43 CFR § 5424.1 - Reporting provisions for substitution determination.

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title: "43 CFR § 5424.1 - Reporting provisions for substitution determination."
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "5424.1"
section_name: "Reporting provisions for substitution determination."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "FOREST MANAGEMENT (5000)"
part_number: "5420"
part_name: "PREPARATION FOR SALE"
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last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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authority: "30 U.S.C. 601  43 U.S.C. 2604."
regulatory_source: "35 FR 9785, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted."
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# 5424.1 Reporting provisions for substitution determination.

(a) To determine whether substitution has occurred, the authorized officer may require that information identified in the contract be reported by:

(1) A purchaser who has exported private timber within two years preceding the purchase date of Federal timber; and/or

(2) An affiliate of a timber purchaser who exported private timber within two years before the acquisition of Federal timber from the purchaser.

(b) Purchasers or affiliates of purchasers shall retain a record of Federal timber acquisitions and private timber exports for three years from the date the activity occurred.

(Information collection requirements contained in paragraph (a) were approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control number 1004-0058)

[46 FR 29263, June 1, 1981, as amended at 85 FR 82374, Dec. 18, 2020]