Bill > HR4574

This bill, the Salvaging American Lumber Via Action with Greater Efficiency Act (SALVAGE Act), aims to expedite certain activities related to salvage operations and reforestation on National Forest System lands or public lands in response to catastrophic events. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Establishing a categorical exclusion from environmental assessments or impact statements for salvage operations carried out by the Secretary concerned (the Secretary of Agriculture for National Forest System lands or the Secretary of the Interior for public lands), with a 10,000-acre acreage limitation. 2. Requiring expedited environmental assessments (within 60 days) and reforestation activities (at least 75% of impacted lands within 5 years) following large-scale catastrophic events. 3. Allowing for a shortened public input process (30 days for scoping and comment, 15 days for filing objections, and 15 days for agency response) for salvage operations and reforestation activities in response to large-scale catastrophic events. 4. Prohibiting courts from issuing restraining orders, preliminary injunctions, or injunctions pending appeal with respect to decisions to prepare or conduct salvage operations or reforestation activities in response to large-scale catastrophic events. 5. Excluding certain protected lands, such as those in the National Wilderness Preservation System or inventoried roadless areas, from the authorities provided by the bill.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

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