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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
UINTA NATIONAL FOREST (REGION 4)
PROVO, UTAH
FSM 2400 – TIMBER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER - ZERO CODE
Supplement No.: 2400-2006-1
Effective Date: May 8, 2006
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: DAN S. DALLAS
Acting Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: May 2, 2006
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. This is the first supplement to this handbook.
New Document
2400-2006-1
2 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
none
0 Page
Digest:
2404.28
Provides delegation of timber disposal authority to District Rangers up to
2,500 MBF for ‘commercial and administrative use’ sales; $5,000 in
advertised value for “Misc. Forest Products’; $200 appraised value for
‘free use’; 20 MBF for ‘administrative free use’; and $500 value for
‘federal free use’.
UNF SUPPLEMENT 2400-2006-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 8, 2006
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2400-TIMBER MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER - ZERO CODE
2404.28 – Specific Delegation of Timber Sale and Disposal Authority
2404.28 – Exhibit 01 – Uinta NF Supplement
Uinta National Forest District Rangers are authorized to sell and dispose of timber and forest
products in accordance with the following:
FSM
Reference
2404.21 (1.a)
2404.21 (1.b)
2404.21 (1.c)
2404.21 (1.d)
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2/
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Authority
Delegated
Approve Timber Sale Project Plans1/
Coordinate Timber Sale Projects 3/
NEPA and Deciding Officer 4/
36 CFR 223.1 – Special Forest Products5/
36 CFR 223.5 to 223.9 – Free Use 5/
36 CFR 223.2 – Administrative Free Use 5/, 7/
36 CFR 223.11 – Federal Free Use 5/
Value
------$5,000 5/
$200 6/
--------$500 8/
Volume
4,450 CCF or 2,500 MBF 2/
13,350 CCF 2/
4,450 CCF or 2,500 MBF 2/
------------20 MBF or 35 CCF 2/
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District Ranger delegation of authority to approve timber sale project plans includes: the Sale Area
Improvement Plan, Salvage Sale Fund Plan, gates 1-4 Certification Reports, and the Timber Sale
Implementation Plan for an individual timber sale. District Rangers may also approve Gates 1-3
Certification Reports for sales of any volume or value. This authority cannot be delegated to staff.
Emergency sales (CFR 223.81 and 223.11) authority cannot and is not delegated to District Rangers.
Emergency sales require Regional Forester’s approval.
Assumes a conversion of 1.782 CCF/MBF.
District Ranger may delegate authority to coordinate timber sale projects to individual subordinates
(staff officers below the District Ranger), by name and in writing, to act for that them within the
limits of their authority.
NEPA Deciding Officer authority is for an individual timber sale. District Rangers may approve
multi-sale decisions as long as individual sales in the decision do not exceed the authority specified
above. This authority cannot be delegated to staff nor will ranger authority extend to other districts.
District Rangers may further delegate authority for special forest products to qualified “Forest
Officers” for charge and free use permits; up to the total amount of authority delegated.
Per R4 Supplement 2400-97-1 the maximum authority that can be delegated to District Ranger is
$5,000. District Ranger sales of unique forest products to limits shown requires written approval
from the Forest Supervisor.
Per 36 CFR 223.8 (01/04/06) the maximum authority that can be delegated to District Rangers is
$200 in value.
Per R4 Supplement 2400-97-1 the maximum authority that can be delegated to District Rangers is 20
MBF. This equates to 35 CCF assuming a conversion of 1.782 CCF/MBF.
Per R4 Supplement 2400-97-1 the maximum authority that can be delegated to District Rangers is
$500 in value.