FY 2024 Congressional Directives Responses
Official responses to Congressional requests for information are provided below along with short descriptions of the requests.
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Planning Rule Science Review
The Forest Service has sought to ground the content of the planning rule in science. During development of the Proposed Rule and Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), the Agency solicited the input of both internal and external science experts to ensure that the science behind the proposed rule and environmental analysis is current, relevant, accurate, and appropriately applied.To that end…
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Planning Rule Archives
2012 Planning Rule Documents Planning Rule Documents2012 Planning Rule - Federal Register Version (Including Preamble and Rule Text) (PDF, 686 KB)Preamble Only - Federal Register Version (Including the Under Secretary's Decision and Responses to Public Comments) (PDF, 509 KB)Rule Text Only - Federal Register Version (PDF - 157 kb)Summary of 2012 Planning Rule (PDF - 38.8 kb)Fact Sheet: How…
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2012 Planning Rule Final Directives
USDA Releases 2012 Planning Rule Final Directives for National Forest System Land Management Planning
The final directives, a key set of agency guidance documents that direct the implementation of the 2012 Planning Rule, are now available. These directives, effective January 30, 2015, will help the Forest Service achieve the vision articulated in the 2012 Planning Rule – to protect and restore…
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2012 Planning Rule
The Forest Service released its 2012 planning rule for National Forest System land management planning. The 2012 planning rule was published in the Federal Register on April 9, 2012 and the Forest Service will begin implementing the planning rule 30 days following the publication date.The complete version of the planning rule, including the preamble and rule text, along with other related…
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Amendment to the 2012 Planning Rule
The Forest Service has published an amendment to the 2012 Planning Rule, within the Federal Register Notice.
The 2012 Planning Rule directs the land use planning process for national forests and grasslands. This amendment clarifies how land management plans originally developed under 1982 Planning Rule provisions are amended under the 2012 Planning Rule, and specifically addresses how 2012…