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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
INTERMOUNTAIN REGION (REGION 4)
OGDEN, UT
FSH 2709.11 – SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION
Supplement No.: 2709.11-2014-1
Effective Date: May 19, 2014
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: NORA B. RASURE
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 05/09/2014
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove entire document and replace it with this supplement.
Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last supplement to this
Handbook was 2709.11-96-1 to Chapter 30.
New Document(s):
2709.11_30
3 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
2709.11_30 (supplement 2709.11-96-11,
2/8/96)
4 Pages
Digest:
31.51a – Provides the CY2014 minimum amount and identifies an annual adjustment will occur
using the U. S. Department of Labor Cumulative Implicit Price Deflator – Gross Domestic
Product (IDP – GDP). Clarifies assessment of minimum fee when an authorization provides
authorization of more than one use designation.
36 – Removes obsolete direction regarding authorization processes for commercial filming and
still photography as this is covered under parent text in FSH 2709.11, Chapter 40.
36.7 – Moves the regional fee schedule for still photography and commercial filming into this
supplement from previous supplement 2709.11-96-22, 2/8/96.
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FSH 2709.11 – SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION
31.51 - Fees Established by Regions
31.51a - Regional Minimum Fees
It is the responsibility of the Regional Forester to establish and maintain a Regional minimum
fee for special uses (FSM 2715.04b).
The regional minimum fee does not apply to special use authorizations that have established
national or regional fee schedules or systems in place (for example Graduated Rate Fee System,
Outfitter and Guide, and still photography/commercial filming). Consult the appropriate Forest
Service Manual or Handbook for further clarification of minimum fee requirements for these use
types.
Except for uses with established national fees schedules or systems, the Forest Service
Intermountain Region minimum for any special use authorization is $75.12 for calendar year
2014. This regional minimum fee shall be updated annually using the U.S. Department of Labor
Cumulative Implicit Price Deflator – Gross Domestic Product (IPD). The Special Uses Database
System (SUDS) will be updated annually to reflect the indexed minimum. For any uses not
covered by this directive, please contact the appropriate Regional Office program manager.
The minimum fee shall be charged in its entirety; do not pro-rate for a portion of the year.
Unless otherwise directed by a national fee schedule or system, the regional minimum fee will be
assessed regardless if a land use fee calculated under existing schedules or systems may indicate
a lower fee.
For minor ancillary Linear Rights-of-Way, refer to FSH 2709.11, Ch.30, sec 36.42.
When more than one use is included in a single authorization, the regional minimum fee applies
separately to each use designation for which the land use fee is not exempt (sec. 31.21), waived
(sec. 31.22-31.22c), or is considered ancillary pursuant to Linear Rights-of-Way (sec. 36.42).
For example, consider a single authorization includes two separate use designations (e.g. private
road and fiber optic line); the land use fee for each use designation is calculated at less than the
regional minimum fee. In the above example, assess the regional minimum fee separately for
each use and bill for two minimum fees under a combined bill for the authorization.
36.7 – Commercial Filming and Still Photography
Charge a fee on a per-day basis according to the following schedule:
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FSH 2709.11 – SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION
Number of
Persons on
Location
1-10
11-30
31-60
More than 60
Basic Daily Fee
Motion Picture,
Television, Video
$150.00
$200.00
$500.00
$600.00
Still
Photography
$50.00
$150.00
$250.00
Charge full fee for the entire day or any fraction thereof. Do not prorate the daily charge based
on hours of actual filming or photography.