[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: 36CFR215.8]

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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.  215.8  Appeal Deciding Officer.

    (a) Appropriate Appeal Deciding Officer. Appeals must be filed with 
the Appeal Deciding Officer as follows:

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 If the responsible official who made the     Then the Appeal Deciding
               decision is:                          Officer is:
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Chief.....................................  Secretary of Agriculture.
Regional Forester or Station Director.....  Chief of the Forest Service.
Forest Supervisor.........................  Regional Forester.
District Ranger...........................  Forest Supervisor.
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    (b) Authority. The Appeal Deciding Officer makes all procedural 
determinations. Such determinations are not subject to further 
administrative review.
    (1) Consolidation of appeal decisions. In cases involving more than 
one appeal of a decision, the Appeal Deciding Officer may consolidate 
appeals and may issue one or more appeal decisions.
    (2) Appeals with multiple names (organization(s) or individuals). 
(i) When an appeal lists multiple names, the Appeal Deciding Officer 
shall identify all qualified appellants (Sec.  215.13).
    (ii) The Appeal Deciding Officer may appoint the first name listed 
as the lead appellant (Sec.  215.2) to act on behalf of all parties to 
that appeal when the appeal does not specify a lead appellant (Sec.  
215.14(b)(3)).
    (3) Appeal disposition. (i) The Appeal Deciding Officer shall render 
the final disposition on an appeal and notify the appellant(s) in 
writing concerning the disposition of the appeal (Sec.  215.15(e)(2)).
    (ii) The Appeal Deciding Officer may issue an appeal decision 
different from the Appeal Reviewing Officer's recommendation.