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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (REGION 3)
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
FSM 2200 – RANGE MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2230 – GRAZING AND LIVESTOCK USE PERMIT SYSTEM
Supplement No.: 2200-2014-1
Effective Date: February 4, 2014
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: GILBERT ZEPEDA
Deputy Regional Forester
Date Approved: 02/04/2014
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 2200-20131 to FSM 2200, Zero Code.
New Document(s):
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6 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date:
2230, 2200-91-1, 01/31/1991
15 Pages
Digest:
2231.22a-2231.24 – Moves updated direction to FSH 2209.13, 12.21-12.32 to be consistent with
parent text.
2231.41 – Moves updated direction to FSH 2209.13, 14.2a-14.2b to be consistent with parent
text.
2231.5 - Moves updated direction to FSH 2209.13, 15 to be consistent with parent text.
2231.61 - Moves updated direction to FSH 2209.13, 16 to be consistent with parent text.
2231.7 - Moves updated direction to FSH 2209.13, 17 to be consistent with parent text.
R3 SUPPLEMENT 2200-2014-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/04/2014
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2200 – Range Management
Chapter 30 – Grazing and Livestock Use Permit System
2234.13-2234.16 – Moves updated direction from this title to FSH 2209.13, chapter 40 to be
consistent with parent text.
2238.03 - Provides supplemental policy direction relevant to yearlong grazing and other
circumstances unique to the Southwestern Region.
2238.11d – Provides updated direction and examples for installment payments and split billing
procedures for yearlong grazing permits.
2238.11e – Provides updated direction and references concerning administrative procedures
relative to delinquent or non-payment of grazing fees for the Southwestern Region.
2238.11g – Provides updated direction concerning refunds and credits of grazing fees to be
applied in the Southwestern Region.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: 02/04/2014
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2200 – Range Management
Chapter 30 – Grazing and Livestock Use Permit System
2238 – Grazing Fees
2238.03 - Policy
1. All term grazing permits will be written for the Southwestern Region to terminate at the
end of the calendar year.
2. The grazing season for yearlong permits should be shown as the fee year, March 1February 28 for rangeland INFRA data base records. The grazing season for all other
permits is the season shown in Part 1, Section 2 of the term grazing permit.
3. Except as noted below, the counter date will be January 1 for grazing permits providing
for a yearlong season of use.
4. On some National Forests, short-aged calf policies have been established which vary
from the January 1 "counter date." The following variances are approved:
Forest
Policy
Gila
Removal of short-aged calves by April 1.
Lincoln
Removal of short-aged calves by April 1.
Coronado
All calves branded during fall roundup
that are still on the range become counters
on January 1.
Santa Fe
Calves under 6 months of age on January 1
become counters on March 1.
5. For yearlong permits, a special provision defining "counters" will be included in each
term grazing permit considering approved variances listed in item 4 above and other
individual Forest requirements.
6. For seasonal permits, the following special provision will be included in each permit.
"All animals 6 months of age or older at the time of entering the National
Forest System, those which will become 12 months of age during the
permitted grazing season, and all weaned animals regardless of age, are
counters for which grazing fees must be paid. These animals will also be
counted as to numbers of permitted livestock."
7. Annually, applications for grazing will be received, reviewed for compliance, and a Bill
for Collection processed. The annual application for grazing for yearlong permits will be
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FSM 2200 – Range Management
Chapter 30 – Grazing and Livestock Use Permit System
for the grazing fee year (March 1 through the end February). Fees are payable prior to
March 1 annually for permits with a yearlong season of use. For seasonal permits, fees
are due and payable prior to livestock entering National Forest System lands for the
designated season of use.
2238.11d – Installment Payments
Installment payments (split billings) for grazing permits with less than a yearlong season of use
may be authorized. In the event a split payment is requested by a permittee for a permit with less
than a yearlong season of use, a $35 administrative charge will be added to the first bill for
collection to pay for the cost of processing a second billing.
