Data / Federal rules / 2026-20512
Purchaser Credit on Timber Sale Contracts
The Forest Service published this final rule in the Federal Register on October 7, 2026. It takes effect on November 5, 2026.
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What the agency says
The United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency) is making purely technical, clarifying amendments to its existing regulations relating to timber purchaser credit in timber sale contracts on National Forest System lands. The authority to use purchaser credit ended in April 1999, and there are no timber contracts subject to this expired authority. This final rule removes sections regulating purchaser credit because these regulations are now obsolete. The removal is necessary to reflect the statutory repeal of purchaser credit authority after April 1, 1999, and the elimination of expired contractual provisions.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2026-20512
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Agriculture Department; Forest Service
- Published
- October 7, 2026
- Takes effect
- November 5, 2026
- Dates
- This rule is effective November 5, 2026.
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0596-AD78
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 36 CFR 223
- Topics
- Administrative practice and procedure; Exports; Forests and forest products; Government contracts; National forests; Reporting and recordkeeping requirements
- Pages
- 3
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