# Land Uses; Noncommercial Group Use Permit Approval
> **Forest Service** · Interpretive rule. · Published 1999-09-09 · Effective 1999-09-09 · 64 FR 48959
## Document
- **Document number:** 99-23339
- **Category:** forest-service
- **Sub-agency:** Forest Service
- **Federal Register citation:** 64 FR 48959
- **CFR reference:** 36 CFR 251
- **Publication date:** 1999-09-09
- **Effective date:** 1999-09-09
## Abstract

The Department is adopting this interpretive rule to make explicit the intended interpretation and application of the term ``public interest'' in 36 CFR Sec. 251.56 as it relates to noncommercial group uses of National Forest System Lands.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/09/09/99-23339/land-uses-noncommercial-group-use-permit-approval)
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