§8546 Reviews for long-term permits

Summary

The agency that issues a special recreation permit must check each permit holder to make sure they follow the permit rules. For temporary outfitting and guiding permits, checks must happen at least once a year, or more often if needed. For special permits that last up to 10 years, checks must happen at least once every 2 years, or more often if needed. When the Forest Service divides visitor-use days among permit holders, the Forest Service must review how a long-term permit holder used those days every 5 years (the other Secretary may also do this review). In that review the agency must count how many visitor-use days were used each year and find the year with the most use. If a permit holder gave back an unused visitor-use day, it counts as 1/2 a day used unless the agency finds the day could not be used because of things beyond the holder’s control; then it counts as 1 full day.