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Pacific Yew Act (Public Law 102-335)

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Tipo de documento
Legislación
Fecha
1992
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Fuente original
Public Law 102-335, 7 August 1992, pp. 859-863.
Título completo
An Act to provide for the management of federal lands containing the Pacific yew to ensure a sufficient supply of taxol, a cancer-treating drug made from the Pacific yew.
Materia
Bosques
Palabra clave
Ordenación forestal/conservación de montes Bosques demaniales Protecíon de las especies
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

This Act is based upon Congressional findings that appropriate management guidelines should be implemented promptly to prevent the wasting of Pacific yew tree species, from which taxol is derived to treat certain types of cancer, while successful and affordable alternative methods of manufacturing taxol are being developed. The Act's requirements expire upon notice to Congress from the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior, based upon a determination by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, that quantities of taxol sufficient to satisfy medicinal demands are available from sources other than Pacific yew trees harvested on Federal lands. The purpose of the Act is to manage Pacific yew trees located on National Forest lands and on public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management so that Pacific yew can be collected and utilized efficiently, taxol can be produced commercially and sold at a reasonable cost to cancer patients, and the Pacific yew can be conserved over the long-term. The Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior are required to pursue a conservation and management policy on lands under their respective jurisdictions. The content of this policy stated broadly in the Act includes priorities in planning Pacific yew harvests and specified means of harvesting to minimize any adverse effects on the survival and regeneration of Pacific yew trees. Immediate consultation is specifically required under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 if a Secretary foresees the need to harvest Pacific yew in an area where an opinion under that Act has already concluded that commercial timber sales are likely to jeopardize the continued existence of an endangered or threatened species or destroy or adversely modify critical habitat identified for the species.

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