---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 1685"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "1685"
heading: "Regulations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/1685"
units:
  - "Chapter 36 — Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning"
  - "Subchapter IV — Wood Residue Utilization"
---

# §1685. Regulations


The [Secretary](/usc/16/1686.md?p=5) shall issue such regulations as the [Secretary](/usc/16/1686.md?p=5) deems necessary to implement the provisions of this subchapter.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–554, § 6, Dec. 19, 1980, 94 Stat. 3258.)

## 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.