; and (2) is identified in the document of the Secretary of Agriculture entitled Wildland Fire Potential: A Tool for Assessing Wildfire Risk and Fuels Management Needs , dated July 2015, and published as part of the Proceedings of the Large Wildland Fires Conference— (A) as being the highest priority areas on National Forest System land; or (B) as having a very high wildland fire potential on— (i) public lands (as defined in section 103 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 ( 43 U.S.C. 1702 )); and (ii) land held in trust for an Indian tribe. (e) Excluded areas This section does not apply to— (1) any component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (2) any wilderness study area, if a treatment required by this section would impair the suitability of the area to be designated a component of the National Wilderness Preservation System; (3) any research natural area; (4) any Federal land on which the removal of vegetation described in this section is prohibited by law; or (5) any Federal land that is burned by a wildland fire after the date on which the document described in subsection (d)(2) is published. (f) Categorical exclusion To reduce the risk of wildfires to communities and To reestablish natural fire regimes (1) Availability of a categorical exclusion and exemption Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary concerned may use a categorical exclusion for conducting hazardous fuel reduction activities for a project under the pilot program if the main purpose of which is to reduce the risk of wildfires to communities or to reestablish natural fire regimes on Federal land described in subsection (d). (2) Limitations for the use of the categorical exclusion (A) Requirement for collaboration A project covered by a categorical exclusion described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be— (i) developed by a certified collaborative