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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
Portland, Oregon
TITLE 7709.59 - PERMITS FOR ROAD USE HANDBOOK
R-6 Supplement No. 7709.59-98-1
Effective August 20, 1998
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements to this handbook are numbered consecutively.
Check the last transmittal sheet received for this handbook to see that the above
number is in sequence. Do not post this supplement until the missing one(s) is
received and posted. After posting, place the transmittal at the front of the title and
retain until the first transmittal of the next calendar year is received. Last
supplement to FSH was 7709.59-92-1.
Document Name
Superseded New
(Number of Pages)
ID 7709.59-97-2
3
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0
3
Digest:
This supplement removes ID 7709.59-97-2, provides R-6 direction for Road Use.
Permits using FLPMA authorities. It clarifies previous direction dealing with the
calculation of fees and adds detail necessary to set an upper limit on fees.
/s/ Robert W. Williams
ROBERT W. WILLIAMS
Regional Forester
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24 - PERMITS FOR ROAD USE. Use Form R6-FS7700-41, Road Use Permit,
where appropriate. This form includes references to Federal Land Policy and
Management Act authorities. Use a simple letter of authorization when the use is
minor or the costs associated with the permit would be greater that the amount
collected.
If a letter is used to authorize use, include clauses 5, 6, 7, and 8 from the form in the
letter.
24.1 - Road Use Permits. Use Form R6-FS-7700-41 (available electronically) to
authorize non-Federal commercial use of a forest development road.
Work with the applicant to ensure they understand all the information needed in
the form. Use road management objectives for the road(s) being permitted to
ensure appropriate construction, rehabilitation, operation, and maintenance work is
included. Identify the work to be performed by the permittee and include it in the
permit.
24.11 - Road Use Permit Clauses. The road use permit may be approved by a forest
officer, other than the Forest Supervisor, depending on delegation of authority.
Change the title block on page 1 of the permit form to match the delegations of
authority for the forest officer approving the permit.
24.11a - Special Instruction for Certain Clauses.
1. Investment Sharing Rates, Clause 1. Fees for road use permits (license
for use) are set according to market rates. The regional market rates are based on a
formula established and used in the past by the State of Washington, Department
of Natural Resources, and various private companies. The rate per 1,000 board feet
per mile for commercial haul roads is 3/4 percent of the current replacement value
of the road in thousands of dollars. Forests may group like roads into general
groupings of similar replacement value. Groupings could be selected on the basis of
such things as functional classification, terrain, or difficulty of construction.
The replacement value of some roads will be higher than the replacement value of a
road adequate to carry the commercial traffic for the route. In that case, the
replacement value for a road adequate to carry the commercial traffic should be
used to calculate the fees. Normally this road standard would be single lane with
turnouts, traffic service level C, with surfacing that would be considered adequate
for the conditions. It should include some allowance for structures. Again,
repetitious calculations can be avoided by computing one value for each grouping.
The rate for other products can be prorated by using a weight ratio. Use these rates
unless local market rates for similar road uses can be demonstrated to be different.
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a. When roads are in condition for commercial haul.
When the nominal replacement value of a road is estimated at $60,000 per mile,
then the fee is .0075 X 60 = $0.45/mbf/mile.
b. When roads to be used are not in condition for commercial haul.
(1) When the roads are not in a condition suitable for commercial haul, and
the permittee will be improving the roads as part of the permit process, include the
description of the work to be performed in Section 2-1. Use the same formula as
shown above, but use the current replacement value of the roads(s) in current
condition (value of road in commercial haul condition less the cost of work to bring
the road to commercial haul condition).
(2) When the roads have been closed and need only maintenance or prehaul
maintenance work to open them up for use, and no improvement will be made to the
road, the permittee will be expected to perform the maintenance work to open and
close the road.
c. Other conditions for permitted use and fees. The term of a road use permit
should not normally be longer than that of a single timber offering/sale or other
activity. Balance the cost of permit processing with the expected use, but road use
permits should not exceed a period of 10 years without re-examination of all the
terms in the permit. Annual review and renewal of permits may also be done.
(1) When the period of use will be longer than 5 years, recalculate the fees at
least every 5 years.
(2) costs associated with pre-engineering, contract administration, and other
overhead costs will be excluded from replacement value calculations.