[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: 36CFR223.82]

[Page 95]
 
              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. 223.82  Contents of advertisement.

    (a) A timber sale advertisement shall include the following 
information:
    (1) The location and estimated quantities of timber or other forest 
products offered for sale.
    (2) The time and place at which sealed bids will be opened in public 
or at which sealed bids will be opened in public followed by an oral 
auction.
    (3) A provision asserting the agency's right to reject any and all 
bids.
    (4) The place where complete information on the offering may be 
obtained.
    (5) Notice that a prospectus is available to the public and to 
interested potential bidders.
    (b) For each timber sale which includes specified road construction 
with total estimated construction costs of $50,000 or more, the 
advertisement shall also include:
    (1) The total estimated construction cost of the permanent roads.
    (2) A statement extending to small business concerns qualified for 
preferential bidding on timber sales, under the Small Business Act, as 
amended, and the regulations issued thereunder, the option to elect, 
when submitting a bid, to have all permanent roads constructed by the 
Forest Service.
    (3) Notice that the prospectus referred to in paragraph (a)(5) of 
this section contains additional information concerning the options to 
have all permanent roads constructed by the Forest Service.
    (c) When timber or other forest products are offered for 
preferential bidding in accordance with the Small Business Act, as 
amended, the advertisement shall state that the offering is set-aside 
for competitive bidding by small business concerns.

[50 FR 32696, Aug. 14, 1985, as amended at 71 FR 523, Jan. 4, 2006; 71 
FR 11510, Mar. 8, 2006]