Rules of Practice Governing the Adjudication of Sourcing Area Applications and Formal Review of Sourcing Areas Pursuant to the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990

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This rule amends 7 CFR parts 1 and 2 and 36 CFR part 223 by adding a new subpart M to 7 CFR part 1 establishing rules of practice governing the adjudication of sourcing area applications pursuant to the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990; by deleting, in 7 CFR part 2, the reference to the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act and adding, in its place, a reference to the rules of practice established by this rule; and by making technical amendments to 36 CFR part 223 to conform it to the rules of practice established by this rule. The Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990 (Act) prohibits the export of unprocessed Federal timber west of the 100th meridian in the 48 contiguous states and the substitution of such unprocessed Federal timber for unprocessed private timber from the west that is exported. The Act allows a person with an approved sourcing area to export unprocessed private timber originating from outside of the sourcing area while purchasing Federal timber within the sourcing area. The Act states that the Secretary shall approve or disapprove sourcing areas on the record and after an opportunity for a hearin