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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (R3)
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
FSM 2500 – WATERSHED AND AIR MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER – ZERO CODE
Supplement No.: 2500-98-1
Effective Date: September 25, 1998
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: Eleanor S. Towns
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 09/25/1998
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 2500-94-1
to FSM 2580.
New Document
2504.3_Exhibit_01
4 Pages
Superseded Document(s)
(Supplement Number and
Effective Date)
ID R3 2500-98-1
4 Pages
Digest:
2504.3, exhibit 01 - Incorporates delegation's direction from ID R3 2500-98-1 into this
Supplement.
R3 SUPPLEMENT 2500-98-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09-25-1998
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2500 – WATERSHED AND AIR MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER – ZERO CODE
2504.3 - Exhibit 01
Delegations of Watershed and Air Management Authorities
Delegable (Del) = The authority is delegated and may be redelegated to next lower
organizational level.
Yes = The authority is delegated to the organizational level.
Yes ( ) = The authority is delegated to the position identified in parenthesis.
No = The authority is delegated and may not be exercised.
RF = Regional Forester; DRF = Deputy Regional Forester; SD = Staff Director; FS =
Forest Supervisor.
Delegated Authority - Activity
Ensure that Forest plans are reviewed
to reflect changes brought about by
authorized out-service water resource
development projects (FSM 1920).
On the basis of economic and
environmental analysis, identify
opportunities for improving and
maintaining watershed condition.
Ensure that flood hazards, flood plain
values, and all alternatives that affect a
floodplain or that involve new
construction in wetlands are fully
considered in the Forest Service
planning and decision-making
processes (FSH 1909.15).
Notify states of existing and
foreseeable water use under Federal
authorities.
Obtain water rights according to state
procedures when Federal authorities do
not apply.
Review and approve water needs
analyses.
Provide technical direction for all soil
management program activities and
provide for quality control and
coordination of forest soil management
programs.
Review and approve all soil resource
FSM/FSH Reference
FSM 2510.42
Authority delegated to
RF
DRF SD
FS
Del
Yes
No
Yes
FSM 2521.04b
Del
Yes
No
Yes
FSM 2527.04b
Del
Yes
No
Yes
FSM 2541.04b
Del
Yes
FSM 2541.04b
Del
Yes
No
Yes
FSM 2541.04b
Del
Yes
No
Yes
FSM 2550.4
Del
Yes
Yes
(WS
A)
Yes
FSM 2551.04b
Del
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
R3 SUPPLEMENT 2500-98-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09-25-1998
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2500 – WATERSHED AND AIR MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER – ZERO CODE
inventory reports.
(WS
A)
2504.3 - Exhibit 01--Continued
Delegations of Watershed and Air Management Authorities
Delegable (Del) = The authority is delegated and may be redelegated to next lower
organizational level.
Yes = The authority is delegated to the organizational level.
Yes ( ) = The authority is delegated to the position identified in parenthesis.
No = The authority is delegated and may not be exercised.
RF = Regional Forester; DRF = Deputy Regional Forester; SD = Staff Director; FS =
Forest Supervisor.
Delegated Authority - Activity
Review and approve work plans, and
memorandums of understanding in
which the Forest Service cooperates
with the Natural Resource
Conservation Service and State
agencies for all resource inventories.
With Natural Resource Conservation
Service State Conservationist, develop
and implement plans that lead to
completion of SRI's on NFS Lands and
provide for their inclusion in NCSS.
Develop boundaries for cooperative
soil survey areas for each State
containing NFS Lands in cooperation
with other agencies and individuals
participating in soil surveys in the
State.
Coordinate soil resource inventories
between Forests within the Region and
between Regions where Forests adjoin.
Maintain quality control of soil
resource inventories by conducting
FSM/FSH Reference
FSM 2551.04b
Authority delegated to
RF
DRF SD
FS
Del
Yes Yes
No
(WS
A)
FSM 2551.04b
Yes
No
No
No
FSM 2551.04b
Del
Yes
Yes
(WS
A)
No
FSM 2551.4
Del
Yes
No
FSM 2551.4
Del
Yes
Yes
(WS
A)
Yes
(WS
No
R3 SUPPLEMENT 2500-98-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09-25-1998
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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periodic reviews of field work to
ensure that soil resource inventories
meet established standards.
Cooperate with the Natural Resource
FSM 2551.4
Conservation Service, State
Agricultural experiment stations, and
other participants of the NCSS at the
State and Regional level to plan,
execute and publish SRI's
Develop and maintain a schedule for
FSM 2551.4
the orderly and efficient completion of
SRI's.
Ensure the integration and application
FSM 2552.4
of soil information to land and resource
management planning on the Forest.
A)
Yes
No
No
No
Del
Yes
Yes
Del
Del
Yes
(WS
A)
Yes
(WS
A)
Yes
2504.3 - Exhibit 01--Continued
Delegations of Watershed and Air Management Authorities
Delegable (Del) = The authority is delegated and may be redelegated to next lower
organizational level.
Yes = The authority is delegated to the organizational level.
Yes ( ) = The authority is delegated to the position identified in parenthesis.
No = The authority is delegated and may not be exercised.
RF = Regional Forester; DRF = Deputy Regional Forester; SD = Staff Director; FS =
Forest Supervisor.
Delegated Authority - Activity
FSM/FSH Reference
Lead the development and maintenance FSM 2555.4
of soil database systems with National
application, including shared systems
within the NCSS
Review compatibility of Regional Soil FSM 2555.4
database application.
Protect, and where appropriate,
improve the quality of soil, water, and
air resources.
Comply with all Federal, State, or local
air control rules, regulations, and
directives.
Authority delegated to
RF
DRF SD
FS
Del
Yes Yes
No
(WS
A)
Del
Yes
No
No
Yes
(WS
A)
No
FSM 2580.11
Yes
FSM 2580.12
Yes
No
No
No
No
R3 SUPPLEMENT 2500-98-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09-25-1998
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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Comply with substantive and
FSM 2580.12
procedural requirements imposed by a
Federal, State, interstate, or local
administrative authority or court.
Consult with each State that has
FSM 2580.12
delegated authority for the prevention
of significant deterioration of air
quality (PSD), visibility, air quality
maintenance plan requirements and
non-attainment responsibility.
Forest Land Managers have an
FSM 2580.12
affirmative responsibility to protect
AQRV's on any lands managed by
them within a class I area. Consider, in
consultation with EPS Administrators,
whether a proposed major emitting
facility will have an adverse impact on
AQRV.
Yes
No
No
NO
Yes
No
No
No
Yes
No
No
No