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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
Mountlake Terrace, Washington
FSM TITLE 1200 - ORGANIZATION
MBS Supplement No. 1200-2000-3
Effective May 17, 2000
POSTING NOTICE: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Title and
calendar year. Post by document name. Remove entire document and replace with
this supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page of this document. The
last supplement to this Title was MBS Supplement 1200-2000-2 to FSM 1221.7.
This supplement supersedes MBS Supplement No. 23.
Document Name
1236.42 – 1 thru 3
Superseded
New
(Number of Pages)
3
4
Digest:
1236.42 – Updates primary areas of responsibility and signing authorities.
JOHN PHIPPS
Forest Supervisor
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FSM TITLE 1200 - ORGANIZATION
MBS SUPPLEMENT 1200-2000-3
EFFECTIVE 05/17/2000
CHAPTER 1230 - DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBILITY
1236.41- Forest Supervisors. Refer to 1236.4.
1236.42- Forest Staff Officers. The following delegations of authority are made:
PRIMARY AREA OF
TITLE SUBJECT
RESPONSIBILITY
1010
Laws, Regulations, Orders
FS
1100
Directives
ADMIN
1200
Organization
FS
1300
Management
FS
1370
Forms
ADMIN
1390
Information Technology
ADMIN
1400
Controls
FS
1500
External Relations
FS
1600
Information Services
PAO
1700
Civil Rights
ADMIN
1800
Human Resource Programs
ADMIN
1900
Planning
EM
1930
Program Development & Budgeting
ADMIN
2100
Environmental Management
ENG
2130
Solid Waste Management
ENG
2140
Pesticide Use, Management & Coordination ENG
2200
Range
EM
2300
Recreation, Wilderness & Related Resource
PS
Resource Mgmt
2400
Timber Management
EM
2500
Watershed Management
EM
2600
Wildlife, Fish and Sensitive Plant
EM
Habitat Mgmt
2700
Special Uses Management - Non Recreation LANDS
2700
Special Uses Management – Recreation
PS
2800
Minerals & Geology
LANDS
3000
State & Private Forestry
PS
3100
Cooperative Fire Protection
FIRE
3200
Rural Forestry Assisance
EM
3400
Forest Pest Management
EM
3500
Cooperative Watershed
EM
3600
Rural Resource Conservation & Development EM
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3900
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4100
4200
4300
4400
4500
4700
4800
4900
5100
5300
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Organization Management Assistance
FS
Statewide Forest Resoure Plans
EM
Research
EM
Timber Management Research
EM
Wildlife Range & Fish Habitat Research
EM
Watershed Mgmt & Rehabilitation Research EM
Forest Fire & Atmospheric Sciences Research FIRE
Forest Insect & Disease Research
EM
Forest Products & Harvesting Research
EM
Forest Resources & Economics Reseach
EM
Forest Recreation & Urban Forestry Research PS
Fire Management
FIRE
Law Enforcement
LE
Landownership
LANDS
Landownership Title Management
LANDS
Aviation Management
FIRE
Personnel
ADMIN
Office Management
ADMIN
Procurement
ADMIN
Property
ADMIN
Finance and Accounting
ADMIN
Systems Management
ADMIN
Safety
FS
Engineering Operations
ENG
Buildings & Other Structures
ENG
Public Health & Pollution Control
ENG
Water Storage & Transmission
ENG
Electrical Engineering
ENG
Transportation System
ENG
1236.43-National Forest Signing Authorities. All letters or memoranda involving
major changes in policy, programs, sensitive issues, closure orders, Congressional
correspondence, and disciplinary actions will be approved and signed by the Forest
Supervisor. Cooperative, collection, employment, training, interagency agreements,
and memorandums of understanding (with restrictions) will be approved and signed
by the Forest Supervisor. See FSM 1239 for specific FSM reference.
Staff Officers have signing authority, over their own title, for all correspondence
within their functional areas except for correspondence reserved for Forest
Supervisor as identified in FSM 1239 or in Forest Service Manuals or by R.O.
direction. This authority includes approval for in-Regional training up to 40 hours
and scheduled overtime.
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Other employees may sign correspondence when the signature of the Forest
Supervisor is not specifically required, transmitting: 1) Routine reports of nonsensitive nature; 2) advice and information requested by field units; and, 3) external
correspondence when person-to-person contact is involved and policy or Forest
Services commitment is not being interpreted or set.
If the Staff Officer or Specialist is performing work that carries with it a special job
title such as Contracting Officer, Certifying Officer, Employment Officer, or
Incident Commander, this title should be used.
The outline above is a general guide and does not cover all situations that may
arise. For this reason, it is important that the correspondence author use good
judgment in deciding who should sign each piece of correspondence he or she
nitiates.