[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: 36CFR219.1]

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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.  219.1  Purpose and applicability.




        Subpart A_National Forest System Land Management Planning

Sec.  
219.1 Purpose and applicability.
219.2 Levels of planning and planning authority.
219.3 Nature of land management planning.
219.4 National Environmental Policy Act compliance.
219.5 Environmental management systems.
219.6 Evaluations and monitoring.
219.7 Developing, amending, or revising a plan.
219.8 Application of a new plan, plan amendment, or plan revision.
219.9 Public participation, collaboration, and notification.
219.10 Sustainability.
219.11 Role of science in planning.
219.12 Suitable uses and provisions required by NFMA.
219.13 Objections to plans, plan amendments, or plan revisions.
219.14 Effective dates and transition.
219.15 Severability.
219.16 Definitions.

Subpart B [Reserved]


    Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 16 U.S.C. 1604, 1613.

    Source: 70 FR 1055, Jan. 5, 2005, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) The rules of this subpart set forth a process for land 
management planning, including the process for developing, amending, and 
revising land

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management plans (also referred to as plans) for the National Forest 
System, as required by the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources 
Planning Act of 1974, as amended by the National Forest Management Act 
of 1976 (16 U.S.C. 1600 et seq.), hereinafter referred to as NFMA. This 
subpart also describes the nature and scope of plans and sets forth the 
required components of a plan. This subpart is applicable to all units 
of the National Forest System as defined by 16 U.S.C. 1609 or subsequent 
statute.
    (b) Consistent with the Multiple-Use Sustained-Yield Act of 1960 (16 
U.S.C. 528-531), the overall goal of managing the National Forest System 
is to sustain the multiple uses of its renewable resources in perpetuity 
while maintaining the long-term productivity of the land. Resources are 
to be managed so they are utilized in the combination that will best 
meet the needs of the American people. Maintaining or restoring the 
health of the land enables the National Forest System to provide a 
sustainable flow of uses, benefits, products, services, and visitor 
opportunities.
    (c) The Chief of the Forest Service shall establish planning 
procedures for this subpart for plan development, plan amendment, or 
plan revision in the Forest Service Directive System.