Sale and Disposal of National Forest System Timber; Timber Sale Contracts; Purchaser Elects Government Road Construction
forest-service · Forest Service · Rule · Published 2006-01-04 · Effective 2006-03-06 · 71 FR 522
Document
Document number
06-35
Federal Register citation
71 FR 522
CFR reference
36 CFR 223
Type
Rule
Action
Direct Final rule.
Category
forest-service
Sub-agency
Forest Service
Publication date
2006-01-04
Effective date
2006-03-06
Abstract
This direct final rule raises the total specified road construction cost threshold for a small business concern road election from $20,000 to $50,000. Congress raised the limit to $50,000 via the Supplemental Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1999 (Pub. L. 105-277; Sec. 329(c)). The Supplemental Appropriations Act also eliminated the restriction, which precluded small business concerns in the State of Alaska from exercising the road election option. The Forest Service implemented this change upon passage of the law, and corrected agency handbook direction, but the CFR references to these minimum values were not changed. This direct final rule corrects this policy oversight. Obsolete references to purchaser credit are also being eliminated.