Payments of grazing fees for yearlong permits will be made in two installments as follows:
The first bill for collection (installment payment) will be for the March 1 through August 31
grazing period at the fee rate current at the time of billing or, if available, the newly designated
grazing fee rate for the ensuing fee year (note: under current procedures, regional offices are
normally notified of the new ensuing year fee rate effective on March 1, by approximately early
February annually). Annual permittee meetings for taking the annual application for grazing
should be conducted during the month of January with timely issuance of bills for collection, and
payment of the first grazing fee installment payment prior to March 1.
The second bill for collection will cover the September 1 through the end of February grazing
period at the current fee rate. If necessary, this bill for collection will include an adjustment to
bring fees charged and paid in line with the new fee year rate (adjustment for March 1 through
August 31 period). No adjustment will be necessary if the first bill for collection was issued at
the current fee rate. The second bill for collection will be mailed to the permittee early enough
to assure that livestock grazing does not occur beyond the time forage has been paid for. This
may be as early as June or as late as October, dependent upon the fee rate changes if the old fee
rate was used in the first billing. If correct fee rates are used in the first billing, the second bill
for collection should be sent in July with payment of fees for the second installation due no later
than September 1.
EXAMPLE: Split Billing for Yearlong Permit
First Bill for Collection:
1/
Current Fee = $2.40/HM
Number Permitted = 100
6 months (March 1-August 31) = 6 months
$2.40 X 100 cattle X 6 months = $1,440
1/ Use the new ensuing rate if available at the time of billing.
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Second Bill for Collection:
New Fee (effective 3/1) = $3.00/HM
$3.00 X 100 cattle X 12 months:
Total payment required for fee year
= $3,600
Less amount paid in first installment = $1,440
Amount of second installment (less
credit or refund). Second bill for
collection is for September 1 through
February plus any adjustment if billed
at previous fee year rate:
= $2,160
Bill to be sent out in June (forage only paid for until July 24 at the fee rate of $3.00/HM)
No adjustments are necessary if the current year fee rate was know in time for the first
installment billing for which payment was due on March 1. In this event the second installment
billing must be sent to the permittee by August 1, with payment due September 1.
The following statement will be included on the first bill for collection:
“This first bill for collection represents the first portion of the grazing fees payable
the ensuing grazing fee year. The second bill for collection will sent no later than
August 1 covering the balance of fees payable for this fee year. Payment for the
second bill for collection will be due no later than September 1"
No administrative charge will be made for the first two bills for collection in connection with
split billing procedures for grazing permits with a yearlong permitted season of use.
Any changes in numbers of livestock on the allotment through sale and shipment livestock off
the allotment or purchase of and placement on the allotment of additional livestock would
require an amended or supplemental application.
2238.11e – Delinquent Debts (Payments)
The grazing permit requires permittees to pay fees prior to placing livestock on the National
Forest System. Grazing permittees who fail to pay grazing fees on time have violated the terms
and conditions of the grazing permit.
See R-3 supplement to FSH 2209.13, Chapter 10, Section 16.23 for administrative procedures in
the event grazing fees are not paid and livestock use is occuring on National System Lands. If
payment is not received and the permit subsequently canceled in total, the amount due becomes a
claim of the United States and is subject to the procedure and limitation in FSM 6572.
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Forage consumed by livestock in excess of that permitted or annually authorized in the bill for
collection, livestock grazed outside the permitted season, or livestock grazed during a delinquent
payment period must be paid at the unauthorized use grazing fee rate.
2238.11g – Refunds and Credits
Refunds will only be approved where the term grazing permit has been waived, the waiver of
term grazing permit has been confirmed by the authorized officer, and a new permit issued to a
qualified applicant indicated on the waiver of term grazing permit (FS-2200-12), or if a current
permittee has applied for, and the authorized officer has approved, nonuse for which grazing fees
have previously been paid. Complete form FS-2200-01 for refunds.
Grazing fee credits will be approved when late entry or early removal of livestock is requested
by the permittee for legitimate reasons and/or when delayed entry or early removal of livestock
is requested by the authorized officer for reasons of resource protection. Credit for grazing fees
will not be approved merely for the convenience of the permittee after the bill for collection is
issued. Complete form FS-2200-01 for crediting of grazing fees.