[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 36, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 36CFR223.12]

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              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 223_SALE AND DISPOSAL OF NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM TIMBER
--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 223.12  Permission to cut, damage, or destroy trees without
advertisement.

    Permission may be granted to cut, damage, or destroy trees, portions 
of trees, or other forest products on National Forest System lands 
without advertisement when necessary for the occupancy of a right-of-way 
or other authorized use of National Forest System land. Payment for 
timber of merchantable size and quality will be required at its 
appraised value, but at not less than applicable minimum prices 
established by Regional Foresters, and payment will be required for 
young growth timber below merchantable size at its damage appraisal 
value. Payment will not be required:
    (a) For timber necessarily killed or cut in connection with land 
uses which are of substantial benefit to the National Forests;
    (b) For timber necessarily killed or cut and used by the permittee 
which would have been granted free under other applicable regulations; 
or
    (c) For timber which will be cut by the permittee which the Forest 
Service retains for sale in log or other product form.

(Sec. 1, 30 Stat. 35, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 551)