[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR212.4]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 212_TRAVEL MANAGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A_Administration of the Forest Transportation System
 
Sec.  212.4  Construction and maintenance.

    (a) Construction and maintenance work on forest transportation 
facilities with appropriated funds shall be directed to what is 
necessary and economically justified for protection, administration, 
development, and multiple-use management of the federally owned lands 
and resources served.
    (b) Preliminary engineering and the construction and maintenance of 
forest transportation facilities shall be performed by force account or 
let to contract, unless otherwise approved by the Chief. The contract 
method shall be employed for roads and trails in accordance with section 
205(c) of the Act of August 27, 1958 (72 Stat. 907); 23 U.S.C. 205, and 
for all other facilities when it is advantageous and in the interest of 
the Government.
    (c) No construction work shall be started by force account or let to 
contract until all necessary rights of way have been secured, and 
approved by the Attorney General, if required, and cooperative 
agreements, if any, approved and executed.

[24 FR 10256, Dec. 18, 1959, as amended at 25 FR 6360, July 7, 1960. 
Redesignated at 62 FR 58654, Oct. 30, 1997; 66 FR 3216, Jan. 12, 2001]