[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: 36CFR219.5]

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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.  219.5  Environmental management systems.

    The Responsible Official must establish an environmental management 
system (EMS) for each unit of the National Forest System. The scope of 
an EMS will include, at the minimum, the land management planning 
process defined by this subpart. An EMS for any unit may include 
environmental aspects unrelated to the land management planning process 
under this subpart.
    (a) Plan development, plan amendment, or plan revision must be 
completed in accordance with the EMS and Sec.  219.14. An EMS may be 
established independently of the planning process.
    (b) The EMS must conform to the consensus standard developed by the 
International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and adopted by the 
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) as ``ISO 14001: 
Environmental Management Systems--Specification With Guidance For Use'' 
(ISO 14001). The ISO 14001 describes EMSs and outlines the elements of 
an EMS. The ISO 14001 is available from the ANSI website at http://
webstore.ansi.org/ansidocstore/default.asp.
    (c) Pursuant to Sec.  219.1(c), the Chief of the Forest Service 
shall establish procedures in the Forest Service Directive System to 
ensure that appropriate EMSs are in place. The Responsible Official may 
determine whether and how to change and improve an EMS for the plan 
area, consistent with applicable Forest Service Directive System 
procedures.