U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Categorical Exclusions (opens in new tab)Categorical Exclusion
B. Resource Management.
Exclusion Text
(12) *(Not for use within the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit Court.) Hazardous fuels reduction activities using prescribed fire not to exceed 4,500 acres, and mechanical methods for crushing, piling, thinning, pruning, cutting, chipping, mulching, and mowing, not to exceed 1,000 acres. Such activities: (a) Shall be limited to areas— (i) In wildland-urban interface; and (ii) Condition Classes 2 or 3 in Fire Regime Groups I, II, or III, outside the wildland-urban interface; (b) Shall be identified through a collaborative framework as described in “A Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment 10-Year Comprehensive Strategy Implementation Plan;” (c) Shall be conducted consistent with bureau and Departmental procedures and applicable land and resource management plans; (d) Shall not be conducted in wilderness areas or impair the suitability of wilderness study areas for preservation as wilderness; and (e) Shall not include the use of herbicides or pesticides or the construction of new permanent roads or other new permanent infrastructure; and may include the sale of vegetative material if the primary purpose of the activity is hazardous fuels reduction.
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