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PUBLIC LAW 101-626—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 4427 have already been sold prior to March 1, 1990, or where volume has been released prior to March 1, 1990, to either the Alaska Pulp Corporation or the Ketchikan Pulp Company pursuant to the longterm timber sale contracts numbered 12-11 -010-1545 and AlOfs- 1042 respectively. If such an independent timber sale or released volume is within the buffer zone, the Secretary shall make every effort to relocate such independent sale or released volume to an area outside of the buffer zone. The Secretary shall use best management practices, as defined in the Region 10 Soil said Water Conservation handbook (FSH 2509.22), January 1990, to assure the protection of riparian habitat on streams or portions of streams not protected by such buffer zones. For the purposes of this subsection, the terms 'Class I streams' and 'Class II streams' mean the same as they do in the Region 10 Aquatic Habitat Management Handbook (FSH 2609.24), June 1986.". 01)) No later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, 16 USC 539d the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the State of ^°^- Alaska, the National Marine Fisheries Service, and affected private land owners, shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a study containing recommendations on the need, if any, to standardize riparian management practices for Federal, State, and private lands within the Tongass National Forest. SEC. 104. FUTURE REPORTS ON THE TONGASS NATIONAL FOREST AND CONSULTATION. (a) REPORTS.— Section 706(a) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(a)) is amended by striking the second sentence. Section 706(b) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(b)) is amended as follows: (1) Strike "and (4)" and insert in lieu thereof "(4)". (2) Strike the period at the end of the subsection and insert ", and (5) the impact of timber management on subsistence resources, wildlife, and fisheries habitats.". 0)) CONSULTATION. —Section 706(c) of ANILCA (16 U.S.C. 539e(c)) is amended by striking "and the Alaska Land Use Council" and inserting in lieu thereof "the southeast Alaska commercial fishing industry, and the Alaska Land Use Council.". SEC. 105. SMALL BUSINESS SET-ASIDE PROGRAMS. (a) Section 14(i)(l) of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 472a(i)(l)), is amended by striking the following: "road: Provided, That the provisions of this subsection shall not apply to sales of timber on National Forest System lands in the State of Alaska." and inserting in lieu thereof "road.". (b) Section 705 (16 U.S.C. 539d) of ANILCA is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(f) Subject to appropriations, the provisions of this Act and other applicable law (including but not limited to the requirements of the National Forest Management Act of 1976 (Public Law 94-588)) and in order to assure the continuation of the Smedl Business Administration timber sale program, the Secretary shall, in consultation with the Administrator of the Small Business Administration and to the extent consistent with providing for the multiple use and sustained jdeld of all renewable forest resources, seek to provide a supply of timber from the Tongass National Forest to those purchasers qu£difying as 'small business concerns' under the Small Business Act as amended (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.).".