Small Business Timber Sale Set-Aside Program; Appeal Procedures on Recomputation of Shares

This final rule establishes procedures by which timber purchasers may comment on an appeal the recomputation of shares and related decisions made under the Small Business Timber Sale Set-aside Program. This rule clarifies the kinds of decisions that are subject to appeal, who may appeal decisions, the procedures for appealing decisions, the timelines for appeal, and the contents of the notice of appeal. The intended effect is to provide an opportunity for timber sale purchasers to appeal small business shares as called for in the conference report accompanying the Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act. This final rule supersedes the interim rule published March 24, 1997.