§ 1602. — Renewable Resource Program; preparation by Secretary of Agriculture and transmittal to President; purpose and development of program; time of preparation, updating and contents.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC1602]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 36--FOREST AND RANGELAND RENEWABLE RESOURCES PLANNING
SUBCHAPTER I--PLANNING
Sec. 1602. Renewable Resource Program; preparation by Secretary
of Agriculture and transmittal to President; purpose and
development of program; time of preparation, updating and
contents
In order to provide for periodic review of programs for management
and administration of the National Forest System, for research, for
cooperative State and private Forest Service programs, and for conduct
of other Forest Service activities in relation to the findings of the
Assessment, the Secretary of Agriculture, utilizing information
available to the Forest Service and other agencies within the Department
of Agriculture, including data prepared pursuant to section 1010a of
title 7, shall prepare and transmit to the President a recommended
Renewable Resource Program (hereinafter called the ``Program''). The
Program transmitted to the President may include alternatives, and shall
provide in appropriate detail for protection, management, and
development of the National Forest System, including forest development
roads and trails; for cooperative Forest Service programs; and for
research. The Program shall be developed in accordance with principles
set forth in the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of June 12, 1960 (74
Stat. 215; 16 U.S.C. 528-531), and the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (83 Stat. 852) [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.]. The Program shall be
prepared not later than December 31, 1975, to cover the four-year period
beginning October 1, 1976, and at least each of the four fiscal decades
next following such period, and shall be updated no later than during
the first half of the fiscal year ending September 30, 1980, and the
first half of each fifth fiscal year thereafter to cover at least each
of the four fiscal decades beginning next after such updating. The
Program shall include, but not be limited to--
(1) an inventory of specific needs and opportunities for both
public and private program investments. The inventory shall
differentiate between activities which are of a capital nature and
those which are of an operational nature;
(2) specific identification of Program outputs, results
anticipated, and benefits associated with investments in such a
manner that the anticipated costs can be directly compared with the
total related benefits and direct and indirect returns to the
Federal Government;
(3) a discussion of priorities for accomplishment of inventoried
Program opportunities, with specified costs, outputs, results, and
benefits;
(4) a detailed study of personnel requirements as needed to
implement and monitor existing and ongoing programs; and
(5) Program recommendations which--
(A) evaluate objectives for the major Forest Service
programs in order that multiple-use and sustained-yield
relationships among and within the renewable resources can be
determined;
(B) explain the opportunities for owners of forests and
rangeland to participate in programs to improve and enhance the
condition of the land and the renewable resource products
therefrom;
(C) recognize the fundamental need to protect and, where
appropriate, improve the quality of soil, water, and air
resources;
(D) state national goals that recognize the
interrelationships between and interdependence within the
renewable resources;
(E) evaluate the impact of the export and import of raw logs
upon domestic timber supplies and prices; and
(F) account for the effects of global climate change on
forest and rangeland conditions, including potential effects on
the geographic ranges of species, and on forest and rangeland
products.
(Pub. L. 93-378, Sec. 4, formerly Sec. 3, Aug. 17, 1974, 88 Stat. 477,
renumbered Sec. 4 and amended Pub. L. 94-588, Secs. 2, 5, Oct. 22, 1976,
90 Stat. 2949, 2951; Pub. L. 101-624, title XXIV, Sec. 2408(b), Nov. 28,
1990, 104 Stat. 4061.)
References in Text
The Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, referred to in text,
is Pub. L. 86-517, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 215, as amended, which is
classified generally to sections 528 to 531 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 528 of this title and Tables.
The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, referred to in text,
is Pub. L. 91-190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 55 (Sec. 4321 et seq.) of Title 42, The
Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to
the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of Title 42
and Tables.
Amendments
1990--Par. (5)(F). Pub. L. 101-624 added subpar. (F).
1976--Par. (4). Pub. L. 94-588 substituted ``implement and monitor''
for ``satisfy''.
Par. (5). Pub. L. 94-588 added par. (5).
Transfer of Functions
For transfer of certain enforcement functions of Secretary or other
official in Department of Agriculture under this subchapter to Federal
Inspector, Office of Federal Inspector for Alaska Natural Gas
Transportation System, and subsequent transfer to Secretary of Energy,
see note set out under section 1601 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 460bbb-1, 460bbb-7, 1604,
1606 of this title; title 7 section 3121.
