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1 provided. The rates shall not be designated at a level 



2 that places the purchaser at a competitive disadvan- 



3 tage to a similar enterprise in the Pacific Northwest 



4 and those rates shall be the sole charges the pur- 



5 chaser shall be required to pay for timber provided. 



6 "(5) Measurement of proportionality. — 



7 The Forest Service shall measure proportionality 



8 using the following criteria: 



9 "(A) Measure for groups of all contiguous 



10 management areas. 



11 "(B) Measure proportionality by acres. 



12 "(C) Measure proportionality over the en- 



13 tire rotation age. 



14 "(6) Conversion or replacement op pulp 



15 MILL. — The purchaser may convert or replace, in 



16 part or in whole, its pulp mill with a facility the 



17 manufactures any other value added product that 



18 utilizes pulp logs as a raw material component. 



19 "(7) Unilateral termination. — The unilat- 



20 eral termination clause of the contract is ehminated. 



21 "(8) Subsequent modifications. — ^Any 



22 clause in the contract, as modified by this sub- 



23 section, may be further modified only by mutual 



24 agreement of the Forest Service and the purchaser 



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