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 106 STAT. 860 PUBLIC LAW 102-335 —AUG. 7, 1992 (3) ensure the long-term conservation of the Pacific yew; and (4) prevent the wasting of Pacific yew resources while successful and affordable alternative methods of manufacturing taxol are being developed. (c) SECRETARY CONCERNED DEFINED. —For purposes of this Act, the term "Secretary concerned" means— (1) the Secretary of Agriculture, with respect to lands and interests in lands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service; and (2) the Secretary of the Interior, with respect to lands and interests in lands under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management. 16 USC 4802. SEC. 3. PACIFIC YEW CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT. (a) PACIFIC YEW POLICY. —The Secretary of Agricultiu-e and the Secretary of the Interior shall pursue a conservation and memagement policy with respect to lands and interests in lands under the jurisdiction of the Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management, which contain the Pacific yew in order to— (1) provide for the sustainable harvest of Pacific yew, or Pacific yew parts, in accordance with relevant land and resource management plans for the manufacture of taxol; and (2) provide for the long-term conservation of the Pacific yew in the wild. (b) CONTENT OF POLICY. —The conservation and msinagement policy required by subsection (a) shall ensure that— (1) in planning harvests of the Pacific yew, priority be given first to areas in which timber has been cut but Pacific yew trees have not been removed, second to areas in which timber is already sold but remains uncut, third to areas scheduled for timber sale in the near future, and fourth to those other areas where commercial and salvage timber sales are allowed under existing laws; (2) individual Pacific yew trees are utilized with little or no waste; (3) to the extent that timber harvesters' health and safety will not be jeopardized, the bark is harvested from Pacific yew trees in timber sale areas before the harvest of other timber resources; (4) whenever Pacific yew trees are harvested, they are— (A) cut using methods designed to allow for resprouting from the stump; and (B) replanted where necessary to maintain the species in the ecosystem; and (5) timber management and harvest activities are carried out in a manner that will minimize any adverse effects on the survival and regeneration of Pacific yew trees. (c) APPLICATION OF POLICY TO TIMBER HARVESTING.— (1) APPLICATION.—The Secretary concerned shall ensure that timber sales awarded after the date of the enactment of this Act, and timber sales completed before that date but still unharvested on that date, are conducted in accordance with— (A) the policy expressed in subsection (a); and (B) the relevant land and resource management plans of the Secretary concerned.

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