- agency
means a unit of the executive branch of the Federal Government which is not under the jurisdiction of a head of a department.
- allotment management plan
means a document prepared in consultation with the lessees or permittees involved, which applies to livestock operations on the public lands or on lands within National Forests in the eleven contiguous Western States and which:
- antitrust laws
includes the Act of July 2, 1890 (26 Stat.1 15 U.S.C. 1 et seq.);
- areas of critical environmental concern
means areas within the public lands where special management attention is required (when such areas are developed or used or where no development is required) to protect and prevent irreparable damage to important historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources or other natural systems or processes, or to protect life and safety from natural hazards.
- Board
means the Board of Directors of the Foundation established under subsection (c).
- California desert
means the area generally depicted on a map entitled “California Desert Conservation Area—Proposed” dated April 1974, and described as provided in subsection (c)(2).
- Commandant
means the Commandant of the Coast Guard.
- communications facility
includes—
- communications site
means an area of covered land designated for communications uses.
- communications use
means the placement and operation of a communications facility.
- communications use authorization
means an easement, right-of-way, lease, license, or other authorization to locate or modify a communications facility on covered land by the Forest Service for the primary purpose of authorizing the occupancy and use of the covered land for communications use.
- conservation system unit
has the same meaning as specified in section 3102 of title 16.
- covered land
means National Forest System land.
- department
means a unit of the executive branch of the Federal Government which is headed by a member of the President’s Cabinet and the term “agency” means a unit of the executive branch of the Federal Government which is not under the jurisdiction of a head of a department.
- eleven contiguous Western States
means the States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
- Federal land
means—
- Forest Service
means the United States Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture.
- Foundation
means the Bureau of Land Management Foundation established by subsection (b)(1)(A).
- good Samaritan search-and-recovery mission
means a search conducted by an eligible organization or individual for 1 or more missing individuals believed to be deceased at the time that the search is initiated.
- grazing permit and lease
means any document authorizing use of public lands or lands in National Forests in the eleven contiguous western States for the purpose of grazing domestic livestock.
- hazard tree
means any tree or part thereof (whether located inside or outside a right-of-way) that has been designated, prior to tree failure, by a certified or licensed arborist or forester under the supervision of the Secretary concerned or the owner or operator of a transmission or distribution facility to be—
- holder
means any State or local governmental entity, individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other business entity receiving or using a right-of-way under subchapter V of this chapter.
- Light Station
means Piedras Blancas Light Station.
- Lighthouse
means the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse located in Palm Beach County, Florida.
- Local Partners
includes—
- management plan
means the management plan developed under subsection (c)(1).
- map
means the map entitled “Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area” and dated October 29, 2007.
- multiple use
means the management of the public lands and their various resource values so that they are utilized in the combination that will best meet the present and future needs of the American people;
- organizational unit
means, within the Forest Service—
- Outstanding Natural Area
means the Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area established pursuant to subsection (c).
- plan
means a vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance plan that—
- principal or major uses
includes, and is limited to, domestic livestock grazing, fish and wildlife development and utilization, mineral exploration and production, rights-of-way, outdoor recreation, and timber production.
- public involvement
means the opportunity for participation by affected citizens in rulemaking, decisionmaking, and planning with respect to the public lands, including public meetings or hearings held at locations near the affected lands, or advisory mechanisms, or such other procedures as may be necessary to provide public comment in a particular instance.
- public land
has the meaning given the term “public lands” in section 1702 of this title.
- public lands
has the meaning stated in section 103(e) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1703(e)).1
- relevant congressional committees
means the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Natural Resources, and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, and the Committee on Indian Affairs of the Senate.
- right-of-way
includes an easement, lease, permit, or license to occupy, use, or traverse public lands granted for the purpose listed in subchapter V of this chapter.
- Secretaries
means—
- Secretary
means the Secretary or the Secretary of Agriculture, as applicable.
- Secretary concerned
means—
- State
means the State of Florida.
- sustained yield
means the achievement and maintenance in perpetuity of a high-level annual or regular periodic output of the various renewable resources of the public lands consistent with multiple use.
- wild free-roaming horses and burros
has the meaning given the term in section 1332 of title 16.
- withdrawal
means withholding an area of Federal land from settlement, sale, location, or entry, under some or all of the general land laws, for the purpose of limiting activities under those laws in order to maintain other public values in the area or reserving the area for a particular public purpose or program;