112 STAT. 2681-307 PUBLIC LAW 105-277 —OCT. 21, 1998 (2) GROUP SELECTION AND INDIVIDUAL TREE SELECTION.— Utilization of group selection and individual tree selection uneven-aged forest management prescriptions described in the Quincy Library Group-Community Stability Proposal to achieve a desired future condition of all-age, multistory, fire resilient forests as follows: (A) GROUP SELECTION. —Group selection on an average acreage of.57 percent of the pilot project area land each year of the pilot project. (B) INDIVIDUAL TREE SELECTION. —Individual tree selection may also be utilized within the pilot project area. (3) TOTAL ACREAGE. — The total acreage on which resource management activities are implemented under this subsection shall not exceed 70,000 acres each year. (4) RIPARIAN MANAGEMENT.— ^A program of riparian management, including wide protection zones and riparian restoration projects, consistent with riparian protection guidelines in subsection (c)(2)(B). (e) COST-EFFECTIVENESS.—In conducting the pilot project. Secretary shall use the most cost-effective means available, as determined by the Secretary, to implement resource management activities described in subsection (d). (f) FUNDING.— (1) SOURCE OF FUNDS.— In conducting the pilot project, the Secretary shall use, subject to the relevant reprogramming guidelines of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations— (A) those funds specifically provided to the Forest Service by the Secretary to implement resource management activities according to the Quincy Library Group-Community Stability Proposal; and (B) year-end excess funds that are allocated for the administration and management of Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest. (2) PROHIBITION ON USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.— The Secretary may not conduct the pilot project using funds appropriated for any other unit of the National Forest System. (3) FLEXIBILITY.— Subject to normal reprogramming guidelines, during the term of the pilot project, the forest supervisors of Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, and Tahoe National Forest may allocate and use all accounts that contain year-end excess funds and all available excess funds for the administration and management of Plumas National Forest, Lassen National Forest, and the Sierraville Ranger District of Tahoe National Forest to perform the resource management activities described in subsection (d). (4) RESTRICTION.—The Secretary or the forest supervisors, as the case may be, shall not utilize authority provided under paragraphs (1)(B) and (3) if, in their judgment, doing so will limit other nontimber related multiple use activities for which such funds were available. (5) OVERHEAD. — The Secretary shall seek to ensure that of amounts available to carry out this section— (A) not more than 12 percent is used or allocated for general administration or other overhead; and
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