Sec. 113. Categorical exclusion to expedite certain critical response actions
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A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary concerned to develop and carry out a management activity on National Forest System land or public land if the primary purpose of the management activity is— to protect a municipal water source; to increase water yield; 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 maintain, enhance, or modify critical habitat to protect the habitat from catastrophic disturbances; or any combination of the purposes specified in paragraphs
(1)through (5). Except in the case of a management activity described in paragraph (2), a management activity covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection
(a)may not contain a project exceeding a total of 5,000 acres. A management activity covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection
(a)may not contain a project exceeding a total of 15,000 acres if 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.