[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: 36CFR251.80]

[Page 332]
 
              TITLE 36--PARKS, FORESTS, AND PUBLIC PROPERTY
 
          CHAPTER II--FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
 
PART 251_LAND USES--Table of Contents
 
Subpart C_Appeal of Decisions Relating to Occupancy and Use of National 
                           Forest System Lands
 
Sec. 251.80  Purpose and scope.

    Authority: 7 U.S.C. 5101-5106; 16 U.S.C. 472, 551.

    Source: 54 FR 3362, Jan. 23, 1989, unless otherwise noted.


    (a) This subpart provides a process by which those who hold or, in 
certain instances, those who apply for written authorizations to occupy 
and use National Forest System lands, may appeal a written decision by 
an authorized Forest Service line officer with regard to issuance, 
approval, or administration of the written instrument. The rules in the 
subpart establish who may appeal under these rules, the kinds of 
decisions that can and cannot be appealed, the responsibilities of 
parties to the appeal, and the various procedures and timeframes that 
will govern the conduct of appeals under this subpart.
    (b) The rules in this subpart seek to offer appellants a fair and 
deliberate process for appealing and obtaining administrative review of 
decisions regarding written instruments that authorize the occupancy and 
use of National Forest System lands.