[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48475-48476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17462]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 251

RIN 0596-AD36


Land Uses; Special Uses; Procedures for Operating Plans and 
Agreements for Powerline Facility Maintenance and Vegetation Management 
Within and Abutting the Linear Boundary of a Special Use Authorization 
for a Powerline Facility; Correction

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

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ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture is correcting a final rule 
that appeared in the Federal Register on July 10, 2020. The final rule 
amends existing special use regulations to implement section 512 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act, as added by section 211 of 
division O, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (hereinafter 
``section 512''). Section 512 governs the development and approval of 
operating plans and agreements for maintenance and vegetation 
management of electric transmission and distribution line facilities 
(powerline facilities) on National Forest System (NFS) lands inside the 
linear boundary of special use authorizations for powerline facilities 
and on abutting NFS lands to remove or prune hazard trees.

DATES: Effective August 10, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reggie Woodruff, Energy Program 
Manager, Lands and Realty Management, 202-205-1196 or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR doc. 2020-13999 appearing on pages 
41387-41394 in the Federal Register of Friday, July 10, 2020, the 
following corrections are made:


Sec.  251.51  [Corrected]

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1. On page 41392, in the first column, in Sec.  251.51, in amendment 2, 
the instruction is corrected to read as follows:
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2. Amend Sec.  251.51 by:
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a. Adding in alphabetical order the definition of ``Hazard tree'';
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b. Revising the definition of ``Linear right-of-way''; and
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c. Adding in alphabetical order the definitions of ``Maintenance,'' 
``Maximum operating sag,'' ``Minimum vegetation clearance distance,'' 
``Operating plan or agreement for a powerline facility,'' ``Owner or 
operator,'' ``Powerline facility,'' and ``Vegetation Management''.
    The additions and revision read as follows:

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2. On page 41392, in the second column, in Sec.  251.51, the definition 
for ``Linear right-of-way'' is corrected to read as follows:
    Linear right-of-way--an authorized right-of-way for a linear 
facility, such as a road, trail, pipeline, powerline facility, fence, 
water transmission facility, or fiber optic cable, whose linear 
boundary is delineated by its legal description.

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3. On page 41394, in the first column, in Sec.  251.56, paragraph 
(h)(5)(viii)(B) is corrected to read as follows:


Sec.  251.56  [Corrected]

    (h) * * *
    (5) * * *
    (viii) * * *
    (B) Emergency vegetation management. Emergency vegetation 
management does not require prior written approval from the authorized 
officer. The owner or operator shall notify the authorized officer in 
writing of the location and quantity of the emergency vegetation 
management within 24 hours of initiating the response;

James E. Hubbard,
Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
[FR Doc. 2020-17462 Filed 8-7-20; 8:45 am]
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