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This extraordinary concession could force the Forest Service to sell Tongass old- 

 growth trees for the price of PNW raw materials such as recycled newspapers or 

 sawmill waste—or even give refunds to keep KPC competitive. This open-ended 

 government subsidy could cost American taxpayers billions of dollars. 



• Extend the current contract term by 1 5 years and make the new contract effective 45 days 

 after passage of the bill 



• Requires the contract to include a 23 -year schedule of KPC timber sales through 2019. 

 The Forest Service must prepare this binding 23-vear schedule within 45 days, without 

 o pportunity for public involvement; and once in place, the Forest Service cannot change 

 this plan unless L-P agrees 



• Requires the Tongass Land Management Plan (TLMP) Revision to conform with the KPC 

 plan. The current TLMP Revision draft does not contemplate any such schedule or 

 requirement for KPC timber sales This provision would delay the new Tongass plan, and 

 require vet another draft of t he plan This means the KPC contract and logRJne schedule 

 will control all future Forest Service Tongass planning. 



• Eliminates the Forest Service's right to terminate the contract for serious 

 environmental damage, or because it is significantly inconsistent with the Tongass 

 Land Management Plan, unless L-P agrees. This is a provision of every Forest Service 

 timber contract and basic to responsible management of public resources But, if the 

 Forest Service and L-P agree, they can change (or worsen) the contract terms without 

 Congressional approval 



• Eliminates the TTRA requirement for KPC to pay rates comparable to those paid by 

 independent Tongass timber purchasers and gives KPC new timber quality and price 

 advantages over independent timber purchasers 



This bill, and a new KPC contract, would tie the hands of the Forest Service and substitute the 

 corporate needs of a single favored company for the principles of balanced multiple use 

 management of public lands embodied in the Tongass Timber Reform Act, the National Forest 

 Management Act, and the Multiple-use Sustained Yield Act The bills are the most extreme 

 example of corporate welfare of which we are aware This is public policy at its worst. 



The bill rolls back the Tongass Timber Reform Act. 



Section 101. Section 101 of the Tongass Timber Reform Act ("Tongass Reform Law" or 

 "TTRA") replaced Section 705(a) of the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act 

 (ANILCA), which the Forest Service interpreted as requiring the agency to offer 450 million 

 board feet (mmbO of timber a year, regardless market conditions or cost to the taxpayer 

 Throughout the 1980s, acting under this mandate the Forest Service put up millions of board feet 

 of timber which did not sell because of weak international pulp markets, but preparation and 



