[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 176 (Tuesday, September 10, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 47673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-23061]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 211


Cooperation With User Organizations

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Final rule; technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: On June 22, 1951, the Forest Service published rules 
authorizing organizations that use National Forest System lands to form 
permittee associations or advisory boards for cooperating with the 
Forest Service. In subsequent years, these rules have been superceded 
by other laws and procedures that have been established to address how 
the agency works cooperatively with user organizations. The agency 
identified the need to remove this obsolete regulation during a review 
of regulations undertaken as part of the President's Regulatory 
Reinvention Initiative.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This rule is effective September 10, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
 Elizabeth Anderson, Directives and Regulations, telephone: (703) 235-
2994.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the authority of the Organic 
Administrative Act of June 4, 1897 (16 U.S.C. 551), the Secretary of 
Agriculture promulgated regulations at 36 CFR 211.1 on June 22, 1951 
(16 FR 5952), establishing procedures for user organizations to work 
with the Forest Service in the ``systematic betterment of conditions 
and facilities controlling their use of the national forest lands.'' In 
subsequent years, new laws have been passed which govern how the agency 
works with user organizations, such as the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and the National Forest Management Act of 
1976 (16 U.S.C. 1604).
    Following a review of Forest Service regulations under the 
President's Regulatory Reinvention Initiative, the agency identified 
this regulation as no longer needed, and accordingly, by this 
amendment, is removing the rule from the Code of Federal Regulations. 
Because of the narrow scope and limited effect of this action, the 
agency has determined that this amendment is a technical amendment for 
which notice and comment pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act 
(5 U.S.C. 553) is not necessary.

Regulatory Impact

    This rule is a technical amendment to remove an obsolete regulation 
and, as such, has no substantive effect nor is it subject to review 
under USDA procedures or Executive Order 12866 on Regulatory Planning 
and Review. This rule also does not meet the definition of a rule 
subject to Congressional notice and review pursuant to 5 U.S.C., 
sections 801-804.
    Moreover, because good cause exists to exempt this rule from notice 
and comment pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553, this rule is exempt from further 
analysis under the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act at 1995; Executive 
Order 12778, Civil Justice Reform; Executive Order 12630, Takings 
Implications; and the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.).

List of Subjects in 36 CFR Part 211

    Administrative practice and procedure, Intergovernmental relations 
(Federal/State cooperation), and National forest.

    Therefore, for the reasons set forth in the preamble, part 211 of 
Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations is hereby amended as 
follows:

PART 211--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for part 211 is revised to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 551, 472.


Sec. 211.1  [Removed]

    2. Remove Sec. 211.1.
    Dated: September 4, 1996.
Joan M. Comanor,
Acting Chief.
[FR Doc. 96-23061 Filed 9-9-96; 8:45 am]
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