[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: 36CFR230.2]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 230_STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY ASSISTANCE--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart A_Stewardship Incentive Program
 
Sec.  230.2  Definitions.

    As used in this subpart, the following terms shall mean:
    Act means the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act as amended (16 
U.S.C. 2101, et seq).
    Assignee means any person, corporation, government agency, or other 
legal entity to whom a landowner transfers legal rights to receive all 
or part of federal cost-share payments.
    Chief means the Chief of the Forest Service.
    Committee means the State Forest Stewardship Coordinating Committee 
established pursuant to section 19(b)(1) of the Act.
    Fiscal year means the fiscal year of the United States Government 
which is October 1 through September 30.
    Landowner means any private individual, group, association, 
corporation, Indian tribe or other native group, or other private legal 
entity, excluding corporations whose stocks are publicly traded or legal 
entities principally engaged in the production of wood products.
    Nonindustrial private forest land means rural lands with existing 
tree cover or which are suitable for growing trees and owned by any 
landowner as defined in this subpart.
    Practice means a stewardship activity or conservation measure 
consistent with the landowner plan to accomplish the landowner's desired 
management objectives.
    Program means the Stewardship Incentive Program.
    Regional Forester means the Forest Service official charged with the 
administration of a Region of the National Forest System as described in 
36 CFR 200.2, except that with reference to the States covered by the 
Eastern Region, such term shall mean the Area Director for States and 
Private Forestry, Northeastern Area (36 CFR 200.2);
    Resource Management Professional means any person who is recognized 
by the State Forester as having the knowledge and skills to develop 
landowner plans for managing the biological, economic, and environmental 
interrelationship of forest resources and to identify appropriate 
activities to manage, protect, or enhance forest resources including, 
but not limited to, an employee of a State forestry agency, other State 
resource agency, the Soil Conservation Service, a consulting forester, 
or wildlife biologist.
    Service Representative means a resource management professional 
designated by the State Forester to perform any or all of the following 
technical assistance functions: Review and approval of landowner plans, 
determination of need and feasibility of practices, establishment of 
site specific practice specifications, certification of completion of 
practices and performance of compliance checks pursuant to this subpart.
    State means any one of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands of the United 
States, Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the North Marianas 
Islands, the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and the Territories 
and possessions of the United States.
    State Forester means the employee of a State responsible for 
administration

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and delivery of forestry and assistance within such State.
    USDA means the U.S. Department of Agriculture.