16 U.S.C. § 6511
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United States · Title 16 — CONSERVATION · Status: effective
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In this subchapter:
The term “at-risk community” means an area—
that is comprised of—
The term “authorized hazardous fuel reduction project” means the measures and methods described in the definition of “appropriate tools” contained in the glossary of the Implementation Plan, on Federal land described in section 6512(a) of this title and conducted under sections 6513 and 6514 of this title.
The term “authorized hazardous fuel reduction project” includes, using the measures and methods described in subparagraph (A), the installation of—
The term “community wildfire protection plan” means a plan for an at-risk community that—
The term “condition class 2”, with respect to an area of Federal land, means the condition class description developed by the Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station in the general technical report entitled “Development of Coarse-Scale Spatial Data for Wildland Fire and Fuel Management” (RMRS–87), dated April 2000 (including any subsequent revision to the report), under which—
fire frequencies have increased or decreased from historical frequencies by 1 or more return intervals, resulting in moderate changes to—
The term “condition class 3”, with respect to an area of Federal land, means the condition class description developed by the Rocky Mountain Research Station in the general technical report referred to in paragraph (4) (including any subsequent revision to the report), under which—
fire frequencies have departed from historical frequencies by multiple return intervals, resulting in dramatic changes to—
The term “day” means—
The term “decision document” means—
The term “fire regime I” means an area—
The term “fire regime II” means an area—
The term “fire regime III” means an area—
The term “Implementation Plan” means the Implementation Plan for the Comprehensive Strategy for a Collaborative Approach for Reducing Wildland Fire Risks to Communities and the Environment, dated May 2002, developed pursuant to the conference report to accompany the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (House Report No. 106–64) 11 See References in Text note below. (and subsequent revisions).
The term “municipal water supply system” means the reservoirs, canals, ditches, flumes, laterals, pipes, pipelines, and other surface facilities and systems constructed or installed for the collection, impoundment, storage, transportation, or distribution of drinking water.
The term “resource management plan” means—
The term “Secretary” means—
The term “threatened and endangered species habitat” means Federal land identified in—
The term “wildland-urban interface” means—
in the case of any area for which a community wildfire protection plan is not in effect—
an area within 1½ miles of the boundary of an at-risk community, including any land that—
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003
- Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018House: 256–167Senate: no recorded tally