[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: 36CFR223.63]

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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. 223.63  Advertised rates.

    Timber shall be advertised for sale at its appraised value. The road 
construction cost used to develop appraised value means the total 
estimated cost of constructing all permanent roads specified in the 
timber sale contract, estimated as if construction is to be accomplished 
by the timber purchaser. The advertised rates shall be not less than 
minimum stumpage rates, except that sales of insect-infested, diseased, 
dead, or distressed timber may be sold at less than minimum rates when 
harvest of such timber is necessary to protect or improve the forest or 
prevent waste of usable wood fiber.

[71 FR 11510, Mar. 8, 2006]