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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
NORTHERN REGION (REGION 1)
MISSOULA, MT
FSH 6509.33 – FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATION
CHAPTER 301 – TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES
PART 301-10 – TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
Supplement No.: 6509.33-2007-1
Effective Date: October 11, 2007
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: /s/ Kathleen A. McAllister for:
THOMAS L. TIDWELL
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 10/11/2007
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to
this handbook was 6509.33-2006-1 to chapter 300.
New Document
6509.33,301-10.310(c)
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
None
2 Pages
Digest: In order by code, summarize the main additions, revisions, or removal of direction
incorporated in this supplement.
301-10.310(c) – Clarifies mileage rate for use of a privately owned vehicle in place of a
Government furnished vehicle.
R1 SUPPLEMENT: 6509.33-2007-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 10/11/2007
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSH 6509.33 – FEDERAL TRAVEL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER 301- TEMPORARY DUTY (TDY) TRAVEL ALLOWANCES
PART 301-10 – TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES
Subpart D – Privately Owned Vehicle (POV)
301-10.310(c) – Commitment to use available Government-furnished vehicles
All Region One employees are considered “committed” to the use of a Government-owned
vehicle (GOV) for automobile travel when one is available and suitable for their needs. This
includes employees who have been personally assigned to a vehicle and those for who pool
vehicles are available.
Whenever a privately-owned vehicle (POV) is used for official travel, the employee must
document the reason, and the rate claimed, in the remarks section of the travel voucher.
Situations where POV use is considered “advantageous to the government” include, but are not
limited to, POV use in lieu of a GOV from portal to portal (residence to airport, residence to
office to pick up GOV) on overnight travel, POV use in lieu of common carrier (total travel cost
not to exceed that of common carrier), and when a suitable GOV is not available. POV use in
lieu of an available GOV is considered “personal preference”.
Unit policy statements and Local Partnership Agreements must be consistent with the FTR rates
and definitions. Forests and Grasslands do have the discretion to allow (in writing) the predetermination that POV use is “advantageous to the government” in some cases. One of these is
POV use in winter months due to safety considerations, another is POV use by union
representatives where it is often necessary to meet and park at locations not acceptable for
GOVs. Even though these situations may basically be “pre-allowed”, this determination still
needs to be identified on each travel voucher.