Sec. 4. ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN MANAGEMENT UNIT

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## SEC. 4 ADMINISTRATION OF THE LAKE TAHOE BASIN MANAGEMENT UNIT ###

(a)In General The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with this Act and the laws applicable to the National Forest System. ###

(b)Relationship to Other Authority ####

(1)Private or non-federal land Nothing in this Act grants regulatory authority to the Secretary over private or other non-Federal land. ####

(2)Planning agency Nothing in this Act affects or increases the authority of the Planning Agency. ####

(3)Acquisition under other law Nothing in this Act affects the authority of the Secretary to acquire land from willing sellers in the Lake Tahoe Basin under any other law. ###

(c)Forest Management activities ####

(1)Coordination #####

(A)In general In conducting forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, the Secretary shall, as appropriate, coordinate with the Administrator and State and local agencies and organizations, including local fire departments and volunteer groups. #####

(B)Goals The coordination of activities under subparagraph

(A)should aim to increase efficiencies and maximize the compatibility of management practices across public property boundaries. ####

(2)Multiple benefits #####

(A)In general In conducting forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, the Secretary shall conduct the activities in a manner that— ######

(i)except as provided in subparagraph (B), attains multiple ecosystem benefits, including— ######

(I)reducing forest fuels; ######

(II)maintaining biological diversity; ######

(III)improving wetland and water quality, including in Stream Environment Zones; and ######

(IV)increasing resilience to changing water temperature and precipitation; and ######

(ii)helps achieve and maintain the environmental threshold carrying capacities established by the Planning Agency. #####

(B)Exception Notwithstanding subparagraph (A)(i), the attainment of multiple ecosystem benefits shall not be required if the Secretary determines that management for multiple ecosystem benefits would excessively increase the cost of a program in relation to the additional ecosystem benefits gained from the management activity. ####

(3)Ground disturbance Consistent with applicable Federal law and Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit land and resource management plan direction, the Secretary shall— #####

(A)establish post-program ground condition criteria for ground disturbance caused by forest management activities; and #####

(B)provide for monitoring to ascertain the attainment of the post-program conditions. ####

(4)Availability of categorical exclusion for certain forest management projects A forest management activity conducted in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit for the purpose of reducing forest fuels is categorically excluded from the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) if the forest management activity— #####

(A)notwithstanding section 423 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2009 (division E of Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 748), does not exceed 10,000 acres, including not more than 3,000 acres of mechanical thinning; #####

(B)is developed— ######

(i)in coordination with impacted parties, specifically including representatives of local governments, such as county supervisors or county commissioners; and ######

(ii)in consultation with other interested parties; and #####

(C)is consistent with the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit land and resource management plan. ###

(d)Withdrawal of Federal Land ####

(1)In general Subject to valid existing rights and paragraph (2), the Federal land located in the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is withdrawn from— #####

(A)all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws; #####

(B)location, entry, and patent under the mining laws; and #####

(C)disposition under all laws relating to mineral and geothermal leasing. ####

(2)Exceptions A conveyance of land shall be exempt from withdrawal under this subsection if carried out under— #####

(A)this Act; or #####

(B)Public Law 96–586 (94 Stat. 3381) (commonly known as the “Santini-Burton Act”). ###

(e)Environmental Threshold Carrying Capacity The Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit shall support the attainment of the environmental threshold carrying capacities. ###

(f)Cooperative Authorities During the period beginning on the date of enactment of this subsection and ending on the date described in section 10(a), the Secretary, in conjunction with land adjustment programs, may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with States, units of local government, and other public and private entities to provide for fuel reduction, erosion control, reforestation, Stream Environment Zone restoration, and similar management activities on Federal land and non-Federal land within the programs.

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