Delegations of Authority By the Secretary of Agriculture and General Officers of the Department

Résumé

The "Service First" initiative is an agency-wide joint pilot program between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the U.S. Department of the Interior to promote customer service and efficiency in the management of public lands and National Forest System lands. This final rule delegates authority from the Secretary of Agriculture to the Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment to enter into pilot projects with BLM and, where appropriate, to delegate to BLM employees the authority to perform Forest Service duties. This rule also further delegates this authority from the Under Secretary for NaturalResources and Environment to the Chief of the Forest Service.