Sec. 201. Analysis of only 2 alternatives in proposed collaborative forest 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 forest management activity— that is— developed through a collaborative process; or covered by a community wildfire protection plan; and the primary purpose of which is— the reduction of hazardous fuel loads; the reduction of fuel connectivity through the installation of fuel and fire breaks; the restoration of forest health and resilience; the protection of a municipal water supply; or a combination of 2 or more purposes described in subparagraphs
(A)through (D). In an environmental assessment or environmental impact statement described in subsection (a), the Secretary concerned shall study, develop, and describe only the following 2 alternatives: The forest 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 health; habitat diversity; wildfire potential; insect and disease potential; and other economic and social factors; and the implications of a resulting decline, if any, in forest health, loss of habitat diversity, wildfire, 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. This section shall not apply to— any component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; or any National Forest System land or public land in which the removal of vegetation is prohibited by an Act of Congress.
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