State Petitioning Process
Summary of the Bush Administration's Final Rule
The Department of Agriculture is revising Subpart B of Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Protection of Inventoried Roadless Areas, by adopting a new rule that establishes a petitioning process that will provide governors an opportunity to seek establishment of or adjustment to management requirements for National Forest System (NFS) inventoried roadless areas within their States. The opportunity for submitting State petitions is available for 18 months following the effective date of this final rule. Under this final rule, submission of a petition is strictly voluntary, and management requirements for inventoried roadless areas would be guided by individual land management…
