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 PUBLIC LAW 108–148—DEC. 3, 2003

117 STAT. 1889

TITLE I—HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION ON FEDERAL LAND SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

16 USC 6511.

In this title: (1) AT-RISK COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘at-risk community’’ means an area— (A) that is comprised of— (i) an interface community as defined in the notice entitled ‘‘Wildland Urban Interface Communities Within the Vicinity of Federal Lands That Are at High Risk From Wildfire’’ issued by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior in accordance with title IV of the Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (114 Stat. 1009) (66 Fed. Reg. 753, January 4, 2001); or (ii) a group of homes and other structures with basic infrastructure and services (such as utilities and collectively maintained transportation routes) within or adjacent to Federal land; (B) in which conditions are conducive to a large-scale wildland fire disturbance event; and (C) for which a significant threat to human life or property exists as a result of a wildland fire disturbance event. (2) AUTHORIZED HAZARDOUS FUEL REDUCTION PROJECT.— 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 102(a) and conducted under sections 103 and 104. (3) COMMUNITY WILDFIRE PROTECTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘community wildfire protection plan’’ means a plan for an atrisk community that— (A) is developed within the context of the collaborative agreements and the guidance established by the Wildland Fire Leadership Council and agreed to by the applicable local government, local fire department, and State agency responsible for forest management, in consultation with interested parties and the Federal land management agencies managing land in the vicinity of the at-risk community; (B) identifies and prioritizes areas for hazardous fuel reduction treatments and recommends the types and methods of treatment on Federal and non-Federal land that will protect 1 or more at-risk communities and essential infrastructure; and (C) recommends measures to reduce structural ignitability throughout the at-risk community. (4) CONDITION CLASS 2.—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—

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