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RIN: 0596-AD48

Publication ID: Fall 2020

Title: ●Community Forest and Open Space Conservation
Abstract: The Forest Service is seeking to finalize a regulation that implements the Community Forest and Open Space Program (Community Forest Program). Through implementing the Community Forest Program in accordance with the current rule (36 CFR 230 subpart A) the Forest Service identified some inconsistencies in definitions and identified opportunities to increase efficiency by reducing the application burden. Publication of the final rule will provide needed clarity and reduce the burden of the application process. A proposed rule that would address these concerns was published on December 8, 2015 (Vol. 80, No.235).
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant
RIN Status: First time published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
EO 13771 Designation: Deregulatory
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 230
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 2103(d) and 2109(e)

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Final Rule	12/00/2020

Additional Information: Government Levels Affected: USDA Forest Service as the implementer of the Community Forest Program, State Forestry Agencies, Tribal Governments (Legislation requires application to go the State Foresters or Equivalent Tribal Officials from eligible entities and then to the USDA Forest Service). Units of local government as eligible entities to receive grants.
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No	Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal
Federalism: No
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No
Related RINs: Related to 0596-AD23
Agency Contact: Scott Stewart Community Forest and Open Space Conservation Program Manager Department of Agriculture Forest Service 201 14th Street SW, Washington, DC 20024 Phone:202 465-5038 Email: scott.stewart@usda.gov