7 USC 2814 - Management of undesirable plants on Federal lands

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§ 2814.

Management of undesirable plants on Federal lands

(a)

Duties of agencies

Each Federal agency shall—

(1)

designate an office or person adequately trained in the management of undesirable plant species to develop and coordinate an undesirable plants management program for control of undesirable plants on Federal lands under the agency’s jurisdiction;

(2)

establish and adequately fund an undesirable plants management program through the agency’s budgetary process;

(3)

complete and implement cooperative agreements with State agencies regarding the management of undesirable plant species on Federal lands under the agency’s jurisdiction; and

(4)

establish integrated management systems to control or contain undesirable plant species targeted under cooperative agreements.

(b)

Environmental impact statements

(c)

Cooperative agreements with State agencies

(1)

In general

(2)

Contents of plan

A cooperative agreement entered into pursuant to paragraph (1) shall—

(A)

prioritize and target undesirable plant species or group of species to be controlled or contained within a specific geographic area;

(B)

describe the integrated management system to be used to control or contain the targeted undesirable plant species or group of species; and

(C)

detail the means of implementing the integrated management system, define the duties of the Federal agency and the State agency in prosecuting that method, and establish a timeframe for the initiation and completion of the tasks specified in the integrated management system.

(d)

Exception

(e)

Definitions

As used in this section:

(1)

Cooperative agreement

(2)

Federal agency

(3)

Federal lands

(4)

Integrated management system

The term “integrated management systems” means a system for the planning and implementation of a program, using an interdisciplinary approach, to select a method for containing or controlling an undesirable plant species or group of species using all available methods, including—

(A)

education;

(B)

preventive measures;

(C)

physical or mechanical methods;

(D)

biological agents;

(E)

herbicide methods;

(F)

cultural methods; and

(G)

general land management practices such as manipulation of livestock or wildlife grazing strategies or improving wildlife or livestock habitat.

(5)

Interdisciplinary approach

The term “interdisciplinary approach” means an approach to making decisions regarding the containment or control of an undesirable plant species or group of species, which—

(A)

includes participation by personnel of Federal or State agencies with experience in areas including weed science, range science, wildlife biology, land management, and forestry; and

(B)

includes consideration of—

(i)

the most efficient and effective method of containing or controlling the undesirable plant species;

(ii)

scientific evidence and current technology;

(iii)

the physiology and habitat of a plant species; and

(iv)

the economic, social, and ecological consequences of implementing the program.

(6)

State agencies

(7)

Undesirable plant species

(f)

Coordination

(1)

In general

(2)

Duties

The Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, shall—

(A)

identify regional priorities for noxious weed control;

(B)

incorporate into existing technical guides regionally appropriate technical information; and

(C)

disseminate such technical information to interested State, local, and private entities.

(3)

Cost share assistance

(g)

Authorization of appropriations

(Pub. L. 93–629, § 15, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XIV, § 1453, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3611.)

cite as: 7 USC 2814