; or (C) covered by a community wildfire protection plan. 203. Categorical exclusion to expedite salvage operations in response to catastrophic events (a) Availability of categorical exclusion A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary to develop and carry out a salvage operation as part of the restoration of National Forest System land following a catastrophic event. (b) Acreage limitations A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 5,000 acres. (c) Additional requirements (1) Road construction A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not include any permanent road construction. (2) Stream buffers A salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) shall comply with the standards and guidelines for stream buffers contained in the applicable forest plan, unless the standards and guidelines are modified for a specific salvage operation as part of a categorical exclusion by the Regional Forester. (3) Reforestation plan A reforestation plan shall be developed under section 3 of the Act of June 9, 1930 (commonly known as the Knutson-Vandenberg Act ) ( 16 U.S.C. 576b ), as part of a salvage operation covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a). 204. Categorical exclusion to meet forest plan goals for early successional forests (a) Availability of categorical exclusion A categorical exclusion is available to the Secretary to develop and carry out a forest management activity on National Forest System land in any case in which the primary purpose of the forest management activity is to modify, improve, enhance, or create early successional forests for wildlife habitat improvement and other purposes, in accordance with the applicable forest plan. (b) Acreage limitations A forest management activity covered by the categorical exclusion granted by subsection (a) may not contain harvest units exceeding a total of 5,000 acres.