16 U.S.C. § 471j — Headwaters Forest and Elk River Prop-

Page 920 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 471j Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The Clean Water Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(9), is act June 30, 1948, ch. 758, as amended generally by Pub. L. 92–500, § 2, Oct. 18, 1972, 86 Stat. 816, also known as the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, which is clas- sified generally to chapter 26 (§ 1251 et seq.) of Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters. For complete classi- fication of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1251 of Title 33 and Tables. The Safe Drinking Water Act, referred to in subsec. (f)(9), is title XIV of act July 1, 1944, as added Pub. L. 93–523, § 2(a), Dec. 16, 1974, 88 Stat. 1660, which is classi- fied generally to subchapter XII (§ 300f et seq.) of chap- ter 6A of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 201 of Title 42 and Tables. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, as amended, referred to in subsec. (k)(1), is act Aug. 7, 1953, ch. 345, 67 Stat. 462, which is classified generally to subchapter III (§ 1331 et seq.) of chapter 29 of Title 43, Public Lands. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1301 of Title 43 and Tables. Enactment of this Act, referred to in subsec. (k)(2), probably means date of enactment of Pub. L. 100–486, which enacted subsec. (k)(2) of this section and which was approved Oct. 13, 1988. AMENDMENTS 2014—Subsec. (h)(1)(B). Pub. L. 113–287, which directed substitution of ‘‘chapter 2003 of title 54’’ for ‘‘the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act’’ in section 502 of the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1998, was exe- cuted to this section, which is section 502 of the Na- tional Parks and Recreation Act of 1978, to reflect the probable intent of Congress. 1988—Subsec. (k). Pub. L. 100–486, § 2, designated exist- ing provisions as par. (1) and added par. (2). Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 100–486, § 1, added subsec. (l). § 471j. Headwaters Forest and Elk River Prop- erty acquisition (a) Authorization Subject to the terms and conditions of this section, up to $250,000,000 from the Land and Water Conservation Fund is authorized to be ap- propriated to acquire lands referenced in the Agreement of September 28, 1996, which consist of approximately 4,500 acres commonly referred to as the ‘‘Headwaters Forest’’, approximately 1,125 acres referred to as the ‘‘Elk Head Forest’’, and approximately 9,600 acres referred to as the ‘‘Elk River Property’’, which are located in Humboldt County, California. This section is the sole authorization for the acquisition of such property, which is the subject of the Agreement dated September 28, 1996 between the United States of America (hereinafter ‘‘United States’’), the State of California, MAXXAM, Inc., and the Pacific Lumber Company. Of the entire Elk River Property, the United States and the State of California are to retain ap- proximately 1,845 acres and transfer the remain- ing approximately 7,755 acres of Elk River Prop- erty to the Pacific Lumber Company. The prop- erty to be acquired and retained by the United States and the State of California is that prop- erty that is the subject of the Agreement of Sep- tember 28, 1996 as generally depicted on maps la- beled as sheets 1 through 7 of Township 3 and 4 North, Ranges 1 East and 1 West, of the Hum- boldt Meridian, California, titled ‘‘Dependent Resurvey and Tract Survey’’, as approved by Lance J. Bishop, Chief Cadastral Surveyor— California, on August 29, 1997. Such maps shall be on file in the Office of the Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Bureau of Land Management, Sac- ramento, California. The Secretary of the Inte- rior is authorized to make such typographical and other corrections to this description as are mutually agreed upon by the parties to the Agreement of September 28, 1996. The land re- tained by the United States and the State of California (approximately 7,470 acres) shall here- after be the ‘‘Headwaters Forest’’. Any funds ap- propriated by the Federal Government to ac- quire lands or interests in lands that enlarge the Headwaters Forest by more than five acres per each acquisition shall be subject to specific au- thorization enacted subsequent to this Act, ex- cept that such funds may be used pursuant to existing authorities to acquire such lands up to five acres per each acquisition or interests in lands that may be necessary for roadways to provide access to the Headwaters Forest. (b) Effective period of authorization The authorization in subsection (a) expires March 1, 1999 and shall become effective only— (1) when the State of California provides a $130,000,000 contribution for the transaction; (2) when the State of California approves a Sustained Yield Plan covering Pacific Lumber Company timber property; (3) when the Pacific Lumber Company dis- misses the following legal actions as evidenced by instruments in form and substance satis- factory to each of the parties to such legal ac- tions: Pacific Lumber Co. v. United States, No. 96–257L (Fed. Cls.) and Salmon Creek Corp. v. California Board of Forestry, No. 96–CS–1057 (Cal. Super. Ct.); (4) when the incidental take permit under section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1539(a)] (based upon a multispecies Habitat Conservation Plan covering Pacific Lumber Company timber property, including applicable portions of the Elk River Property) is issued by the United States Fish and Wild- life Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service; (5) after an appraisal of all lands and inter- ests therein to be acquired by the United States has been undertaken, such appraisal has been reviewed for a period not to exceed 30 days by the Comptroller General of the United States, and such appraisal has been provided to