[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: 36CFR251.90]

[Page 336-337]
 
              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. 251.90  Content of notice of appeal.

    (a) It is the responsibility of an appellant to provide a Reviewing 
Officer sufficient narrative evidence and argument to show why a 
decision by a lower level officer should be reversed or changed.
    (b) An appellant must include the following information in a notice 
of appeal:
    (1) The appellant's name, mailing address, and daytime telephone 
number;
    (2) The title or type of written instrument involved, the date of 
application for or issuance of the written instrument, and the name of 
the responsible Forest Service Officer;
    (3) A brief description and the date of the written decision being 
appealed;
    (4) A statement of how the appellant is adversely affected by the 
decision being appealed;
    (5) A statement of the facts of the dispute and the issue(s) raised 
by the appeal;
    (6) Specific references to any law, regulation, or policy that the 
appellant believes to be violated and the reason for such an allegation.
    (7) A statement as to whether and how the appellant has tried to 
resolve the issue(s) being appealed with the Deciding Officer, the date 
of any discussion, and the outcome of that meeting or contact; and
    (8) A statement of the relief the appellant seeks.
    (c) An appellant may also include one or more of the following in a 
notice of

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appeal: a request for oral presentation (Sec. 251.97); a request for 
stay of implementation of the decision pending decision on the appeal 
(Sec. 251.91); or, in those States with a Department of Agriculture 
certified mediation program, a request for mediation of grazing permit 
cancellation or suspensions pursuant to Sec. 251.103.

[54 FR 3362, Jan. 23, 1989; 54 FR 13807, Apr. 5, 1989, as amended at 54 
FR 34510, Aug. 21, 1989; 64 FR 37846, July 14, 1999]