[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] [Page 94] 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]