Sec. 5. Permit flexibility
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The Secretary concerned shall establish a permit administration protocol that authorizes, to the maximum extent practicable, a permittee issued a special recreation permit for a public land unit under section 803(h) of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6802(h) ) to engage in a recreational activity that is substantially similar to the specific activity authorized under the special recreation permit, if the substantially similar recreational activity— is comparable in type, nature, scope, and ecological setting to the specific activity authorized under the special recreation permit; does not result in a greater impact on natural and cultural resources than the authorized activity; and does not adversely affect any other permittee issued a special recreation permit for a public land unit under that subsection.
The Secretary concerned shall establish a program to allow a permittee issued a special recreation permit for a public land unit to voluntarily and temporarily return to the Secretary concerned one or more surplus service days, to be made available to any other existing or potential permittee. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary concerned shall establish and implement a program to authorize the issuance of temporary special recreation permits for new or additional recreational uses of Federal recreational land and water managed by the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
A temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph
(1)shall be issued for a period of not more than 2 years. If the Secretary concerned determines that a permittee under paragraph
(1)has completed 2 years of satisfactory operation under the permit proposed to be converted, the Secretary may provide for the conversion of a temporary special recreation permit issued under paragraph
(1)to a long-term special recreation permit. Nothing in this subsection alters or affects the authority of the Secretary to issue a special recreation permit under subsection (h)(1) of section 803 of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6802 ).
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