A deficit timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 may not be advertised
What the document says“No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal.”
The first sentence of section 431 of division C. It bars advertising a timber sale in Region 10 of the Forest Service, which is Alaska, where a residual value appraisal shows the indicated rate is deficit. The section goes on to require that surplus western red cedar be offered to domestic processors in the lower 48 states at prevailing domestic prices, and lets the rest, and all Alaska yellow cedar, be exported at the sale holder's choice.
What the document actually says“No timber sale in Alaska's Region 10 shall be advertised if the indicated rate is deficit (defined as the value of the timber is not sufficient to cover all logging and stumpage costs and provide a normal profit and risk allowance under the Forest Service's appraisal process) when appraised using a residual value appraisal.”
A timber sale in Alaska may not be put up if it would lose money. That is judged by a set method. The method works back from what the wood is worth.
Region 10 is the Forest Service name for Alaska. The rest of the rule covers cedar. Some must be offered at home first, and some may be sold abroad.
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