; and (iii) consultation under section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act ( 16 U.S.C. 470(f) ). (C) The rules established under subsections (d) and (e) of section 40807 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ( 16 U.S.C. 6592c(d) and (e)) shall apply with respect to Protection Projects by substituting Protection Projects for authorized emergency action under this section each place it appears in such subsections. (D) Protection Projects shall be subject to the requirements of section 106 of title I of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 ( 16 U.S.C. 6511 et seq. ). (3) Protection projects The responsible official shall carry out the following forest management activities, consistent with applicable grove-specific hazardous fuels reduction plans or activities recommend by the Assessment under section 8505, as Protection Projects under the emergency determination under this section: (A) Conducting hazardous fuels management, including mechanical thinning, mastication, and prescribed burning. (B) Removing hazard trees, dead trees, dying trees, or trees at risk of dying, as determined by the responsible official. (C) Removing trees to address overstocking or crowding in a forest stand, consistent with the appropriate basal area of the forest stand as determined by the responsible official. (D) Activities included in the applicable grove-specific hazardous fuels reduction plan. (E) Using chemical treatments to address insects and disease and control vegetation competition. (F) Any combination of activities described in this paragraph. (4) Requirements (A) In general Protection Projects carried out under paragraph (3) and reforestation and rehabilitation activities carried out under this Act that are described by subparagraph (D) are a category of actions hereby designated as being categorically excluded from the preparation of an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement under section 102 of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 ( 42 U.S.C. 4332 ). (B) Availability