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- Organizations - Academic Organizations
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- This groups is a social network for the Oregon Wood Innovation Center.
The mission of OWIC is to improve the competitiveness of Oregon's wood products industry by fostering innovation in products, processes, and business systems. A key function of the Center is to serve as the primary link between university research and needs and opportunities in the forest industry. - Privacy Type:
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Oregon Wood Innovation Center
Join- Name:
- Oregon Wood Innovation Center
- Category:
- Organizations - Academic Organizations
- Description:
- This groups is a social network for the Oregon Wood Innovation Center.
The mission of OWIC is to improve the competitiveness of Oregon's wood products industry by fostering innovation in products, processes, and business systems. A key function of the Center is to serve as the primary link between university research and needs and opportunities in the forest industry. - Privacy Type:
- Open: All content is public.
- News:
- The Lacey Act: Implications for the forest products industry
November 13th, 2009
Embassy Suites Portland Airport, Portland, OR
8 AM - 5 PM
About the Meeting:
Recently, the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) made changes to the Lacey Act to include wood products. The act now requires that importers declare the species of wood used, the country of harvest for the tree, and other data. The Lacey Act now authorizes substantial civil and criminal penalties if wood is taken, possessed, transported, or sold in violation of any U.S. or foreign law regulating trees. The purpose of this workshop is to provide participants with an overivew of the new act, how the act will be enforced, learn from others in the industry how they are dealing with the act, and advice on how to show compliance, or due care, with the act.
Agenda
Overview of Lacey Act, why wood products were added, implementation, etc. - Gary Lougee, APHIS
Overview of Enforcement – DoJ representative
Establishing a Due Diligence Program – Greg Corbin, Stoel Rives LLP, Portland, OR
Dealing with Declaration Requirements – Greg McCue, Steptoe and Johnson LLP, Washington, DC
Using DNA to Prove Wood Source – Erwin Schutfort, Professional Services Industries
The role of forest certification schemes – Neil Mendenhall, Scientific Certification Schemes
For more information visit: http://owic.oregonstate.edu/FPS-WVC/
