[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: 36CFR219.12]

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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.  219.12  Suitable uses and provisions required by NFMA.

    (a) Suitable uses--(1) Identification of suitable land uses. 
National Forest System lands are generally suitable for a variety of 
multiple uses, such as outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and 
wildlife and fish purposes. The Responsible Official, as appropriate, 
shall identify areas within a National Forest System unit as generally 
suitable for uses that are compatible with desired conditions and 
objectives for that area. Such identification is guidance for project 
and activity decisionmaking, is not a permanent land designation, and is 
subject to change through plan amendment or plan revision. Uses of 
specific areas are approved through project and activity decisionmaking.
    (2) Identification of lands not suitable for timber production. (i) 
The Responsible Official must identify lands within the plan area as not 
suitable for timber production (Sec.  219.16) if:
    (A) Statute, Executive order, or regulation prohibits timber 
production on the land; or
    (B) The Secretary of Agriculture or the Chief of the Forest Service 
has withdrawn the land from timber production; or
    (C) The land is not forest land (as defined at Sec.  219.16); or
    (D) Timber production would not be compatible with the achievement 
of desired conditions and objectives established by the plan for those 
lands.
    (ii) This identification is not a final decision compelling, 
approving, or prohibiting projects and activities. A final determination 
of suitability for timber production is made through project and 
activity decisionmaking. Salvage sales or other harvest necessary for 
multiple-use objectives other than timber production may take place on 
areas that are not suitable for timber production.
    (b) NFMA requirements. (1) The Chief of the Forest Service must 
include in the Forest Service Directive System procedures for estimating 
the quantity of timber that can be removed annually in perpetuity on a 
sustained-yield basis in accordance with 16 U.S.C. 1611.
    (2) The Chief of the Forest Service must include in the Forest 
Service Directive System procedures to ensure that plans include the 
resource management guidelines required by 16 U.S.C. 1604(g)(3).
    (3) Forest Service Directive System procedures adopted to fulfill 
the requirements of this paragraph shall provide public involvement as 
described in 36 CFR part 216.