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RIN: 0596-AD45

Publication ID: Spring 2022

Title: Range Management--Excess Use/Unauthorized Use
Abstract: The Forest Service (Agency), U.S. Department of Agriculture, plans to adopt a final rule to amend existing regulations for the provision of an option to waive excess and unauthorized grazing fees when excess or unauthorized grazing is determined to be a result of unforeseen or uncontrollable circumstances. This standard is consistent with the practices of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, as recommended by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its July 2016 report to the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, Unauthorized Grazing, Actions Needed to Improve Tracking and Deterrence Efforts (GAO-16-559).
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)	Priority: Other Significant
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda	Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions
Major: No	Unfunded Mandates: No
CFR Citation: 36 CFR 222
Legal Authority: 43 U.S.C. 315 et seq. 16 U.S.C. secs. 580 et seq. 16 U.S.C. secs. 528 et seq. 43 U.S.C. secs. 1700 et seq. 43 U.S.C. secs. 1901 et seq.

Legal Deadline: None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
NPRM	11/02/2020	85 FR 69303
NPRM Comment Period End	12/02/2020
Final Action	06/09/2022	87 FR 35097
Final Action Effective	08/08/2022

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: Earnest Rawles III Management Analyst Department of Agriculture Forest Service 1400 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20250 Phone:202 205-2601 Email: earnest.rawles@usda.gov