[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: 36CFR215.4]

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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. 215.4  Actions not subject to notice and comment.

    The following proposed actions are not subject to notice and comment 
procedures of Sec. 215.5
    (a) Actions described in a draft environmental impact statement, for 
which notice and comment procedures are governed by 40 CFR parts 1500-
1508;
    (b) Actions categorically excluded from documentation in an 
environmental impact statement or environmental assessment pursuant to 7 
CFR 1b.3 or FSH 1909.15, sections 31.1 and 31.2, except timber harvest 
actions as specified in Sec. 215.3(b) and (d)(2);

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    (c) Any action or policy not subject to the provisions of the 
National Environmental Policy Act and the implementing regulations at 40 
CFR parts 1500-1508;
    (d) Rules promulgated in accordance with the Administrative 
Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 551 et seq.) or policies and procedures issued 
in Forest Service Manuals and Handbooks (36 CFR parts 200, 216);
    (e) A nonsignificant amendment to a land and resource management 
plan which is made separately from a proposed action specified in 
Sec. 215.3(c) and which, therefore, is subject to appeal under part 217 
of this chapter.