[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR215.1]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 215--NOTICE, COMMENT, AND APPEAL PROCEDURES FOR NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 215.1  Purpose and scope.

    (a) Purpose. The rules of this part have two purposes. First, this 
part establishes a process by which persons or organizations may receive 
notice and be provided opportunity to comment on proposed actions 
implementing national forest land and resource management plans prior to 
a final decision by the responsible official. This includes notice of 
and opportunity to comment on nonsignificant amendments of land and 
resource management plans that are made in conjunction with those 
proposed actions. Second, this part provides for prompt administrative 
review of project and activities implementing forest plans and 
establishes who may appeal decisions on planned actions, the kind of 
decisions that may be appealed, the responsibilities of the participants 
in an appeal, and the procedures that apply.
    (b) Scope. The process established in this part constitutes the 
final administrative opportunity for the public to influence National 
Forest System project decisionmaking prior to implementation. The rules 
of this part complement, but do not replace, numerous other 
opportunities to participate in and influence agency decisionmaking

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provided pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the 
National Forest Management Act, and the implementing regulations and 
procedures in 40 CFR parts 1500-1508 and 36 CFR parts 216 and 219, 
Forest Service Manual Chapters 1920 and 1950, and Forest Service 
Handbooks 1909.12 and 1909.15.