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September 20, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 181)]
[Notices]
[Page 55102]

Rangeland Management Direction Regarding Grazing Permit Administration

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: On July 19, 2005, the Forest Service published a notice in the
Federal Register with request for comment on the issuance of two (2)
interim directives (IDs) to Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2209.13,
chapter 10--Term Grazing Permits and chapter 20--Grazing Agreements.
These IDs established procedures and responsibilities for administering
term grazing permits and grazing agreements (FR 70 41370). On that same
day, several other amendments to FSH 2209.13, as well as amendments to
several chapters of Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2200 on Range
Management were issued. On August 19, 2005, the Forest Service
published a notice in the Federal Register notifying the public that
the IDs had been rescinded and a revised ID had been reissued on August
16, 2005. In addition, the Forest Service announced that proposed
directives containing the direction removed from the two chapters had
been prepared and were available for public comment (70 FR 48663). On
September 2, 2005, a third Federal Register notice was published to
correct the World Wide Web/Internet address and proposed direction that
included incorrect restrictions of the base property and livestock
ownership requirements (70 FR 52362). The Forest Service rescinded all
of the direction referred to in these three Federal Register notices on
September 9, 2005, and replaced it with the direction that was in place
prior to July 19, 2005.

DATES: Rangeland Management direction in effect prior to July 19, 2005,
in the Forest Service Manual 2200 contents, the zero code chapter,
chapters 2210, 2230, 2240, 2250, and 2270; and direction in the Forest
Service Handbook contents, zero code chapter, and chapters 30, 40, 50,
60, 70, 80, and 90 were reinstated on September 9, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ralph Giffen, Rangeland Management Staff, USDA Forest Service, (202) 205-1455.


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