[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR215.14]

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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. 215.14  Appeal content.

    (a) It is the appellant's responsibility to provide sufficient 
project- or activity-specific evidence and rationale, focusing on the 
decision, to show why the Responsible Official's decision should be 
reversed (paragraph (b)(6-9)).
    (b) The appeal must be filed with the Appeal Deciding Officer 
Sec. 215.8 in writing. At a minimum, an appeal must include the 
following:
    (1) Appellant's name and address (Sec. 215.2), with a telephone 
number, if available;
    (2) Signature or other verification of authorship upon request (a 
scanned signature for electronic mail may be filed with the appeal);
    (3) When multiple names are listed on an appeal, identification of 
the lead appellant (Sec. 215.2) and verification of the identity of the 
lead appellant upon request;
    (4) The name of the project or activity for which the decision was 
made, the name and title of the Responsible Official, and the date of 
the decision;
    (5) The regulation under which the appeal is being filed, when there 
is an option to appeal under either this part or part 251, subpart C 
(Sec. 215.11(d));
    (6) Any specific change(s) in the decision that the appellant seeks 
and rationale for those changes;
    (7) Any portion(s) of the decision with which the appellant 
disagrees, and explanation for the disagreement;
    (8) Why the appellant believes the Responsible Official's decision 
failed to consider the substantive comments; and
    (9) How the appellant believes the decision specifically violates 
law, regulation, or policy.

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    (c) The Appeal Deciding Officer shall not process an appeal when one 
or more of the following applies:
    (1) An appellant's identity is not provided or cannot be determined 
from the signature (written or electronically scanned) and a reasonable 
means of contact is not provided.
    (2) The appellant has not provided a reasonable means of contact.
    (3) The decision cannot be identified.
    (4) The appeal is illegible for any reason, including those 
submitted electronically in a format different from that specified in 
the legal notice.