[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: 36CFR219.22]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 219--PLANNING--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart A--National Forest System Land and Resource Management Planning
 
Sec. 219.22  The overall role of science in planning.

    (a) The responsible official must ensure that the best available 
science is considered in planning. The responsible official, when 
appropriate, should acknowledge incomplete or unavailable information, 
scientific uncertainty,

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and the variability inherent in complex systems.
    (b) When appropriate and practicable and consistent with applicable 
law, the responsible official should provide for independent, scientific 
peer reviews of the use of science in planning. Independent, scientific 
peer reviews are conducted using generally accepted scientific practices 
that do not allow individuals to participate in the peer reviews of 
documents they authored or co-authored.