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USDA/FS RIN: 0596-AD36 Publication ID: Fall 2019 
Title: Special Use--Vegetation Management in Utility Corridors  
Abstract:

The 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Act directed the Forest Service (and the Bureau of Land Management to amend its regulations to strengthen vegetation management, maintenance and inspection plans and agreements for power line rights-of-way. As required by section 512 of FLPMA, 43 U.S.C. 1772, the proposed rule would amend 36 CFR part 251, subpart B, to add direction for the development and approval of operating plans and agreements for electric transmission and distribution lines, and approval of activities under those plans and agreements, for vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance. The vegetation management rule is a precursor to implementation of the 2018 Farm Bill, which provides for pilot projects that would utilize the new procedures to mitigate wildfire risk associated with electric transmission and distribution lines.

 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Proposed Rule Stage 
Major: Undetermined  Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 
EO 13771 Designation: Other 
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 251, subpart B     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1772    Pub. L. No. 115-141, 132 Stat. 1068   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  09/25/2019  84 FR 50698   
NPRM Comment Period End  11/25/2019 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Michael Migliori
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250
Phone:202 205-2496
Email: mmigliori@fs.fed.us