FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
CARSON NATIONAL FOREST
TAOS, NEW MEXICO
FEBRUARY 1978
TITLE 7100 - ENGINEERING OPERATIONS
Carson Supplement No. 4
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Superseded Pages
Exhibit 1, 11, 111, IV
Digest:
Updates signing policy.
JOHN S. CRELLIN
Forest Supervisor
New Pages
7160.44a
7161. 11
7162.03
TITLE 7100 - ENGINEERING OPERATIONS
71308.44
District Ranger
The District Ranger shall assign a person on his staff as
District Fleet Manager. His duties should include the following:
1.Coordinate major vehicle repair with the Forest Fleet
Manager.
on
2.Responsible to insure that all tear sheets are complete and
time.
3.
Review preventive maintenance checks to see that they
are completed and any deficiencies are corrected for all
district fleet equipment.
4.
Review work sent by district to commercial shops to
insure work was performed as requested.
5.Insure that only qualified, licensed drivers operate
district fleet equipment.
7134.2 -
Mechanical Inspecti
1.
All Forest Fleet Equipment Mechanical inspections shall
be performed by local commercial facilities, except for class
907 and 908 fire pumpers, which shall be brought into the
Supervisor's Office for inspection prior to fire season.
The District Fleet Manager shall inspect district equipment
after annual mechanical inspections to insure that they were
performed to standard.
3.
Equipment scheduled for replacement will not have the
annual mechanical inspection, but will have only safety items
repaired.
7134.9
Service and Maintenance Sources
The evaluation and approval of the Forest Fleet Manager is
required for vehicle repair costs in excess of $100 for a single
job. This approval is not required for the annual mechanical
inspection. All repairs estimated in excess of $50 on holdover or
vehicles scheduled for replacement require the Forest Fleet
Manager's approval. The Forest Fleet Manager's approval to
obligatz for repair
does not constitute purchasing
authority. The actual procurement of commercial repair will be
accomplished by an individual having delegated purchansing
authority upon presentation of information that such repair has
been approved, if in exist of the dollar limitations established
above.
7133.2 - Use. Use of a Government vehicle by personnel while on
jury service as defined by FSM 6163-5-is not authorized.
TITLE 7100 - ENGINEERING OPERATIONS
7160 - SIGNS
7160.2 - Objective. The objective of the Carson program shall be
the dissemination of information to the public by means of visual
communication. Appropriate signs and posters shall be chosen to
promote safety and to inform and direct users and visitors of the
Carson National Forest.
7160.3 -Policy
7160.31 - Safe Signing.
All Forest signs shall be in
conformance with the Highway Safety Act, Public Law 89-64, the
Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices, FSM 7160 and the FS
Sign Handbook 7109.11. It shall be the duty of the Deputy for
Engineering to evaluate all Forest sign installations with regard
to safety.
7160.33-Cooperative Signing.
All signing along State Highways
and roads will be coordinated with the New Mexico State Highway
Department. All signs or posters erected on the Carson National
Forest on land under special use permit or easement shall be
approved by the Deputy for Engineering.
7160.43-Forest Supervisor.
The Forest Supervisor is responsible
for preparation and maintenance of the master sign plan and
inventory and long range sign programs on the Forest.
Responsibility for directing and administering the Forest sign
and map programs is assigned to the Deputy for Engineering. The
Deputy for Engineering and his appointed sign coordinator shall
implement the sign program.
7160.44 - District Ranger. The District Ranger is responsible for
all signing on his District. He will prepare the sign
requisition, install and maintain the sign. He will maintain an
up to date sign plan and inventory for the District. It is his
responsibility to see that all District signs are well
maintained to a satisfactory standard and that vandalized or
damaged signs are replaced or repaired promptly.
7160.44a - Forest Sign Coordinator. The Deputy for Engineering
will designate a Forest Sign Coordinator. The Forest Sign
Coordinator will have the responsibility and authority for the
following:
1.
Coordinate the signing efforts and needs of the various
functions and activities.
2.Maintain the Master Plan and Inventory.
3.Review and approve sign and poster requisition.
4.
Provide necessary traffic engineering and safety
studies for regulatory and warning signs.
5. Insure that sign installations are in accordance with
MUTCD, the sign handbook and other applicable standards.
6.
Provide assistance and guidance to District personnel
in signing activities.
7161 - SIGN PLANNING
7161.1 - Master Plan. For Forest continuity in signing, a master
sign plan will be maintained in the Supervisor's Office.
Preparation and maintenance of this sign plan will be the
responsibility of the Deputy for Engineering. It will be updated
and corrected annually.
All Signs on the Forest will be shown on the master sign plan.
The master sign plan will be kept on a stable base material
(Mylar), 2" = 1 mile map, and shall be kept current by the Forest
Sign Coordinator. All signing which is the responsibility of
other agencies or individuals shall be kept on a separate stable
base material, 2" = 1 mile map.
District Plans. Annually by April 1, each District will be
provided with two copies of their master sign plan and inventory.
One copy of the plan will be used as an updating copy on which
all changes or desired additions shall be noted.
The updating copy of the plan shall be submitted to the Forest
Supervisor's Office annually by January 1. Using data from the
updated District plan and inventory, the master plan and
inventory will be updated and corrected.
7161.11 - Action Program.
A.Planning, Requisitioning and Installing .
1. All signs and posters erected on the Forest shall conform
to the standards set forth in the latest edition of FSH 7109.11,
Sign Handbook. This includes signs and posters erected by private
persons or organizations under special use permit. See FSM
7165.2, Signs Under Special Use.
2. Signs shall be fabricated by competent, qualified
personnel. All signs will be constructed in accordance with the
Regional Sign Construction Specifications.
3. All signs shall be installed in accordance with.Regional
quidelines.
4. All 7100-62's (Sign Requisitions), 7100-63 (Small Sign
Requisitions) and 6300-28 (Standard Requisitions for Posters)
shall be submitted to the Forest Sign Coordinator for review and
approval.
5. After delivery of the signs, the Sign Coordinator shall check
signs for compliance with specifications prior to acceptance.
After acceptance, one copy of the Standard Form 711-62 will be
given to the District Ranger for his files.
B. Maintenance.
1. All signs on the Forest shall be currently maintained to
properly accomplish the purposes for which they were installed
and to reflect favorably on Forest management.
2. Maintenance of routed signs shall be performed conforming
to recommendations in ED&T Report No. 7160-2, Forest Service
Equipment Development Center, Missoula, Montana.
3. A poster P-64-9 USDA FS stating, "Sorry ... the sign place
here was vandalized .... A new one is on order," is available and
may be installed at sign site while a replacement sign is being
ordered.
7161.12 - Sign Inventory. A master sign inventory shall be kept
current by the Forest Sign Coordinator and shall consist of a
copy of the original sign requisition with route markers and
directional arrows shown as installed. A maintenance record shall
be printed on the back side of the requisition copy and shall be
updated annually.
7162 -TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES
7162.03 - Policy. Traffic engineering considerations, such as
passing sight distance, stopping sight distance, travel speed,
reaction time, physical characteristics of a road, use patterns
and type of vehicles, are required for all traffic control and
warning devices. The Deputy for Engineering shall evaluate the
need for type and placements of traffic control devices to be
installed.