[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: 36CFR215.3]

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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.  215.3  Proposed actions subject to legal notice and opportunity to comment.

    The legal notice (Sec.  215.5) and opportunity to comment procedures 
(Sec.  215.6) apply only to:
    (a) Proposed projects and activities implementing land and resource 
management plans (Sec.  215.2) for which an environmental assessment 
(EA) is prepared, except hazardous fuel reduction projects conducted 
under provisions of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act (HFRA), as set 
out at part 218, subpart A of this title.
    (b) Proposed projects and activities described in a draft 
environmental impact statement (DEIS) for which notice and comment 
procedures are governed by 40 CFR parts 1500 through 1508, except 
hazardous fuel reduction projects conducted under provisions of the 
HFRA, as set out at part 218, subpart A, of this title.
    (c) Proposed non-significant amendments to a land and resource 
management plan (pursuant to the 1982 planning regulations) that are 
included as part of a decision on a proposed action for which an EA is 
prepared;
    (d) A proposed action resulting in a revision of an EA based on 
consideration of new information or changed circumstances (FSH 1909.15, 
Chapter 10, section 18) as provided for in Sec.  215.18(b)(1); and
    (e) Proposed research activities to be conducted on National Forest 
System lands.

[68 FR 33595, June 4, 2003, as amended at 69 FR 1533, Jan. 9, 2004]

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