[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: 36CFR219.11]

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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.  219.11  Role of science in planning.

    (a) The Responsible Official must take into account the best 
available science. For purposes of this subpart, taking into account the 
best available

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science means the Responsible Official must:
    (1) Document how the best available science was taken into account 
in the planning process within the context of the issues being 
considered;
    (2) Evaluate and disclose substantial uncertainties in that science;
    (3) Evaluate and disclose substantial risks associated with plan 
components based on that science; and
    (4) Document that the science was appropriately interpreted and 
applied.
    (b) To meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section, the 
Responsible Official may use independent peer review, a science advisory 
board, or other review methods to evaluate the consideration of science 
in the planning process.