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1. Preliminary selections bv the Forest Service for the 

 upcoming five-year period are to be made one-year in 

 advance to facilitate scheduling of operations and to 

 allow the Forest Service time to do an adequate 

 appraisal. 



2. Designation of and establishment of cutting unit 

 boundaries are made by the Forest Service as its 

 planning and lay-out is completed during the five-year 

 period. 



3. Releases to KPC for road building and harvest are made 

 90 days in advance of operations, and annually KPC 

 submits a harvest plan for approval by the USFS. The 

 release and harvest plan approval process is much 

 narrower than the five-year plan. 



In terms of timing of similar tasks, the only difference 

 could be that the smaller-volume timber sales are generally 

 more fully marked on the ground prior to bidding, as compared 

 to the situation involving the volume associated with the KPC 

 long-term contract at the beginning of a five-year period. 

 However, no difference exists if one compares the level of 

 pre-bid planning on the smaller volume timber sales to the 

 planning which has occurred prior to release of a cutting unit 

 to KPC for harvest. 



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