the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate; (6) after the Secretary of the Interior issues an opinion of value to the Committee on Re- sources of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, and the Committees on Appro- priations of the House and Senate for the land and property to be acquired by the Federal Government. Such opinion of value shall also include the total value of all compensation (including tax benefits) proposed to be pro- vided for the acquisition; Page 921 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 471j (7) after an Environmental Impact State- ment for the proposed Habitat Conservation Plan has been prepared and completed in ac- cordance with the applicable provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.]; and (8) when adequate provision has been made for public access to the property. (c) Acquisition Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the amount paid by the United States to acquire identified lands and interests in lands referred to in subsection (a) may differ from the value contained in the appraisal required by sub- section (b)(5) if the Secretary of the Interior cer- tifies, in writing, to Congress that such action is in the best interest of the United States. (d) Habitat conservation plan (1) Applicable standards Within 60 days after November 14, 1997, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Commerce shall report to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives on the scientific and legal standards and criteria for threatened, endan- gered, and candidate species under the Endan- gered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.] and any other species used to develop the habitat conservation plan (hereinafter ‘‘HCP’’) and the section 10(a) [16 U.S.C. 1539(a)] incidental take permit for the Pacific Lumber Company land. (2) Report If the Pacific Lumber Company submits an application for an incidental take permit under section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act [16 U.S.C. 1539(a)] for the transaction au- thorized by subsection (a), and the permit is not issued, then the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fish- eries Service shall set forth the substantive rationale or rationales for why the measures proposed by the applicant for such permit did not meet the issuance criteria for the species at issue. Such report shall be submitted to the Congress within 60 days of the decision not to issue such permit or by May 1, 1999, whichever is earlier. (3) HCP standards If a section 10(a) permit for the Pacific Lum- ber Company HCP is issued, it shall be deemed to be unique to the circumstances associated with the acquisition authorized by this section and shall not establish a higher or lesser standard for any other multispecies HCPs than would otherwise be established under existing law. (e) Payment to Humboldt County Within 30 days of the acquisition of the Head- waters Forest, the Secretary of the Interior shall provide a $10,000,000 direct payment to Humboldt County, California. (f) Payment in lieu of taxes The Federal portion of the Headwaters Forest acquired pursuant to this section shall be enti- tlement land under section 6905 of title 31. (g) Out-year budget limitations The following funding limitations and param- eters shall apply to the Headwaters Forest ac- quired under subsection (a)— (1) At least 50 percent of the total funds for management of such lands above the annual level of $100,000 shall (with the exception of law enforcement activities and emergency ac- tivities) be from non-Federal sources. (2) Subject to appropriations, the authorized annual Federal funding for management of such land is $300,000 (with the exception of law enforcement activities and emergency activi- ties). (3) The Secretary of the Interior or the Headwaters Forest Management Trust ref- erenced in subsection (h) is authorized to ac- cept and use donations of funds and personal property from the State of California, private individuals, and other nongovernmental enti- ties for the purpose of management of the Headwaters Forest. (h) Headwaters Forest Management Trust The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, with the written concurrence of the Governor of the State of California, to establish a Head- waters Forest Management Trust (‘‘Trust’’) for the management of the Headwaters Forest as follows: (1) Management authority The Secretary of the Interior is authorized to vest management authority and responsi- bility in the Trust composed of a board of five trustees each appointed for terms of three years. Two trustees shall be appointed by the Governor of the State of California. Three trustees shall be appointed by the President of the United States. The first group of trustees shall be appointed within 60 days of exercising the authority under this subsection and the terms of the trustees shall begin on such day. The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Resources of the State of California, and the Chairman of the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors shall be nonvoting, ex officio members of the board of trustees. The Sec- retary is authorized to make grants to the Trust for the management of the Headwaters Forest from amounts authorized and appro- priated. (2) Operations The Trust shall have the power to develop and implement the management plan for the Headwaters Forest. (i) Management plan (1) In general A concise management plan for the Head- waters Forest shall be developed and periodi- cally amended as necessary by the Secretary of the Interior in consultation with the State of California (and in the case that the author- ity provided in subsection (h) is exercised, the trustees shall develop and periodically amend the management plan), and shall meet the fol- lowing requirements: (A) Management goals for the plan shall be to conserve and study the land, fish, wildlife, and forests