This section implements section 4 of the act.

(1) Introduction. "Extension time credit" means the number of calendar days a purchaser receives by engaging in or agreeing to engage in the removal of forest products on a sale which qualifies under subsection (2) below. Extension time credit can be received only for removals engaged in after April 3, 1982. This credit can only be used to extend window sales which exist at the time of the application for an extension of such sale. There are two ways to receive extension time credit. First, a purchaser can "earn" the credit. The extension time credit is "earned" only after the purchaser has satisfactorily engaged in the removals. Second, a purchaser can receive "conditional" credit by agreeing to engage in removals in the future.

(2) Sales upon which purchaser may earn credit. The following sales are sales on which the purchaser may earn extension time credit:

(a) All sales auctioned prior to April 3, 1982, but only if and to the extent that the purchaser agrees to and engages in removals and receives a logging release on that sale prior to December 31, 1983.

(b) Sales auctioned on or after April 3, 1982, which, in the prospectus and contract, are identified by the department as sales on which extension time credit may be earned, but only if and to the extent that the purchaser agrees to and engages in removals on that sale prior to the sale's expiration date or December 31, 1983, whichever is sooner. Up to 60% of the number of sales auctioned in 1982 and 1983 may be so designated by the department.

(3) Amount of extension time credit. One calendar day of extension time credit is earned for each acre of forest products which the purchaser satisfactorily removes and for which a logging or operating release has been issued, except that on partial cut sales or units on which less than 10 MBF/acre is satisfactorily removed, the following schedule shall be used to compute the number of days of extension time credit which may be earned:

Extension time credit will be computed on the foregoing basis, whether the removal of the forest products actually takes a longer or shorter time. The volume of forest products and acreage of a sale shall be the volume and acreage stated in the contract. Extension time credit is earned for time spent on yarding, loading and hauling activities only and not for road construction, falling and bucking, or for other contract requirements.

(4) Request to earn extension time credit. To earn extension time credit on a sale qualifying under subsection (2) above, a purchaser must submit a written request to the department. Extension time credit will be granted only for forest products removed on or after the day the request is received by the department. This request must identify the sale(s) on which the purchaser wishes to operate to earn extension time credit. The department shall determine the amount of extension time credit available to be earned on a sale in accordance with subsection (3) above. The department and the purchaser shall enter into a written agreement on a form provided by the department which sets forth the limitations of subsection (2) above as well as the amount of extension time credit which can be earned by engaging in such removals. The department shall establish an extension time credit account for the purchaser. After extension time credit is earned on a sale, the department will credit the purchaser's extension time credit account with the proper number of days of extension time credit. The account shall be debited from time to time as extension time credit is used under subsection (9) below. The purchaser which earns the extension time credit may not assign that credit to another purchaser.

(5) Request to receive extension time credit for engaging in removals from April 3, 1982, through May 14, 1982. If a purchaser wishes to receive extension time credit for engaging in removals from April 3, 1982, through May 14, 1982, it must submit a written request to the department on or before May 14, 1982. This request must identify the sale on which the purchaser wishes to receive the credit. The department shall determine the proper number of days of extension time credit in accordance with subsection (3) above and shall credit the purchaser's extension time credit account accordingly. If a purchaser fails to meet the foregoing deadline, it shall not receive credit for engaging in removals from April 3, 1982, up through the time it submits a request on that sale under subsection (4) above.

(6) Conditional extension time credit. If a purchaser needs to extend a window sale and does not have a sufficient amount of extension time credit in its extension time credit account to do so, the purchaser may submit a written request to the department to receive conditional extension time credit. The request must identify the window sale to be extended and the sale on which the purchaser will agree to engage in removals to receive the conditional credit.

The department and the purchaser shall enter into an agreement, on a form provided by the department, which identifies the sale being extended, the sale on which the purchaser agrees to engage in removals, the amount of extension time credit being conditionally granted, and the date by which the purchaser must complete the removals agreed upon. Failure of the purchaser to complete the removals by the foregoing date subjects the purchaser to subsection (8) below. A purchaser which receives conditional extension time credit may not assign that credit to another purchaser.

(7) Performance security required for agreements involving conditional credit. An agreement extending a sale using conditionally granted extension time credit shall be secured by the initial deposit and the performance security on the sale being extended and by the initial deposit of the sale on which the purchaser agrees to engage in removals. An adequate amount of the deposits and such security, as determined by the department, must be maintained until the purchaser completes the removals as agreed to, or can substitute the conditionally granted credit with credit actually earned after the date of the agreement referred to above.

(8) Purchaser's failure to engage in removals. If the purchaser fails to meet the completion date for removals as stated in the agreement referred to in subsection (6) above, all of the conditional extension time credit granted on that sale will be disallowed, and the sale(s) which was extended using the conditional extension time credit shall not receive such credit. The purchaser shall receive no extension time credit for the removals engaged in. The department shall notify the purchaser in writing of a failure to meet the completion date. Within 30 days of the date of mailing or personal service of this notice, the purchaser must pay for any extension granted, to the extent that it was granted using conditional credits, as that extension fee would have been computed under the contract as limited only by section 9 of the act. In addition, the purchaser shall pay an additional interest charge on the value of that portion of the extension granted using conditional credit at 12 percent per annum from the date the extension was granted through the date of actual payment by the purchaser. If the purchaser fails to make this payment within 30 days following the above notice, the purchaser's operating authority on the sale shall terminate, and the department may recover damages against the purchaser and its surety as allowed by law.

(9) Use of extension time credit to extend a window sale.

(a) Credit earned and credited to the purchaser's extension time credit account may be used by the department to extend a window sale upon written application by the purchaser. Extensions under section 4 of the act will be granted only by written extension agreement. The purchaser must deliver to the department a properly executed extension agreement on or before the expiration date of the sale which the purchaser wishes to extend under section 4 of the act. Failure to meet the above deadline will disqualify the sale for an extension under section 4 of the act.

(b) The purchaser may use the extension time credit earned or conditionally granted to extend as many window sales as it selects. Sales may be extended for 3, 6, 9 or 12 months only, but the purchaser may apply as much credit as it has earned toward the extension. Extension time credit earned may be applied together with cash or road credit in any combination toward the extension fee. Conditionally granted extension time credit may also be used, but only if needed.

(c) Days of extension time credit earned shall be applied to a sale without regard to whether the extension is during the operating season, closed or winter season, or shutdowns, except that contract termination date adjustments under contract clause 14-4 may still be made.

(d) The department will grant no extension under section 4 of the act after December 31, 1983, except that the department may exercise its rights under subsection (8) above after December 31, 1983. The term of extensions granted under section 4 of the act shall not extend beyond December 31, 1984.