[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: 36CFR230.3]

[Page 173]
 
              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.  230.3  National program administration.

    (a) The Chief shall develop and oversee all Program policy and 
procedure and monitor the implementation of such policy and procedure 
over the life of the Program.
    (b) The Chief shall annually distribute among the States such cost-
share funds as may be available for the Program after addressing the 
public benefit incidental to such distribution and after giving 
appropriate consideration to the following: The total acreage of 
nonindustrial private forest land in each State, the potential 
productivity of such land, the number of owners eligible for cost 
sharing in each State, the need for reforestation in each State, the 
opportunities to enhance nontimber resources on such forest lands, and 
the anticipated demand for timber and nontimber resources in each State. 
In making distributions under this paragraph, the Chief shall consult 
with a group of not less than five State Foresters selected by a 
majority of the State foresters.
    (c) Tree planting, tree maintenance, and tree improvement are 
national priorities for cost-share practices under the Programs. In 
addition to these practices, the Chief, in consultation with the State 
Foresters, may develop other national priorities for practices to be 
cost shared under the Program and shall communicate such priorities to 
guide administration of the Program.
    (d) The Chief shall review and determine approval of State plans, 
including any revisions of such plans.
    (e) The Chief, in consultation with the State Foresters, shall 
annually reevaluate and set the percentage of Program funding to be made 
available for landowner forest stewardship plan development (Sec.  
230.7(a)(1) of this sub-part).
    (f) The Chief may enter into such agreements with any other USDA 
agency as are necessary to administer the Program. These agreements may 
include provisions authorizing the collection of Program participant 
information, the management of accounting ledgers, and the disbursement 
of payment to participants.
    (g) The Chief shall retain final authority to resolve all issues 
which may arise in the administration of the Program.