Pub. L. 101-121, tit. III, sec. 316

Sec. 316. Effective sixty days after enactment of this Act, the Forest Service is directed to assure an immediate supply of timber from the Kootenai National Forest and to protect the environment: Provided, That pending implementation of the Forest Service’s final agency action on the Upper Yaak Decision Area, as defined in the Upper Yaak Draft Environmental Impact Statement, the Forest Service is directed to expeditiously prepare, offer, and supervise the harvest of timber from the lodgepole pine timber type, as defined in the Upper Yaak Draft EIS, in the Upper Yaak Decision Area: Provided further, That adequate environmental assessments for103 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 judgment upon the legal adequacy or in any way affect the final decision made in the development or implementation of the Upper Yaak Final EIS.