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 PUBLIC LAW 94-588—OCT. 22, 1976 " (f) P l a n s developed in accordance with this section shall— " (1) form one integrated plan for each unit of the National Forest System, incorporating in one document or one set of documents, available to the public at convenient locations, all of the features required by this section; " (2) be embodied in a p p r o p r i a t e written material, including m a p s and other descriptive documents, reflecting proposed and possible actions, including the planned timber sale program and the proportion of probable methods of timber harvest within the unit necessary to fulfill the plan; " (3) be prepared by an interdisciplinary team. E a c h team shall prepare its plan based on inventories of the applicable resources of the forest; " (4) be amended in any manner whatsoever after final adoption after public notice, and, if such amendment would result in a significant change in such plan, in accordance with the provisions of subsections (e) and (f) of this section and public involvement comparable to that required by subsection (d) of this section; and " (5) be revised (A) from time to time when the Secretary finds conditions in a unit have significantly changed, but at least every fifteen years, and (B) in accordance with the provisions of subsections (e) and (f) of this section and public involvement comparable to that required by subsection (d) of this section. " (g) A s soon as practicable, but not later than two years after enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 553 of title 5, United States Code, promulgate regulations, under the principles of the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, that set out the process for the development and revision of the land management plans, and the guidelines and standards prescribed by this subsection. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to— " (1) specifying procedures to insure that land management plans are prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, including, but not limited to, direction on when and for w h a t plans an environmental impact statement required under section 102(2)(C) of that Act shall be p r e p a r e d; " (2) specifying guidelines which— " (A) require the identification of the suitability of lands for resource management; " (B) provide for obtaining inventory data on the various renewable resources, and soil and water, including pertinent maps, g r a p h i c material, and explanatory aids; and " (C) provide for methods to identify special conditions or situations involving hazards to the various resources and their relationship to alternative activities; " (3) specifying guidelines for land management plans developed to achieve the goals of the Program which— " (A) insure consideration of the economic and environmental aspects of various systems of renewable resource management, including the related systems of silviculture and protection of forest resources, to provide for outdoor recreation (including wilderness), range, timber, watershed, wildlife, and fish; " (B) provide for diversity of plant and animal communities based on the suitability and capability of the specific land area in order to meet overall multiple-use objectives, and within the multiple-use objectives of a land management plan adopted pursuant to this section, provide, where appropriate,

90 STAT. 2953

Public notice.

Revision,

Regulations,

16 USC 528 note.

42 USC 4321 note. 42 USC 4332.

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