Sec. 103. Management of Forest Active Management Areas
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Immediately upon the establishment of a Forest Active Management Area, the Secretary shall manage the Forest Active Management Area in the manner necessary to achieve the annual volume requirement for the Forest Active Management Area. The Secretary is authorized and encouraged to commence covered active management projects as soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act to begin generating forest active management revenues. The Secretary shall conduct covered active management projects within Forest Active Management Areas in accordance with this section and sections 104 and 105, which shall serve as the sole means by which the Secretary will comply with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and other laws applicable to the covered projects.
The Secretary is authorized and encouraged to develop covered active management projects for a Forest Active Management Area through a collaborative process. The decision notice for a covered active management project shall describe the collaborative process by which the project was developed, including a description of— participation by or consultation with State, local, and tribal governments; and any established record of successful collaborative planning and implementation of forest management projects by the collaborators.
As part of a covered active management project, or as a separate agreement or contract in connection with one or more covered active management projects, the Secretary may procure the services of persons who are not Federal employees to perform activities necessary to ensure project for compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4331 et seq.) and the Endangered Species Act of 1973 ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). Services performed under this subsection are subject to approval by the Chief of the Forest Service or other responsible official of the Forest Service.
As provided in section 108(c)(2), the Secretary shall use forest active management revenues to cover the cost of services procured under this subsection. The Secretary may modify the standards and guidelines contained in the land and resource management plan for the unit of the National Forest System in which the covered active management project will be carried out as necessary to achieve the requirements of this Act. Section 6(g)(3)(E)(iv) of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 ( 16 U.S.C. 1604(g)(3)(E)(iv) ) shall not apply to a covered active management project.
The Secretary may allow the use of all-terrain vehicles within the Forest Active Management Areas for the purpose of activities associated with the sale of national forest materials in a Forest Active Management Area.
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