Agriculture Department Proposed Rule

2020-24164: Assessing Fees for Excess and Unauthorized Grazing

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Summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Agency), is proposing to amend its existing regulations to provide for nonmonetary settlement when excess or unauthorized grazing is determined to be non- willful, a standard consistent with practices of the Bureau of Land Management, as recommended by the July 2016 Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its report to the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, Unauthorized Grazing, Actions Needed to Improve Tracking and Deterrence Efforts (GAO-16-559).

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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