USDA Forest Service Issues Rule to Manage Vegetation inside Utility Corridors
(WorldNews Environment)

USDA Forest Service issued a final rule today that updates the agency`s special-use regulations in alignment with Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue`s to increase the productivity of national forests and grasslands. The updated rule aims to enhance electric grid reliability, reduce wildfire risk in electric transmission and distribution rights-of-way, and lower the costs of delivering electricity to American homes and communities. `Developing consistent, efficient and effective procedures to manage vegetation in utility corridors will enhance the safety of communities, as well as protect property and infrastructure from the threat...