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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
ALASKA REGION (REGION 10)
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
FSM 2700 – SPECIAL USES MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2700 – ZERO CODE
Supplement No.: R-10 Chugach 2700-2013-1
Effective Date: 12/23/2013
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: /s/ TERRI MARCERON
Forest Supervisor
Date Approved: 12/13/13
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 R-10, Chugach NF supplement to this
title was 2700-1999-1 to chapter Zero Code.
New Document
2700-2013-1
2 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
2704.34, Zero Code (2700-99-1, 2/15/99)
1 Pages
Digest: In order by code, summarize the main additions, revisions, or removal of direction
incorporated in this supplement.
2704.34 2(c) - Delegates authority to District Rangers to issue certain special-use authorizations.
Reformats supplement to conform to the parent text formatting for directives.
R-10 SUPPLEMENT CHUGACH 2700-2013-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/23/2013
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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FSM 2700 – SPECIAL USES MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2700 - ZERO CODE
2704.34 – District Rangers
Except as provided in section FSM 2704.32, FSM 2704.33, and FSM 2704.34, and consistent
with the parent text, District Rangers may issue special-use authorizations for the following types
of uses as delegated by the Forest Supervisor:
1. Uses of a short-term nature (occupancy not to exceed five years), having no known or
identified significant environmental impacts.
2. Standardized authorizations for uses having no known or identified significant
environmental impacts for:
a. Uses approved in the forest land and resource management plan.
b. Communication uses on a designated site with an approved communication site
plan.
c. Ten-year permits for outfitting and guiding. Issue inter-district special-use
authorizations, using the lead District approach, when the authorization is at the
District level and when all District Rangers concur. The lead District will
normally be the unit where the applicant is headquartered or the unit where the
majority of the permit use is scheduled to occur.
3. When issuing permits in the Nellie Juan-College Fiord Wilderness Study Area (WSA),
consult direction in R10 Supplement to FSM 2320. In the environmental analysis,
consider impacts from the proposed use to wilderness character of the affected area, and
potential for inclusion into the National Wilderness Preservation System. Identify
appropriate design features and mitigation measures to maintain wilderness character and
potential for inclusion into the National Wilderness Preservation System.
District Rangers do not have the authority to authorize uses in the WSA that are
prohibited by section 4(c) of the Wilderness Act. A minimum requirements analysis will
be conducted when considering prohibited uses, and approval must be given by the
appropriate authorized officer prior to issuance of an authorization within the WSA. See
FSM 2320, and R10 Supplement to FSM 2320.
4. Consult current agency direction when considering issuing a permit within a roadless
area.