Sec. 809. Establishment of fuel breaks in forests and other wildland vegetation
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Forest management activities described in subsection
(b)are a category of actions designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 ). The category of forest management activities designated under subsection
(a)for a categorical exclusion are forest management activities described in paragraph
(2)that are carried out by the Secretary concerned on National Forest System lands or public lands where the primary purpose of such activity is to establish and maintain linear fuel breaks that are— up to 1,000 feet in width adjacent to, and incorporating, existing linear features, such as roads, trails, transmission lines, and pipelines of any length on Federal land; and intended to reduce the risk of wildfire on the Federal land or an adjacent at-risk community. Subject to paragraph (3), the forest management activities that may be carried out pursuant to the categorical exclusion established under subsection
(a)are— mowing or masticating; thinning by manual and mechanical cutting; piling, yarding, and removal of slash; selling of vegetation products, including timber, firewood, biomass, slash, and fence posts; targeted grazing; application of— pesticide; biopesticide; or herbicide; seeding of native species; controlled burns and broadcast burning; and burning of piles, including jackpot piles. Treatments of vegetation in linear fuel breaks covered by the categorical exclusion established under subsection (a)— may not contain treatment units in excess of 3,000 acres; and shall be located primarily in an area described in section 605(c)(2) of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6591d(c)(2) ).
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Sec. 809
Establishment of fuel breaks in forests and other wildland vegetation
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