---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 222.21"
title: "36"
number: "222.21"
heading: "Parties."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/222.21"
---

# §222.21. Parties.


Only the following may be parties to mediation of a term grazing permit dispute:

- (a) A mediator authorized to mediate under a State mediation program certified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture;
- (b) The Chief, Forest Service, or other Forest Service employee who made the decision being mediated or his or her designee;
- (c) The holder whose term grazing permit is the subject of the decision and who has requested mediation in an appeal filed in accordance with the procedures at [36 CFR part 214](/cfr/36/part214.md);
- (d) That holder's creditors, if applicable; and
- (e) **Legal counsel, if retained.** The Forest Service will have legal representation in the mediation only if the holder has legal representation in the mediation.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 5101-5106; 16 U.S.C. 472, 551.

### Source

Source: 78 FR 33723, June 5, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 1010-1012, 5101-5106; 16 U.S.C. 551, 572, 5801; 31 U.S.C. 9701; 43 U.S.C. 1751, 1752, 1901; E.O. 12548 (51 FR 5985).