Sec. 105. Fireshed assessments
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Not later than 90 days after the date on which the Secretary concerned enters into an agreement with a Governor of a State or an Indian Tribe under section 104, the Secretary concerned and such Governor or Indian Tribe shall, with respect to the fireshed management areas designated in such State, jointly conduct a fireshed assessment that— identifies— using the best available science, wildfire exposure risks within each such fireshed management area, including scenario planning and wildfire hazard mapping and models; and each at-risk community within each fireshed management area; identifies potential fireshed management projects to be carried out in such fireshed management areas, giving priority— primarily, to projects with the purpose of reducing— wildfire exposure and corresponding risk to communities, including risk to life and structures; wildfire exposure and corresponding risk to municipal watersheds, including tribal water supplies and systems; risk of forest conversion due to wildfire; or any combination of purposes described in subclauses
(I)through (III); and secondarily, to projects with the purpose of protecting— critical infrastructure, including utility infrastructure; wildlife habitats, including habitat for species listed under the Endangered Species Act ( 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq. ); the built environment, including residential and commercial buildings; resources of an Indian Tribe, as defined by the Indian Tribe; or any combination of purposes described in subclauses
(I)through (IV); includes— a strategy for reducing the threat of wildfire to at-risk communities in the wildland-urban interface on both Federal and non-Federal land; a timeline for the implementation of fireshed management projects; long-term benchmark goals for the completion of fireshed management projects in the highest wildfire exposure areas so that such projects contribute to the development and maintenance of healthy and resilient landscapes; policies to ensure fireshed management projects comply with applicable forest plans and incorporate the best available science; and a strategy for reducing the threat of wildfire to improve the effectiveness of wildland firefighting, particularly the effectiveness of fuels treatments that would improve wildland firefighter safety during wildfires; shall be regularly updated based on the best available science, as determined by the Secretary concerned; and shall be publicly available on a website maintained by the Secretary concerned. Upon the written request of a local government, the Secretary concerned and the Governor of the State in which the local government is located may allow such local government to participate in producing the fireshed assessment under paragraph
(1)for such State. In carrying out a fireshed assessment under this subsection, the Secretary concerned may enter into memoranda of understanding with other Federal agencies or departments (including the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration), States, Indian Tribes, private entities, or research or educational institutions to improve, with respect to such assessment, the use and integration of— advanced remote sensing and geospatial technologies; statistical modeling and analysis; or any other technology or combination of technologies and analyses that the Secretary concerned determines will benefit the quality of information of such an assessment. In using the best available science for the fireshed assessments completed under subsection (a)(1), the Secretary concerned and Governor shall, to the maximum extent practicable, incorporate— traditional ecological knowledge from Indian Tribes; data from State forest action plans and State wildfire risk assessments; data from the Fireshed Registry maintained under section 103; and data from other Federal, State, Tribal, and local governments or agencies. Fireshed assessments conducted under this section shall not be subject to the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq. ).
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