---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1682"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1682"
heading: "Pilot projects and demonstrations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1682"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning"
  - "Subchapter IV — Wood Residue Utilization"
---

# §1682. Pilot projects and demonstrations

- (a) **Establishment, implementation—** The [Secretary](/usc/16/1686.md?p=5) may establish pilot [projects](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) and demonstrations to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. The pilot [projects](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) and demonstrations established under this section (1) may be operated by the [Secretary](/usc/16/1686.md?p=5); or (2) may be carried out through contracts or agreements with [owners](/usc/16/429b–3.md?p=4) of private [forest lands](/usc/16/544.md?p=f) or other [persons](/usc/16/1686.md?p=4), or in conjunction with [projects](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4), contracts, or agreements entered into under any other authority which the [Secretary](/usc/16/1686.md?p=5) may possess: Provided, That nothing contained in this subchapter shall abrogate or modify provisions of existing contracts or agreements, including contracts or agreements for the sale of national forest timber, except to the extent such changes are mutually agreed to by the parties to such contracts or agreements.
- (b) **Scope; residue removal credits—** Pilot [projects](/usc/16/410r–5.md?p=c-4) and demonstrations carried out under this section may include, but are not limited to (1) establishment and operation of utilization demonstration [areas](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A); (2) establishment and operation of fuel wood concentration and distribution centers; and (3) construction of access roads needed to facilitate wood residue utilization: Provided, That residue removal credits may be utilized by the [Secretary](/usc/16/1686.md?p=5) only as provided in [section 1683 of this title](/usc/16/1683.md).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–554, § 3, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3257.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1981, see section 9 of Pub. L. 96–554, set out as a note under section 1681 of this title.