain terms necessary to facilitate uniform compliance; prohibits transfer of unprocessed private timber for export by a person who possesses or acquires unprocessed Federal timber; prohibits export of such unprocessed private timber by a third or successive parties; prescribes procedures for reporting the acquisition and disposition of Federal and private timber, including transfers; prescribes procedures for identifying unprocessed Federal and private timber requiring domestic processing; establishes procedures for assessing civil and criminal penalties and applying administrative remedies for violations of the Act, its implementing regulations, and contracts issued under the Act; and authorizes Regional Foresters' entry into cooperative agreements with other agencies. This comprehensive rule incorporates, with some changes, the provisions of the interim rule published November 20, 1990 (55 FR 48572) which established sourcing area procedures; continued surplus species determinations; and continued the existing reporting procedures applicable to timber sale contracts a