[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 105 (Friday, May 31, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 38065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13693]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Administration of Educational Land Grant Act Requests for 
Conveyance of National Forest System Lands; Interim Direction

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service has issued an Interim Directive to provide 
internal administrative direction to guide its employees in the 
processing of proposals and applications to transfer National Forest 
System lands to public school districts for educational purposes under 
the Educational Land Grant Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 368; 16 U.S.C. 479a). 
The interim directive was issued to Chapter 30 of the Forest Service 
Handbook (FSH) 5509.11 on Title Claims, Sales, and Grants as Interim 
Directive No. 5509.11-2002-1.

DATES: The Interim Directive was issued May 24, 2002, and will be 
effective on June 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: The interim directive is available electronically from the 
Forest Service via the World Wide Web/Internet at http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives. Single paper copies of the interim directive are also 
available from the Lands Staff, Mail Stop 1124, Forest Service, USDA, 
1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20250.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Forest Service Lands Staff, Greg Smith 
at (202) 205-1769 or Ben Bibb at (202) 205-1238.

    Dated: May 24, 2002.
Gloria Manning,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 02-13693 Filed 5-30-02; 8:45 am]
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