Forest Service Refines Timber Sale Paper Trails
Published Date: 3/28/2025
Notice
Summary
The Forest Service wants to keep and update the paperwork rules for managing timber sale contracts. This affects anyone involved in buying or selling timber on public lands. They’re asking for your thoughts now, so changes can happen smoothly without extra costs or delays.
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Timber-sale paperwork update on public lands
The Forest Service is proposing to extend and revise the information collection 0596-0225 under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for Timber Sale Contract Operations and Administration. This affects anyone who buys or sells timber on public lands because it would change the paperwork rules they must follow. The agency is asking for public comments now to help the agency make changes that can happen smoothly without extra costs or delays.
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