[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: 36CFR223.40]

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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 B_Timber Sale Contracts
 
Sec. 223.40  Cancellation for environmental protection or 
inconsistency with plans.

    Timber sale contracts, permits, and other such instruments, 
authorizing the harvesting of trees or other forest products, with terms 
of longer than 2 years, shall provide for cancellation in order to 
prevent serious environmental damage or when they are significantly 
inconsistent with land management plans adopted or revised in accordance 
with section 6 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning 
Act of 1974, as amended. Such provision shall provide for reasonable 
compensation to the purchaser for unrecovered costs incurred under the 
contract and for the difference between the current contract value and 
the average value of comparable National Forest timber sold during the 
preceding 6-month period.