Timber Sale Contracts Get OMB Review and Public Input
Published Date: 7/11/2025
Notice
Summary
The Department of Agriculture wants to keep collecting info about timber sale contracts to make sure everything runs smoothly in our forests. If you’re involved in these contracts, your feedback on the process is welcome until August 11, 2025. This helps the Forest Service improve how they manage paperwork without costing extra time or money.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Timber-sale contractors’ reporting burden
If you are a business, farm, or nonprofit working under Forest Service timber sale contracts, you must provide contract-specified information for operations and administration. The notice covers 4,109 respondents with a total estimated burden of 26,722 hours, and reporting may be required annually, semi‑annually, monthly, or on occasion under OMB Control Number 0596-0225.
OMB number protects respondents
The agency may not require responses to information collections unless a currently valid OMB control number is displayed and respondents are informed they are not required to respond without it. This applies to the Forest Service timber sale collection identified by OMB Control Number 0596-0225 and is referenced in the notice.
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