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 92 STAT. 1806 43 USC 1748.

Distribution, consultation and coordination.

Environmental assessment record.

42 USC 4321 note.

PUBLIC LAW 95-514—OCT. 25, 1978

Secretary under the provisions of section 318 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, and in addition to the moneys which are available for range improvements under section 401 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1751). (b) Aary amounts authorized by this section not appropriated in one or more fiscal years shall be available for appropriation in any subsequent years. (c) No less than 80 per centum of such funds provided herein shall be used for on-the-ground range rehabilitation, maintenance and the construction of range improvements (including project layout, project design, and project supervision). No more than 15 per centum of such funds provided herein shall be used to hire and train such experienced and qualified personnel as are necessary to implement on-the-ground supervision and enforcen)ent of the land use plans required pursuant to section 202 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1712) and such allotment management plans as may be developed. Such funds shall be distributed as the Secretary deems advisable after careful and considered consultation and coordination, including public hearings and meetings where appropriate, with the district grazing advisory boards established pursuant to section 403 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1753), and the advisory councils established pursuant to section 309 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (43 U.S.C. 1739), range user representatives, and other interested parties. To the maximum extent practicable, and where economically sound, the Secretary shall give priority to entering into cooperative agreements with range users (or user groups) for the installation and maintenance of on-the-ground range improvements. (d) Prior to the use of any funds authorized by this section the Secretary shall cause to have prepared an environmental assessment lecord on each range improvement project. Thereafter, improvement projects may be constructed unless the Secretary determines that the project will have a significant impact on the quality of human environment, necessitating an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act prior to the expenditure of funds. GRAZING FEES

43 USC 1905.

SEC. 6. (a) For the grazing years 1979 through 1985, the Secretaries of Agriculture and Interior shall charge the fee for domestic livestock grazing on the public rangelands which Congress finds represents the economic value of the use of the land to the user, and under which Congress finds fair market value for public grazing equals the $1.23 base established by the 1966 Western Livestock Grazing Survey multiplied by the result of the Forage Value Index (computed annually from data supplied by the Economic Research Service) added to the Combined Index (Beef Cattle Price Index minus the Price Paid Index) and divided by 100: Provided, That the annual increase or decrease in such fee for any given year shall be limited to not more than plus or minus 25 per centum of the previous year's fee. Cb) The second sentence of section 401(b)(1) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1751(b)(1)) is hereby amended by adding the words "or $10,000,000 per annum, whichever is greater" after the words "50 per centum", and by substituting the word "sixteen" for the word "eleven" before the words "contiguous Western States".

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