Sec. 112. Analysis of only two alternatives in proposed collaborative management activities
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This section shall apply whenever the Secretary concerned prepares an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement pursuant to section 102(2) of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332(2) ) for a project that meets the following criteria: The primary purpose of the management activity is— to address an insect or disease infestation; to reduce hazardous fuel loads; to control medusahead rye, cheatgrass, or another noxious or invasive weed specified on a Federal or State noxious weeds list; to protect a municipal water source; to maintain, enhance, or modify critical habitat to ensure protection from catastrophic disturbances; to increase water yield; or any combination of the purposes specified in subparagraphs
(A)through (F). The management activity— is developed through a collaborative process; is proposed by a resource advisory committee; is covered by a community wildfire protection plan; or covers an area— with a rating on the national fire danger rating system of— high; very high; or extreme; and in which not less than 50 percent of the acres have a predicted potential fire behavior, as determined using a fire behavior model of— passive crown fire; or active crown fire. In an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement described in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall study, develop, and describe only the following two alternatives: The management activity, as proposed pursuant to subsection (a). The alternative of no action. In the case of the alternative of no action, the Secretary concerned shall evaluate— the effect of no action on— forest or wildland health; habitat diversity; wildfire potential; and insect and disease potential; and the implications of a resulting decline in forest or wildland health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, spread of noxious or invasive weeds, or insect or disease infestation, given fire and insect and disease historic cycles, on— domestic water costs; wildlife habitat loss; and other economic and social factors.
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