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# 42 U.S.C. § 8854 - Utilization of National Forest System in wood energy development projects

## Text

The Secretary of Agriculture may make available the timber resources of the National Forest System, in accordance with appropriate timber appraisal and sale procedures, for use by biomass energy projects.

(Pub. L. 96–294, title II, § 261, June 30, 1980, 94 Stat. 710.)