36 CFR § 294.13 - Petition process.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t36/s294.13"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "36 CFR § 294.13 - Petition process."
title_number: 36
title_name: "Parks, Forests, and Public Property"
section_number: "294.13"
section_name: "Petition process."
chapter_name: "FOREST SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE"
part_number: "294"
part_name: "SPECIAL AREAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "16 U.S.C. 472, 529, 551, 1131, 1608, and 1613 and 23 U.S.C. 201 and 205."
regulatory_source: "38 FR 5852, Mar. 5, 1973, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "294"
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# 294.13 Petition process.

(a) Review and consideration of petitions made pursuant to § 294.12 shall be accomplished as follows:

(1) *Review.* The Secretary shall review petitions and may request additional information from a petitioner before deciding whether to accept the petition. If the Secretary requests additional information from a petitioner, the petition will be considered complete when the petitioner provides the additional information.

(2) *Disposition.* The Secretary or the Secretary's designee shall respond to the petition within 180 days of receipt of a completed petition. The response shall accept or decline the petition to initiate a State-specific rulemaking.