[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: 36CFR294.13]

[Page 372]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 294_SPECIAL AREAS--Table of Contents
 
   Subpart B_State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management
 
Sec.  294.13  Petition process.

    (a) Review and consideration of petitions made pursuant to Sec.  
294.12 shall be accomplished as follows:
    (1) Review. The Secretary shall review petitions and may request 
additional information from a petitioner before deciding whether to 
accept the petition. If the Secretary requests additional information 
from a petitioner, the petition will be considered complete when the 
petitioner provides the additional information.
    (2) Disposition. The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall 
respond to the petition within 180 days of receipt of a completed 
petition. The response shall accept or decline the petition to initiate 
a State-specific rulemaking.