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 PUBLIC LAW 101-624—NOV. 28, 1990 104 STAT. 3613 "(D) biological agents; "(E) herbicide methods; "(F) cultural methods; and "(G) general land management practices such as manipulation of livestock or wildlife grazing strategies or improving wildlife or livestock habitat. "(5) INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH. —The term 'interdisciplinary approach' means an approach to meiking decisions regarding the containment or control of an undesirable plant species or group of species, which— "(A) includes participation by personnel of Federal or State agencies with experience in areas including weed science, range science, wildlife biology, land management, and forestry; and "(B) includes consideration of— "(i) the most efficient and effective method of containing or controlling the undesirable plant species; "(ii) scientific evidence and current technology; "(iii) the physiology and habitat of a plant species; and "(iv) the economic, social, and ecological consequences of implementing the program. "(6) STATE AGENCIES. —The term 'State agency' means a State department of agriculture, or other State agency or political subdivision thereof, responsible for the administration or implementation of undesirable plants laws of a State. "(7) UNDESIRABLE PLANT SPECIES. —The term 'undesirable plants' means plant species that are classified as undesirable, noxious, harmful, exotic, injurious, or poisonous, pursuant to State or Federal law. Species listed as endangered by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 shall not be designated as undesirable plants under this section and shall not include plants indigenous to an area where control measures are to be taken under this section. "(f) C!00RDINATI0N.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior shall take such actions as may be necessary to coordinate Federal agency programs for control, research, and educational efforts associated with Federal, State, and locally designated noxious weeds. "(2) DUTIES.— The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall— "(A) identify regional priorities for noxious weed control; "(B) incorporate into existing technical guides regionally appropriate technical information; and "(C) disseminate such technical information to interested State, local, and private entities. "(3) COST SHARE ASSISTANCE.— The Secretary may provide cost share assistance to State and local agencies to manage noxious weeds in an area if a majority of landowners in that area agree to participate in a noxious weed management program. "(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—T here is authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary in each of fiscal years 1991 through 1995 to carry out this section.".

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