[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: 36CFR251.94]

[Page 339]
 
              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. 251.94  Responsive statement.

    (a) Content. A responsive statement contains the Deciding Officer's 
response to the specific facts or issues of law or regulation and the 
requested relief set forth by the appellant in the notice of appeal.
    (b) Timeframe. Unless the Reviewing Officer has granted an extension 
or dismissed the appeal, or unless mediation has been requested under 
this subpart, the Deciding Officer shall prepare a responsive statement 
and send it to the Reviewing Officer and all parties to the appeal 
within 30 days of receipt of the notice of appeal. Where mediation 
occurs but fails to resolve the issues, the Deciding Officer shall 
prepare a responsive statement and send it to the Reviewing Officer and 
all parties to the appeal within 30 days of the reinstatement of the 
appeal timeframes (Sec. 251.103(c)).
    (c) Replies. Within 20 days of the postmarked date of the responsive 
statement, the appellant(s) and any intervenor(s) may file a written 
reply to the responsive statement with the Reviewing Officer. Appellants 
and intervenors must send a copy of any reply to a responsive statement 
to all parties to the appeal, including the Deciding Officer.

[54 FR 3362, Jan. 23, 1989, as amended at 64 FR 37846, July 14, 1999]