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 USDA Forest Service Categorical Exclusion
for Developing, Revising, or Amending Land Management Plans

Statement to the Press

Questions and Answers

2005 Planning Rule Website

Documents referenced in the Federal Register notice:

Cimarron and Comanche National Grassland EA/FONSI for proposed plan (December 2005)

2005 Planning Rule (36 CFR 219)

National Environmental Policy Act

National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations

The National Forest Management Act of 1976

1982 Planning Rule

Forest Service Environmental Policy And Procedures Handbook

Forest Service Manual 1900 – Planning

Forest Service Land And Resource Management Planning Handbook Chapter 7 - Wilderness Evaluation

Forest Service Land And Resource Management Planning Handbook Chapter 10 – Land Management Plan (FSH 1909.12 section 11.15, exhibit 1 referenced in Federal Register notice)

Results of the Review of Revised Land and Resource Management Plan Environmental Impact Statements

Executive Order 13175 - Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments

Executive Order 12866 Regulatory Planning and Review

Executive Order 13132 – Federalism

Executive Order 12630 -- Governmental Actions and Interference with Constitutionally Protected Property Rights

Executive Order 12988--Civil Justice Reform

Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

Executive Order 13211 - Actions Concerning Regulations That Significantly Affect Energy Supply, Distribution, or Use

Paperwork Reduction Act

Paperwork Reduction Act implementing regulations