Assessing Fees for Excess and Unauthorized Grazing

The Forest Service (Agency), U.S. Department of Agriculture, hereby adopts this final rule to amend existing regulations for the provision of an option to waive excess and unauthorized grazing fees when excess or unauthorized grazing is determined to be a result of unforeseen or uncontrollable circumstances. This standard is consistent with the practices of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, as recommended by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in its July 2016 report to the Committee on Natural Resources, House of Representatives, Unauthorized Grazing, Actions Needed to Improve Tracking and Deterrence Efforts.