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"(e) The Secretary shall submit an annual re- 

 port to the Congress on the amounts, types, and 

 uses of herbicides and pesticides used in the Na- 

 tional Forest System, including the beneficial or 

 adverse effects of such uses.". 



RENEWABLE RESOURCE PROGRAM 



Sec 5. Section 4 of the Forest and Rangeland 

 Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as 

 redesignated by section 2 of this Act, is amended 

 by striking out the word "and" at the end of para- 

 graph (3) ; striking out the word "satisfy" and 

 inserting in lieu thereof "implement and monitor" 

 in paragraph (4) ; striking out the period at the end 

 of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof a 

 semicolon and the word "and"; and by adding a 

 new paragraph (5) as follows: 



"(5) Program recommendations which — 



"(A) evaluate objectives for the major For- 

 est Service programs in order that multiple- 

 use and sustained-yield relationships among 

 and within the renewable resources can be 

 determined ; 



"(B) explain the opportimities for owners 

 of forests and rangeland to participate in pro- 

 grams to improve and enhance the condition 

 of the land and the renewable resource prod- 

 ucts therefrom ; 



"(C) recognize the fundamental need to 

 protect and, where appropriate, improve the 

 quality of soil, water, and air resources; 



"(D) state national goals that recognize the 

 interrelationships between the interdepend- 

 ence within the renewable resources; and 



"(E) evaluate the impact of the export and 

 import of raw logs upon domestic timber sup- 

 plies and prices.". 



NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM RESOURCE PLANNING 



Sec 6. Section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland 

 Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974, as re- 

 designated by section 2 of this Act, is amended by 

 adding at the end thereof new subsections (c) 

 through (m) as follows: 



"(c) The Secretary shall begin to incorporate 

 the standards and guidelines required by this sec- 

 tion in plans for units of the National Forest Sys- 

 tem as soon as practicable after enactment of this 

 subsection and shall attempt to complete such in- 

 corporation for all such units by no later than 

 September 30, 1985. The Secretary shall report to 

 the Congress on the progress of such incorpora- 

 tion in the annual report required by section 8(c) 

 of this Act. Until such time as a unit of the Na- 

 tional Forest System Is managed imder plans devel- 

 oped in accordance with this Act, the management 

 of such unit may continue under existing land and 

 resource management plans. 



"(d) The Secretary shall provide for public 

 participation in the development, review, and re- 

 vision of land management plans including, but 

 not limited to, making the plans or revisions avail- 

 able to the public at convenient locations in the 

 vicinity of the affected unit for a period of at least 



three months before final adoption, during which 

 period the Secretary shall publicize and hold public 

 meetings or comisarable processes at locations that 

 foster public participation in the review of such 

 plans or revisions. 



"(e) In developing, maintaining, and revising 

 plans for units of the National Forest System pur- 

 suant to this section, the Secretary shaU assure 

 that such plans — 



"(1) provide for multiple use and sustained 

 yield of the products and services obtained 

 therefrom in accordance with the Multiple-Use 

 Sustained-Yield Act of 1960, and, in particular, 

 include coordination of outdoor recreation, 

 range, timber, watershed, wildlife and fish, and 

 wilderness; and 



"(2) determine forest management systems, 

 harvesting levels, and procedures in the light of 

 all of the uses set forth in subsection (c) (1) , the 

 definition of the terms 'multiple use' and 'sus- 

 tained yield' as provided in the Multiple-Use 

 Sustained- Yield Act of 1960, and the availability 

 of lands and their suitability for resource man- 

 agement. 



"(f) Plans developed in accordance with this 

 section shall — 



" ( 1 ) form one integrated plan for each imlt of 

 the National Forest System, incorporating in one 

 document or one set of documents, available to 

 the public at convenient locations, all of the fea- 

 tures required by this section; 



"(2) be embodied in appropriate written mate- 

 rial, including maps and other descriptive docu- 

 ments, 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. 

 Each team shall prepare its plan based on in- 

 ventories 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 pro- 

 visions of subsections (e) and (f) of this sec- 

 tion 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 imit 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) As 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 maangement plans, and the 

 guidelines and standards prescribed by this sub- 



