Sec. 115. Integrated natural resources management plan
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Within two years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall jointly prepare an integrated natural resources management plan for the withdrawal lands. The Secretaries shall prepare the integrated natural resources management plan in coordination with the State, the County, other impacted counties in the State, and affected Indian tribes. Any disagreement among the parties referred to in subsection
(a)concerning the contents or implementation of the integrated natural resources management plan prepared under that subsection or an amendment to the management plan shall be resolved by the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior, acting through— the State Director of the Nevada State Office of the Bureau of Land Management; and if appropriate, the Regional Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service. The Secretary of the Navy may delegate that Secretary’s resolution authority under paragraph
(1)to the commander of Naval Air Station Fallon, Nevada. Prior to the resolution of any conflict under paragraph (1), the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior shall consult with the executive committee. Subject to subsection (b), the integrated natural resources management plan prepared under subsection (a)— shall be prepared and implemented in accordance with the Sikes Act ( 16 U.S.C. 670 et seq. ); shall include provisions for— proper management and protection of the natural and cultural resources of the land; and sustainable use by the public of such resources to the extent consistent with the military purposes for which the land is withdrawn and reserved; shall include provisions, developed in consultation with affected Indian tribes, that address how the Secretary of the Navy intends— to fulfill the trust responsibility of the United States to the affected Indian tribes, including with respect to land and rights of the affected Indian tribes reserved by treaty or Federal law that are affected by the withdrawal and reservation; to allow access to, and ceremonial use of, Indian sacred sites to the extent consistent with the military purposes for which the land is withdrawn and reserved; and to provide for timely consultation with affected Indian tribes; shall provide that any hunting, fishing, and trapping on the land shall be conducted in accordance with section 2671 of title 10, United States Code; shall provide for livestock grazing and agricultural out-leasing on the land, if appropriate— in accordance with section 2667 of title 10, United States Code; and at the discretion of the Secretary of the Navy; shall identify current test and target impact areas and related buffer or safety zones on the land; shall provide that the Secretary of the Navy— shall take any and all necessary actions to prevent, suppress, manage, and rehabilitate brush and range fires occurring within the boundaries of the Fallon Range Training Complex and brush and range fires occurring outside the boundaries of the Fallon Range Training Complex resulting from military activities; and notwithstanding section 2465 of title 10, United States Code— may obligate funds appropriated or otherwise available to the Secretary of the Navy to enter into memoranda of understanding, cooperative agreements, and contracts for fire management; and shall reimburse the Secretary of the Interior for costs incurred under this paragraph; shall provide that all gates, fences, and barriers constructed after the date of enactment of this Act shall be designed and erected, to the maximum extent practicable and consistent with military security, safety, and sound wildlife management use, to allow wildlife access; if determined appropriate by the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior after review of any existing management plans applicable to the land, shall incorporate the existing management plans; shall include procedures to ensure that— the periodic reviews of the integrated natural resources management plan required by the Sikes Act ( 16 U.S.C. 670 et seq. ) are conducted jointly by the Secretary of the Navy and the Secretary of the Interior; and affected States and affected Indian tribes and the public are provided a meaningful opportunity to comment on any substantial revisions to the plan that may be proposed pursuant to such a review; shall incorporate the cooperative agreements, class III cultural resource inventories, and ethnographic studies described in section 123; and shall provide procedures to amend the integrated natural resources management plan as necessary.
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