[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: 36CFR293.5]

[Page 366]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 293_WILDERNESS_PRIMITIVE AREAS--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  293.5  Establishment, modification, or elimination.

    National Forest Wilderness will be established, modified, or 
eliminated in accordance with the provisions of sections 3(b), (d), and 
(e) of the Wilderness Act. The Chief, Forest Service, shall arrange for 
issuing public notices, appointing hearing officers, holding public 
hearings, and notifying the Governors of the States concerned and the 
governing board of each county in which the lands involved are located.
    (a) At least 30 days' public notice shall be given of the proposed 
action and intent to hold a public hearing. Public notice shall include 
publication in the Federal Register and in a newspaper of general 
circulation in the vicinity of the land involved.
    (b) Public hearings shall be held at locations convenient to the 
area affected. If the land involved is in more than one State, at least 
one hearing shall be held in each State in which a portion of the land 
lies.
    (c) A record of the public hearing and the views submitted 
subsequent to public notice and prior to the close of the public hearing 
shall be included with any recommendations to the President and to the 
Congress with respect to any such action.
    (d) At least 30 days before the date of the public hearing, suitable 
advice shall be furnished to the Governor of each State and the 
governing board of each county or, in Alaska, the borough in which the 
lands are located, and Federal departments and agencies concerned; and 
such officers or Federal agencies shall be invited to submit their views 
on the proposed action at the hearing or in writing by not later than 30 
days following the date of the hearing. Any views submitted in response 
to such advice with respect to any proposed Wilderness action shall be 
included with any recommendations to the President and to the Congress 
with respect to any such action.