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 102 STAT. 1826

Wages. Government organization and employees.

5 USC 5911 note.

Forests and forest products.

Wages. Government organization and employees. 18 USC 208 note.

PUBLIC LAW 100-446—SEPT. 27, 1988

plan: Provided further. That any and all particular activities to be carried out under existing plans may nevertheless be challenged. SEC. 315. (a) From funds appropriated under this Act such sums as are necessary shall be made available to pay forest or wildland firefighters premium pay under the provision of subchapter V of chapter 55 of title 5, United States Code (notwithstanding the limitations of section 5547 of such title), for all premium pay that would have been paid to such forest or wildland firefighter employees, but for the provisions of section 5547 of such title, for all pay periods (and parts thereof) occurring during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1989. (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), no forest or wildland firefighter employee may be paid premium pay to the extent that the aggregate rate of pay of such employee for the aggregate of all pay periods in any ceilendar year exceeds the maximum rate for GS-15 as provided under the General Schedule pursuant to subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. (c) For purposes of this section, the term "wildland forest firefighter" means any employee of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior who is assigned to, or in support of, work on forest or wildland wildfire emergencies. SEC. 316. Section 320 of Public Law 98-473 (98 Stat. 1874), is amended by deleting the colon and all that follows the words "quarters of that agency" and inserting a period (.) in place of the colon. SEC. 317. None of the funds in this Act may be used to plan, prepare, or offer for sale timber from trees classified as giant sequoia (sequoiadendron giganteum) which are located on National Forest System or Bureau of Land Management lands until an environmental assessment has been completed and the giant sequoia management implementation plan is approved. In any event, timber harvest within the identified groves only will be done to enhance and perpetuate giant sequoia. There will be no harvesting of giant sequoia specimen trees. Removal of hazard, insect, disease and fire killed giant sequoia other than specimen trees is permitted. SEC. 318. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1989 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. SEC. 319. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, hereafter for the purposes of section 208 of title 18, United States Code, "particular matter", as applied to employees of the Department of the Interior and the Indian Health Service, shall mean "particular matter involving specific parties". SEC. 320. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Final Environmental Impact Statement issued by the USDA Forest Service concerning the Silver Complex Fire Recovery Project on the Siskiyou National Forest and the Record of Decision accompanying the Environmental Impact Statement shall not be subject to judicial review, and shall be subject only to one level of administrative appeal. Existing administrative appeals and appellant's Statement of Reasons shall be immediately transferred to the Chief of the Forest Service for decision. The Chief must render his decision not later than 30 days following enactment of this Act. Any decision of a responsible Forest Service officieil to undertake a specific activity, including but not limited to the preparation, advertisement and sale of timber and the preparation, advertise-

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