[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 103 (Monday, June 1, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26091-26092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12685]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

36 CFR Part 223, 261

RIN 0596-AB81


Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Special 
Forest Products and Forest Botanical Products

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of delay of effective date.

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SUMMARY: The Department is delaying the effective date of this rule. 
The Department previously delayed the effective date on March 30, 2009. 
More time is needed for the Forest Service to properly respond to the 
comments and to consider any potential changes to the rule. A Federal 
Register document will be published in the future that responds to the 
comments and sets the effective date. The rule regulates the 
sustainable free use, commercial harvest, and sale of special forest 
products and forest botanical products from National Forest System 
lands.

DATES: Effective May 29, 2009, the effective date for the rule 
published at 73 FR 79367, December 29, 2008, and delayed at 74 FR 
14049, March 30, 2009, is delayed indefinitely. Forest Service will 
publish notification in the Federal Register when an effective date is 
established.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Richard Fitzgerald, Forest Service, 
Forest Management Staff, (202) 205-

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1753. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, Monday through 
Friday.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department is delaying the effective 
date of the final rule published December 29, 2008 (73 FR 79367), which 
regulates the sustainable free use, commercial harvest, and sale of 
special forest products and forest botanical products from National 
Forest System lands. The Department previously delayed the effective 
date on March 30, 2009 (74 FR 14049). Further delay is necessary, 
because more time is needed for the Forest Service to properly respond 
to the comments and to consider any potential changes to the rule.

    Dated: May 27, 2009.
Ann Bartuska,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment.
 [FR Doc. E9-12685 Filed 5-29-09; 8:45 am]
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