[Federal Register: January 12, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 9)]
[Rules and Regulations]               
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Part V





Department of Agriculture





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Forest Service



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36 CFR Part 212, et al.



Administration of the Forest Development Transportation System; 
Prohibitions; Use of Motor Vehicles Off Forest Service Roads; Final 
Rule



Forest Service Transportation; Final Administrative Policy; Notice


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Parts 212, 261, and 295

RIN 0596-AB67

 
Administration of the Forest Development Transportation System; 
Prohibitions; Use of Motor Vehicles Off Forest Service Roads

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This final National Forest System Road Management rule revises 
regulations concerning the management, use, and maintenance of the 
National Forest Transportation System. Consistent with changes in 
public demand and use of National Forest System resources and the need 
to better manage funds available for road construction, reconstruction, 
maintenance, and decommissioning, the final rule removes the emphasis 
on transportation development and adds a requirement for science-based 
transportation analysis. In concert with the revision of National 
Forest System roads administrative direction published elsewhere in 
today's Federal Register, the intended effect of this final rule is to 
help ensure that additions to the National Forest System network of 
roads are those deemed essential for resource management and use; that, 
construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads minimize adverse 
environmental impacts; and, finally, that unneeded roads are 
decommissioned and restoration of ecological processes are initiated.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective January 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Ash, Deputy Director of 
Engineering, Engineering Staff, Forest Service, 202-205-1400.