43 U.S.C. § 1908 — Experimental stewardship program

Page 612 TITLE 43—PUBLIC LANDS § 1908 § 1908. Experimental stewardship program (a) Scope of program The Secretaries of Interior and Agriculture are hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement, on an experimental basis on se- lected areas of the public rangelands which are representative of the broad spectrum of range conditions, trends, and forage values, a program which provides incentives to, or rewards for, the holders of grazing permits and leases whose stewardship results in an improvement of the range condition of lands under permit or lease. Such program shall explore innovative grazing management policies and systems which might provide incentives to improve range conditions. These may include, but need not be limited to— (1) cooperative range management projects designed to foster a greater degree of coopera- tion and coordination between the Federal and State agencies charged with the management of the rangelands and with local private range users, (2) the payment of up to 50 per centum of the amount due the Federal Government from grazing permittees in the form of range im- provement work, (3) such other incentives as he may deem ap- propriate. (b) Report to Congress No later than December 31, 1985, the Secre- taries shall report to the Congress the results of such experimental program, their evaluation of the fee established in section 1905 of this title and other grazing fee options, and their rec- ommendations to implement a grazing fee schedule for the 1986 and subsequent grazing years. (Pub. L. 95–514, § 12, Oct. 25, 1978, 92 Stat. 1808.) CHAPTER 38—CRUDE OIL TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS Sec. 2001. Findings. 2002. Statement of purposes. 2003. Definitions. 2004. Applications for approval of proposed crude oil transportation systems. 2005. Review schedule. 2006. Environmental impact statements. 2007. Decision of President. 2008. Procedures for waiver of Federal law. 2009. Expedited procedures for issuance of permits: enforcement of rights-of-way. 2010. Negotiations with Government of Canada. 2011. Judicial review. 2012. Authorization for appropriation. § 2001. Findings The Congress finds and declares that— (1) a serious crude oil supply shortage may soon exist in portions of the United States; (2) a large surplus of crude oil on the west coast of the United States is projected; (3) any substantial curtailment of Canadian crude oil exports to the United States could create a severe crude oil shortage in the northern tier States; (4) pending the authorization and comple- tion of west-to-east crude oil delivery systems, Alaskan crude oil in excess of west coast needs will be transshipped through the Panama Canal at a high transportation cost; (5) national security and regional supply re- quirements may be such that west-to-east crude delivery systems serving both the north- ern tier States and inland States, consistent with the requirements of section 410 of the Act approved November 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 594), com- monly known as the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Authorization Act, are needed; (6) expeditious Federal and State decisions for west-to-east crude oil delivery systems are of the utmost priority; and (7) resolution of the west coast crude oil sur- plus and the need for crude oil in northern tier States and inland States require the assign- ment and coordination of overall responsi- bility within the executive branch to permit expedited action on all necessary environ- mental assessments and decisions on permit applications concerning delivery systems. (Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 501, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3157.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 410 of the Act approved November 16, 1973 (87 Stat. 594), commonly known as the Trans-Alaska Pipe- line Authorization Act, referred to in par. (5), is section 410 of Pub. L. 93–153, Nov. 16, 1973, 87 Stat. 594, which is set out as a note under section 1651 of this title. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEFINITIONS The definition of ‘‘State’’ in section 2602 of Title 16, Conservation, applies to this section. § 2002. Statement of purposes The purposes of this chapter are— (1) to provide a means for— (A) selecting delivery systems to transport Alaskan and other crude oil to northern tier States and inland States, and (B) resolving both the west coast crude oil surplus and the crude oil supply problems in the northern tier States; (2) to provide an expedited procedure for act- ing on applications for all Federal permits, li- censes, and approvals required for the con- struction and operation or any transportation system approved under this chapter and the Long Beach-Midland project; and (3) to assure that Federal decisions with re- spect to crude oil transportation systems are coordinated with State decisions to the max- imum extent practicable. (Pub. L. 95–617, title V, § 502, Nov. 9, 1978, 92 Stat. 3157.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEFINITIONS The definition of ‘‘State’’ in section 2602 of Title 16, Conservation, applies to this section. § 2003. Definitions As used in this chapter— (1) The term ‘‘northern tier States’’ means the States of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Mon-