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2011 Proposed Planning Rule
The proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) were published on February 14, 2011. Use the links below to access the documents related to the proposed rule.
- Proposed Planning Rule, The Office of Federal Register 02/14/2011 (pdf - 366kb)
- Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)
- The Civil Rights Impact Analysis (CRIA) for this proposed rule (pdf - 1.0mb)
- The cost-benefit analysis for this proposed rule (pdf - 500kb)
- Summary of public input used to develop Proposed Rule
- Forest Service Directives for 1982 planning procedures
- Summary of Proposed Rule (pdf - 75kb)
- Press Release
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Development of the Proposed Rule
The proposed planning rule was the outcome of an open and transparent development process and the Forest Service went to extraordinary lengths, reaching well beyond normal practices, to help the public understand and comment including:
- Hosting 29 national and regional public forums to provide stakeholders with information about the proposed rule and respond to questions;
- Providing a 90-day comment period, which was 45 days more than the review and comment period required by National Environmental Policy Act regulations for draft environmental impact statements;
- Providing multiple options for members of the public to submit comments including two websites, by hard copy mail, and by facsimile; and
- Ensuring that our planning rule website contains background information on the proposed rule as well as summaries of the various collaboration and public involvement activities held during the preparation of the proposed rule.
Nearly 300,000 comments were received on the proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement during the 90-day comment period which closed May 16, 2011. Comments were received from a wide range of individuals, groups and organizations as well as state, county, Tribal and federal governments. The Forest Service reviewed and analyzed these comments to help develop the preferred alternative.
Comments submitted on the proposed rule and draft environmental impact statement can be viewed at http://contentanalysisgroup.com/fsr/.