Land Uses; Special Uses; Procedures for Operating Plans and Agreements for Powerline Facility Maintenance and Vegetation Management Within and Abutting the Linear Boundary of a Special Use Authorization for a Powerline Facility
forest-service · Forest Service · Rule · Published 2020-07-10 · Effective 2020-08-10 · 85 FR 41387
Document
Document number
2020-13999
Federal Register citation
85 FR 41387
CFR reference
36 CFR 251
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
forest-service
Sub-agency
Forest Service
Publication date
2020-07-10
Effective date
2020-08-10
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is amending its existing special use regulations to implement section 512 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), as added by section 211 of division O, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (hereinafter "section 512"). This section governs the development and approval of operating plans and agreements for maintenance and vegetation management of electric transmission and distribution line facilities (powerline facilities) on National Forest System (NFS) lands inside the linear boundary of special use authorizations for powerline facilities and on abutting NFS lands to remove or prune hazard trees.