Section 1536.80  Appeal

a)     Any landowner and/or timber grower whose Plan or practice is not approved by the District Forester may appeal to the Regional Review Committee pursuant to 17 Ill. Adm. Code 2530.  The Regional Review Committee is composed of the Regional Administrator, a District Forester from another district in the Region and the Forest Management Program Administrator.

b)     The appeal must be made within 30 days from the date that the Plan or practice was disapproved by writing to the address in Section 1536.90.

c)     The Regional Review Committee will conduct a meeting to receive written and oral arguments of the applicant and to reconsider the Plan and cost-share practices.

d)     The Regional Review Committee will notify the applicant in writing within 30 days after the meeting date stating the reasons for which the original decision is upheld or reversed.

(Source:  Amended at 22 Ill. Reg. 10473, effective June 1, 1998)