Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 103 Part 1.djvu/773

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PUBLIC LAW 101-121—OCT. 23, 1989 103 STAT. 745 certain timber sales in the Upper Yaak Decision Area have been completed and are adequate, decision notices have been issued, no appeals have been filed, and the time period for appeals as specified in Forest Service regulations has expired: Provided further, That the Forest Service actions taken pursuant to this section shall comply with the Kootenai National Forest Plan: Provided further. That no construction of new system roads shall be permitted in the Upper Yaak River Drainage: Provided further. That this section does not in any manner represent a ju(^[ment upon the legal adequacy or in any way affect the final decision made in the development or implementation of the Upper Yaak Final EIS. SEC. 317. Section 320 of Public Law 98-473 (98 Stat. 1974) as amended by section 316 of Public Law 100-446 (102 Stat. 1826) is further amended by deleting the period and inserting ": Provided, That nothing contained herein shall prohibit an agreement between an Indian tribe or tribal organization and the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Health and Human Services, pursuant to the Indian Self-Determination Act, as amended (25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.), under which such tribe or tribal organization may retain rents and charges for the operation, maintenance, and repair of such quarters.. SEC. 318. (a) From funds appropriated under this Act or otherwise made available— (1) The Forest Service shall offer, notwithstanding the provi- sions of the Federal Timber Contract Payment Modification Act of 1984 (16 U.S.C. 618(a)(5)(C)), an aggregate timber sale level of seven billion seven hundred million board feet of net merchant- able timber from the national forests of Oregon and Washington for fiscal years 1989 and 1990. Such timber sales shall be consistent with existing land and resource management plans or land and resource management plans as approved except, in the case of the Mapleton Ranger District of the Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon, such sales shall be consistent with the preferred alternative of the draft land and resource manage- ment plan and accompanying draft environmental impact state- ment dated October 1, 1986, pending approval of a final land and resource management plan for the Siuslaw National Forest: Provided, That of the seven billion seven hundred million board foot aggregate timber sale level for fiscal years 1989 and 1990, timber sales offered from the thirteen national forests in Oregon and Washington known to contain northern spotted owls shall meet an aggregate timber sale level for fiscal years 1989 and 1990 of five billion eight hundred million board feet of net merchantable timber: Provided further. That the sales volume shall be distributed in the same proportion between Oregon and Washington national forests known to contain northern spotted owls based on the average sale volume for fiscal years 1986 through 1988. (2) The Bureau of Land Management shall offer such volumes as are required in fiscal year 1990 to meet an aggregate timber sale level of one billion nine hundred million board feet for fiscal years 1989 and 1990 from its administrative districts in western Oregon. (b)(1) In accordance with subsection (b)(2) of this section, all timber sales from the thirteen national forests in Oregon and Washington known to contain northern spotted owls prepared or offered pursu- ant to this section shall minimize fragmentation of the most eco- 5 USC 5911 note. National Forest System. Conservation. Forests and forest products. Oregon. Washington. Birds. Oregon. Washington.