[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: 36CFR215.3] [Page 27] 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. 215.3 Proposed actions subject to notice and comment. The notice and comment procedures of Sec. 215.5 apply only to the following actions: (a) Proposed actions implementing national forest land and resource management plans (36 CFR 219.11) for which an environmental assessment is prepared. (b) Proposed timber harvest as described in Paragraph 4, section 31.2 of Forest Service Handbook 1905.15 for which a project or case file and Decision Memo are required. (c) Nonsignificant amendments (36 CFR part 219) to land and resource management plans that are included as part of a decision on a proposed action as specified in paragraph (a) of this section. (d) Proposed actions on those National Forests which do not yet have approved land and resource management plans prepared pursuant to 36 CFR part 219 as follows: (1) Proposed actions for which an environmental assessment is prepared; or (2) Proposed timber harvest as described in Paragraph 4, section 31.2 of Forest Service Handbook 1905.15 for which a project or case file and Decision Memo are required. (e) Proposed forestry research activities to be conducted on National Forest Systems lands for which an environmental assessment has been prepared.