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Timber Access Road Hearings 

 (Title 23, U.S.C. Section 211) . 



This section of the Federal Highways Law provides the opportunity for 

 the Forest Service to seek public input regarding the construction of 

 timber access roads on National Forests. This provision allows interested 

 persons to present their views on the practicability and feasibility of 

 such road construction 



Some roads constructed on National Forest lands are cost-share roads 

 build for access to federal, private, and/or state lands. 



This hearing process is a potential method for prevention of water quality 

 impacts from such timber access roads. Qualified persons may provide 

 technical analyses of road location, design, and maintenance with regard 

 to water quality impacts. However, this procedure would have limited 

 application for several reasons: 1) qualified persons may not be available 

 for review and conments on a proposed road system; and 2) the Forest 

 Service may hold such hearings, but is not required to hold them under 

 the provisions of this section. 



