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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
MT. HOOD NATIONAL FOREST HQ
SANDY, OREGON
FSM 1200 – ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 30 – DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY AND RESPONSIBLITY
Mt. Hood Supplement No.:1200-2002-1The Directive Manager completes this field.
Effective Date: The Directive Manager completes this field.
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: GARY L. LARSEN
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: mm/dd/yyyy
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by title 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 Manual was Mt.
Hood Supplement No.1200-99-1- to FSM 1231.3
New Document
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Superseded Document(s)
(Mt.Hood Supplement No.
1200-99-1 February 23,
1999)
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Digest: Updates “Acting” assignments for the Forest and Deputy Supervisors.
Reissuing Supplement No. 1200-99-1 as 1200-2002-1.
MH SUPPLEMENT 1200-2002-1
EFFECTIVE DATE:
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 1200 - ORGANIZATION
CHAPTER 30 – DELEGATIONS AND RESPONSIBLIITY
1231-3 – ACTING AUTHORITY.
A principal Staff Officer will serve as “Acting” Forest Supervisor during periods when the Forest
Supervisor and Deputy Forest Supervisor are not available.
Rotating “Acting” assignments by months follow:
Fire & Engineering
Natural Resources
Administrative Officer
Planning/Public Affairs/Rec/Lands
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
The next person in the rotation will be “Acting” Supervisor when other Staff Officers are absent
during their “Acting” assignment. If that person is gone, it will go to the next person on the list.
The above “Acting” delegations apply only to intermittent short absences by the Forest
Supervisor. Written delegations of “Acting Forest Supervisor” duties to a staff person for
extended absences by the Forest Supervisor is required.
Administrative Assistants will serve as “Acting Administrative Officer” during periods when the
Administrative Officer is not available. Rotating “Acting” assignments by months follow:
Personnel Officer
Program Analysis Officer
Communications Specialist
Supv Contracting Officer
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
When one of the above Administrative Assistants will be absent during their “Acting”
assignment, the “Acting” responsibility continues in order to the next months designation.
The above “Acting” delegations apply only to intermittent short absences by the Administrative
Officer. Written delegations of “Acting Administrative Officer” duties to one of the
Administrative Assistants (Section Heads) for extended, planned absences by the Administrative
Officer is required.