Vegetation management, facility inspection, and operation and maintenance relating to electric transmission and distribution facility rights-of-way

(a) Hazard trees within 50 feet of electric power line Section 512(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1772(a)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 10 and inserting 50. (b) Consultation with private landowners Section 512(c)(3)(E) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1772(c)(3)(E)) is amended— (1) in clause (i), by striking and at the end; (2) in clause (ii), by striking the period and inserting; and; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (iii) consulting with private landowners with respect to any hazard trees identified for removal from land owned by such private landowners.. (c) Review and approval process Clause (iv) of section 512(c)(4)(A) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1772(c)(4)(A)) is amended to read as follows: (iv) ensures that— (I) a plan submitted without a modification under clause (iii) shall be automatically approved 60 days after review; and (II) a plan submitted with a modification under clause (iii) shall be automatically approved 67 days after review..