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[CITE: 16USC620a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
            CHAPTER 4--PROTECTION OF TIMBER, AND DEPREDATIONS
 
Sec. 620a. Restrictions on exports of unprocessed timber 
        originating from Federal lands
        

(a) Prohibition on export of unprocessed timber originating from Federal 
        lands

    No person who acquires unprocessed timber originating from Federal 
lands west of the 100th meridian in the contiguous 48 States may export 
such timber from the United States, or sell, trade, exchange, or 
otherwise convey such timber to any other person for the purpose of 
exporting such timber from the United States, unless such timber has 
been determined under subsection (b) of this section to be surplus to 
the needs of timber manufacturing facilities in the United States.

(b) Surpluses

              (1) Determinations by Secretary concerned

        The prohibition contained in subsection (a) of this section 
    shall not apply to specific quantities of grades and species of 
    unprocessed timber originating from Federal lands which the 
    Secretary concerned determines to be surplus to domestic 
    manufacturing needs.

                           (2) Procedures

        Any determination under paragraph (1) shall be made in 
    regulations issued in accordance with section 553 of title 5. Any 
    such determination shall be reviewed at least once in every 3-year 
    period. The Secretary concerned shall publish notice of such review 
    in the Federal Register, and shall give the public an opportunity to 
    comment on such review.

(Pub. L. 101-382, title IV, Sec. 489, Aug. 20, 1990, 104 Stat. 715.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 620d, 620f of this title.