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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NORTHERN REGION (REGION 1)
MISSOULA, MT
FSM 6500 – FINANCE AND ACCOUNTING
CHAPTER 6510 – APPROPRIATIONS AND FUNDS
Supplement No.: 6500-2004-2
Effective Date: September 14, 2004
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: KATHLEEN A. MCALLISTER FOR
ABIGAIL R. KIMBELL
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 08/24/2004
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
6500-2004-1 to FSM 6500 Zero Code.
New Document
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Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
Supp. 309, 11/89
(6511.13f-6512.23d)
1 Page
Digest:
Converts format and style to the new Forest Service Manual (FSM) template using the agency’s
current corporate word processing software.
6511.13f (formerly 6511.21k) - Reissues Region 1 direction under paragraph 5 “Authorized
Expenditures.”
R1 SUPPLEMENT 6500-2004-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/14/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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CHAPTER 6510 – APPROPRIATIONS AND FUNDS
6511 - APPROPRIATION USES
6511.13f - Employee Award Ceremonies
5. Authorized Expenditures. In accordance with National direction, Forest Supervisors
and Regional Office Staff Directors may approve the use of official funds to purchase light
refreshments to be served at employee award ceremonies. This authority may not be redelegated
to a lower organization level.
6513.23b - Forest Fire Protection (FFP)
The following policy is established for payment of employees attending fire suppression related
training in the Northern Region:
Qualification Training for Initial Action of Fire. This training is equated with other traditional
training considered essential to a new employee's development and basic to their duties as a
Forest Service employee. Other examples of such training are Defensive Driving and First Aid.
If the individual's normal work assignment is a crew leader or other work supervisor, it is
reasonable to expect that they should become qualified and perform at a comparable level during
initial action on a fire.
Salary, travel, and per diem for attendance at this type of training for these individuals will be
paid for from the employee's regular funds.
All Other Fire Training. Training that prepares an individual for a targeted IGS position for
other than initial action is considered to be paid for from fire management funds. Fire training
for other than a targeted position will be considered an employee's developmental training and
will be paid for from the employee's regular funds.
6513.52e - Brush Disposal (BD)
3. Limitations on Use of BD Funds. The use of BD funds is prohibited for the following
activities:
a. Land management planning teams. See FSM 6522.56, item 2 for land
management planning financing.
b. Administration of timber sale contracts.
6513.53a - Cooperative Work, Forest Service, Knutson-Vandenberg (CWFS-K-V).
7. Limitations on Uses. In addition to the limitations cited in the parent text, the
following limitations apply to Knutson-Vandenburg (K-V) funds:
R1 SUPPLEMENT 6500-2004-2
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/14/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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a. Not available to finance land management planning teams. See FSM 6522.56,
item 2, for land management planning financing.
b. Not available for administration of timber sale contracts.