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USDA/FS RIN: 0596-AC63 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Land Management Planning Handbook, Forest Vegetation Resource Planning (FSH 1909.12, Chapter 60)  
Abstract: Makes minor changes on identifying lands generally suitable for timber production and long-term sustained-yield to FSH 1909.12--Land Management Planning Handbook, chapter 60--Forest Vegetation Resource Planning. The need for these changes is based on reviews of proposed land management plans under the 2008 planning rule. Changes include revising the category of lands generally not suitable for timber harvest from one general category into two subcategories: (1) Lands not suitable for timber harvest due to policy or physical and biological conditions and (2) timber harvest is not compatible with desired conditions and objectives. In addition, clarifies areas where timber harvest, including salvage, is prohibited by statute, Executive order, regulation, or policy. In addition, revises direction for estimating the long-term sustained-yield capacity (LTSYC) by clarifying that LTSYC must not be constrained by current budgets. In addition, eliminates the unnecessary restriction that only the LTSYC for timber production lands (sec. 62.21) may be combined where a national forest has less than 200,000 acres of forest land on which timber production is identified as an objective. 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Long-Term Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: None     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 16 USC et seq    5 USC 301   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Notice of Interim Directive  08/28/2008  73 FR 50756   
Comment Period End  10/27/2008    
Final Action  01/00/2010    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lorrie Parker
Regulatory Analyst
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
ATTN: ORMS, D&R Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0003
Phone:202 205-6560
Fax:202 205-6539
Email: lsparker@fs.fed.us