occurring on such land while pro- Page 922 TITLE 16—CONSERVATION § 472 1 See References in Text note below. viding public recreation opportunities and other management needs. (B) Before a management structure and management plan are adopted for such land, the Secretary of the Interior or the board of trustees, as the case may be, shall submit a proposal for the structure and plan to the Committee on Energy and Natural Re- sources of the Senate and the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives. The proposed management plan shall not be- come effective until the passage of 90 days after its submission to the Committees. (C) The Secretary of the Interior or the board of trustees, as the case may be, shall report annually to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate, the Committee on Resources of the House of Representatives, and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations concerning the management of lands acquired under the authority of this section and activities un- dertaken on such lands. (2) Plan The management plan shall guide general management of the Headwaters Forest. Such plan shall address the following management issues— (A) scientific research on forests, fish, wildlife, and other such activities that will be fostered and permitted on the Headwaters Forest; (B) providing recreation opportunities on the Headwaters Forest; (C) access to the Headwaters Forest; (D) construction of minimal necessary fa- cilities within the Headwaters Forest so as to maintain the ecological integrity of the Headwaters Forest; (E) other management needs; and (F) an annual budget for the management of the Headwaters Forest, which shall in- clude a projected revenue schedule (such as fees for research and recreation) and pro- jected expenses. (3) Compliance The National Environmental Policy Act [42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.] shall apply to the develop- ment and implementation of the management plan. (j) Cooperative management (1) The Secretary of the Interior may enter into agreements with the State of California for the cooperative management of any of the fol- lowing: Headwaters Forest, Redwood National Park, and proximate State lands. The purpose of such agreements is to acquire from and provide to the State of California goods and services to be used by the Secretary and the State of Cali- fornia in cooperative management of lands if the Secretary determines that appropriations for that purpose are available and an agreement is in the best interests of the United States; and (2) an assignment arranged by the Secretary under section 3372 of title 5 of a Federal or State employee for work in any Federal or State of California lands, or an extension of such assign- ment, may be for any period of time determined by the Secretary or the State of California, as appropriate, to be mutually beneficial. (Pub. L. 105–83, title V, § 501, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1610.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 105–83, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1543, known as the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, re- ferred to in subsecs. (b)(7) and (i)(3), is Pub. L. 91–190, Jan. 1, 1970, 83 Stat. 852, which is classified generally to chapter 55 (§ 4321 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 4321 of Title 42 and Tables. The Endangered Species Act, referred to in subsec. (d)(1), probably means the Endangered Species Act of 1973, Pub. L. 93–205, Dec. 28, 1973, 87 Stat. 884, which is classified generally to chapter 35 (§ 1531 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 1531 of this title and Tables. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries CHANGE OF NAME Committee on Resources of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Natural Resources of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hun- dred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007. TIMING OF ACQUISITIONS Pub. L. 105–83, title V, § 504, Nov. 14, 1997, 111 Stat. 1617, provided that: ‘‘The acquisitions authorized by sections 501 [16 U.S.C. 471j] and 502 [111 Stat. 1614] of this title may not occur prior to the earlier of: (1) 180 days after enactment of this Act [Nov. 14, 1997]; or (2) enactment of separate authorizing legislation that modifies section 501, 502, or 503 [111 Stat. 1616] of this title. Within 120 days of enactment, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture, respec- tively, shall submit to the Committee on Resources [now Committee on Natural Resources] of the House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House and Senate Commit- tees on Appropriations, reports detailing the status of efforts to meet the conditions set forth in this title im- posed on the acquisition of the interests to protect and preserve the Headwaters Forest and the acquisition of interests to protect and preserve Yellowstone National Park. For every day beyond 120 days after the enact- ment of this Act that the appraisals required in sub- sections [sic] 501(b)(5) and 502(b)(2) are not provided to the Committee on Resources [now Committee on Nat- ural Resources] of the House, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate and the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in accordance with such subsections, the 180-day period referenced in this section shall be extended by one day.’’ § 472. Laws affecting national forest lands The Secretary of the Department of Agri- culture shall execute or cause to be executed all laws affecting public lands reserved under the provisions of section 471 1 of this title, or sec- tions supplemental to and amendatory thereof, after such lands have been so reserved, except- ing such laws as affect the surveying, prospecting, locating, appropriating, entering, relinquishing, reconveying, certifying, or pat- enting of any of such lands. (Feb. 1, 1905, ch. 288, § 1, 33 Stat. 628.)