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16 U.S.C. § 1612 — Public participation
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**(a) Adequate notice and opportunity to comment** In exercising his authorities under this subchapter and other laws applicable to the Forest Service, the Secretary, by regulation, shall establish procedures, including public hearings where appropriate, to give the Federal, State, and local governments and the public adequate notice and an opportunity to comment upon the formulation of standards, criteria, and guidelines applicable to Forest Service programs.
**(b) Advisory boards** In providing for public participation in the planning for and management of the National Forest System, the Secretary, pursuant to chapter 10 of title 5 and other applicable law, shall establish and consult such advisory boards as he deems necessary to secure full information and advice on the execution of his responsibilities. The membership of such boards shall be representative of a cross section of groups interested in the planning for and management of the National Forest System and the various types of use and enjoyment of the lands thereof.
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**(a) Adequate notice and opportunity to comment** In exercising his authorities under this subchapter and other laws applicable to the Forest Service, the Secretary, by regulation, shall establish procedures, including public hearings where appropriate, to give the Federal, State, and local governments and the public adequate notice and an opportunity to comment upon the formulation of standards, criteria, and guidelines applicable to Forest Service programs.
**(b) Advisory boards** In providing for public participation in the planning for and management of the National Forest System, the Secretary, pursuant to chapter 10 of title 5 and other applicable law, shall establish and consult such advisory boards as he deems necessary to secure full information and advice on the execution of his responsibilities. The membership of such boards shall be representative of a cross section of groups interested in the planning for and management of the National Forest System and the various types of use and enjoyment of the lands thereof.
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**(a) Preparation by Secretary of Agriculture; time of preparation, updating and contents** In recognition of the vital importance of America’s renewable resources of the forest, range, and other associated lands to the Nation’s social and economic well-being, and of the necessity for a long term perspective in planning and undertaking related national renewable resource programs administered by the Forest Service, the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to in this subchapter as the “Secretary”) shall prepare a Renewable Resource Assessment (hereinafter called the “Assessment”). The Assessment shall be prepared not later than December 31, 1975, and shall be updated during 1979 and each tenth year thereafter, and shall include but not be limited to—
(1) an analysis of present and anticipated uses, demand for, and supply of the renewable resources, with consideration of the international resource situation, and an emphasis of pertinent supply and demand and price relationship trends;
(2) an inventory, based on information developed by the Forest Service and other Federal agencies, of present and potential renewable resources, and an evaluation of opportunities for improving their yield of tangible and intangible goods and services, together with estimates of investment costs and direct and indirect returns to the Federal Government;
(3) a description of Forest Service programs and responsibilities in research, cooperative programs and management of the National Forest System, their interrelationships, and the relationship of these programs and responsibilities to public and private activities;
(4) a discussion of important policy considerations, laws, regulations, and other factors expected to influence and affect significantly the use, ownership, and management of for
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**(a) Interim final regulations**
(1) **In general** — Not later than 30 days after December 3, 2003, the Secretary of Agriculture shall promulgate interim final regulations to establish a predecisional administrative review process for the period described in paragraph (2) that will serve as the sole means by which a person can seek administrative review regarding an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project on Forest Service land.
(2) **Period** — The predecisional administrative review process required under paragraph (1) shall occur during the period—
(A) beginning after the completion of the environmental assessment or environmental impact statement; and
(B) ending not later than the date of the issuance of the final decision approving the project.
(3) **Eligibility** — To be eligible to participate in the administrative review process for an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project under paragraph (1), a person shall submit to the Secretary, during scoping or the public comment period for the draft environmental analysis for the project, specific written comments that relate to the proposed action.
(4) **Effective date** — The interim final regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of promulgation of the regulations.
**(b) Final regulations** The Secretary shall promulgate final regulations to establish the process described in subsection (a)(1) after the interim final regulations have been published and reasonable time has been provided for public comment.
**(c) Administrative review**
(1) **In general** — A person may bring a civil action challenging an authorized hazardous fuel reduction project in a Federal district court only if the person has challenged the authorized hazardous fuel reduction project by exhau
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Page 1964
TITLE 16—CONSERVATION
§ 1612
into the United States Treasury as miscellaneous re-
ceipts, whenever the Secretary concerned makes a find-
ing, published in the Federal Register, that sales suffi-
cient to achieve the total allowable sales quantity of
the National Forest System for the Forest Service or
the allowable sales level for the Oregon and California
grant lands for the Bureau of Land Management, re-
spectively, have been prepared.
‘‘(e) Any timber sales prepared and recreation
projects completed under this section shall comply
with all applicable environmental and natural resource
laws and regulations.
‘‘(f) The Secretary concerned shall report annually to
the Committees on Appropriations of the United States
Senate and the House of Representatives on expendi-
tures made from the Fund for timber sales and recre-
ation projects, revenues received into the Fund from
timber sales, and timber sale preparation and recre-
ation project work undertaken during the previous
year and projected for the next year under the Fund.
Such information shall be provided for each Forest
Service region and Bureau of Land Management State
office.
‘‘(g) The authority of this section shall terminate
upon the termination of both Funds in accordance with
the provisions of subsection (d).’’
EMERGENCY SALVAGE TIMBER SALE PROGRAM
Pub. L. 104–19, title II, § 2001, July 27, 1995, 109 Stat.
240, as amended by Pub. L. 104–134, title I, § 101(c) [title
III, § 316], Apr. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 1321–156, 1321–202; re-
numbered title I, Pub. L. 104–140, § 1(a), May 2, 1996, 110
Stat. 1327, provided for salvage timber sales from cer-
tain Federal lands by the Secretary of Agriculture and
the Secretary of the Interior from July 27, 1995 to Dec.
31, 1996.
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