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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NORTHERN REGION (REGION 1)
MISSOULA, MT
FSM 1700 – CIVIL RIGHTS
CHAPTER 1780– DIRECT PROGRAMS
Supplement No.: 1700-2003-1
Effective Date: April 21, 2003
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: LYNN ROBERTS FOR
BRADLEY E. POWELL
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 4/04/2003
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 title was 1700-96-3
to FSM 1780.
New Document
1700-2003-1
2 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
1700-96-3 (10/10/96)
3 Pages
Digest:
1786 - Updates coding from “1783” to “1786” to agree with parent text.
1786.03 – Updates coding from “1783.03” to “1786.03” to agree with parent text. Makes minor
editorial changes and converts format style from Data General to current word processing
application.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 1700-2003-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 04/21/2003
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 1700 – CIVIL RIGHTS
CHAPTER 1780 – DIRECT PROGRAMS
1786 - HOUSING
1786.03 - Policy
Barracks. At the time offers of employment are made, applicants will be notified of the specific
housing arrangements available. Applicants, other than those employees required to stay at
lookouts, shall be informed that it is not mandatory that they stay in Government-provided
housing.
Restrooms, showers, and sleeping quarters not originally designed to accommodate both male
and female workers will not be considered appropriate rationale for nonselection of female or
male applicants.
Forest Service facilities are available equally regardless of race, national origin, color, age,
religion, sex, or disability; and the decision to live in available facilities will rest with the
applicant, not with the hiring official.
The following constitutes Region 1 policy concerning the use of facilities by employees:
Unit managers have a basic obligation to recognize the privacy needs of both sexes in sleeping
areas. Whenever possible, partitions must be erected so that employees of both sexes will have
privacy.
The following minimum criteria regarding washroom, toilet, and shower facilities including such
facilities in temporary camps, will be included as primary factors to be considered when
planning quarters arrangements for employees:
1. Washroom facilities, toilet, and shower areas, when provided for use by both sexes
simultaneously, must be separated by a floor-to-ceiling solid partition and separate entrances.
2. When the same washroom, toilet, and shower facilities are to be used by both sexes,
provisions shall be made so that one person or sex can use the facility at a time. The entry door
must be provided with an inside lock to control entry. A time-scheduling arrangement can be
used for use of the entire facility by either sex, for example, for showering, and so forth.
3. Covered waste receptacles shall be kept in all toilet rooms.
4. Accessibility shall be maximized.
When planning revisions to present facilities or construction of new units, standard engineering
criteria and codes USFS/AADAG shall be applied to permanent modification of existing
facilities or construction of new buildings including designs accessible to persons with
disabilities.