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b. Make fairness modifications in the unilateral contract changes the Forest 

 Service implemented in 1991; and 



c. Create a win - win situation where both the environment and jobs are 

 protected. 



What this bill does not do is: 



a. Make changes in land designations, stream buffers, other on-the-ground 

 management goals, or the management direction of the Tongass National 

 Forest. 



b. Change the amount of timber made available to KPC each year for 

 harvest. 



A Short History of Ketchikan and KPC 



Consideration of this legislation requires an appreciation of the special 

 circumstances that led to the KPC long-term contract. In 1947, when President 

 Truman signed the Tongass Timber Act into law, Ketchikan, Alaska, had streets paved 

 with wooden planks. In the years since the early 1950's when the Ketchikan Chronicle 

 headline read " Pulp Contract Let ." Ketchikan has changed a great deal. The vibrant, 

 modem community we live and work in today is the direct result of zm initial $54 

 million investment that Puget Sound Pulp and timber (PSPT) and American Viscose 



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