FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION (R5)
VALLEJO, CALIFORNIA
FSM1500 - EXTERNAL RELATIONS
CHAPTER 1580 - GRANTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
Supplement No.: R5 1500-2016-1
Effective Date: 2/18/2016
Duration: This supplement expires 5 years from the effective date unless superseded or
removed earlier.
Approved: Randy Moore, Regional Forester
Date Approved: 2/16/2016
Posting Instructions: Manual supplements are numbered consecutively by Manual 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.
Last Change: 1500-2010-1 to Section 41d
New Document: 1580, 2 Pages
Superseded Document(s): 1500-2010-1, 2 pages.
Digest: Document expired and was reinstated with formatting changes to make the document
508 compliant.
CHAPTER 1580 - GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND OTHER AGREEMENTS
FSM1500 - External Relations
Supplement No.:R5 1500-2016-1 - Effective Date: 2/18/2016
1580.41 - Grants & Agreements Officials
1580.41d - Regional Foresters, Station Directors, Area Director, International
Institute of Tropical Forestry Director, and Special Agents in Charge of Law
Enforcement and Investigations
The Regional Grants and Agreements Specialist is designated as the Pacific Southwest
Region's Agreements Coordinator. The Regional Agreements Coordinator has the
responsibility to establish and monitor a certification process on behalf of the Director,
Acquisition Management, to assure Grants and Agreements Specialists selected within Region
5 have the knowledge, training and experience required to negotiate, develop, administer and
close-out grants, cooperative agreements, memoranda of understanding and other agreements.
Forest Supervisors and Regional Program Directors are designated signatory officials and are
delegated the authority to sign grants, cooperative agreements, memorandums of
understanding and other agreements for programs under their jurisdiction. This authority may
be redelegated in writing to line officers under their supervision and certified Grants and
Agreements Specialists.
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