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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NORTHERN REGION (REGION 1)
MISSOULA, MT
FSM 7400 – PUBLIC HEALTH AND POLLUTION CONTROL FACILITIES
CHAPTER 7410 – ADMINISTRATION
Supplement No.: 7400-2004-1
Effective Date: December 23, 2004
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: KATHLEEN A. MCALLISTER FOR
ABIGAIL R. KIMIBELL
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 12/02/2004
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
7400-2000-1 to FSM 7420.
New Document
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
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5 Pages
3 Pages
Digest:
7413.2 – Revises format and nomenclature. Changes examples of minor and major projects. Replaces
reference to Ten States Standards with appropriate State requirements.
7413.4 – Adds new requirements for project review by Zone Environmental Engineer and Regional
Office, where indicated.
7413.5 – Adds responsibility for Forest Facility Engineer to record data and produce as-built drawings.
Changes syntax.
7413.9 – Changes frequency and responsibility for sanitary surveys and wastewater condition surveys (ex.
01 and 02). Changes report completion timeframes. Expands distribution of survey reports to include
District Ranger and Forest Engineer. Changes classifications for potable water systems. Changes syntax
throughout.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 7400-2004-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/23/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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7413 - PROJECT PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION
7413.2 - Engineering Report
Engineering reports are required for all potable water and wastewater projects that involve
source work, treatment, disposal, or major distribution or collection system construction or
reconstruction. Minor system modification such as relocation of a campground water hydrant or
extending service to an additional building does not require an engineering report, but must be
recorded on as-built drawings.
For minor water system projects such as replacement of valve boxes or water services, a sanitary
survey, which discusses alternatives, costs, and so forth, will serve the purposes of an
engineering report. For small septic systems, a site evaluation report and permit from the State
or local reviewing authority will serve as the engineering report. Prior to construction, reports
for these small systems should be accomplished at the Forest level and then sent to the
appropriate Zone Environmental Engineer for review.
More complex construction or reconstruction such as total rehabilitation of a distribution system
or installation of treatment systems or pumping systems will normally require a complete
engineering report conforming to requirements of the applicable State reviewing authority. The
Zone Environmental Engineer will normally develop these reports, but competent Forest level
Engineers may develop reports with prior agreement between the Forest and Region. In any
event, the appropriate Zone Environmental Engineer will work with the Forest and will review
and approve the report prior to submission to the State agency for approval.
Duplicate copies of all engineering reports and related correspondence shall be maintained in
permanent project files at the Forest and Zone levels for future reference. Copies of engineering
reports and correspondence for very complex projects—as determined by the Region—will be
maintained in Regional Office project files.
7413.4 - Construction Specifications and Drawings
As outlined in FSM 7413.2 for Engineering reports, requirements for development, review,
approval, submission to State agencies, and maintenance of project files shall also apply to
design and preparation of contract documents for projects of similar complexity. Forests should
submit minor water and wastewater projects to Zone Environmental Engineers for review.
Contract documents for water or wastewater projects, which are part of a site development or
redevelopment project, shall be submitted to Regional Office Engineer for review and approval.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 7400-2004-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/23/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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7413.5 - Construction Supervision
As defined in FSM 7413.2, Zone Environmental Engineers shall be notified, and to the extent
possible, will participate in all intermediate and final inspections of complex water and
wastewater system construction projects. In addition, all projects constructed by contract or
force account will be inspected and certified as required by State laws and in accordance with
established Regional procedures. Zone Environmental Engineers will coordinate construction
certification. Either the Zone Environmental Engineer or the Forest Facility Engineer will
accomplish construction certification. Recording data and production of as-built drawings will
be the responsibility of the Forest Facility Engineer.
7413.9 - Operation and Maintenance Plan
One objective of this supplement is to establish a formal program for the operation and
maintenance of wastewater and potable water systems throughout the Region. The program
consists of Regional Operation and Maintenance (O&M) classification systems, a priority
approach to development of O&M Manuals, on-site system reviews, hands-on operator training,
and report feedback and followup as necessary.
Complete wastewater systems O&M Manuals in accordance with classification priorities
outlined under Wastewater Systems beginning with Class 1 systems and working down. Priority
for completing O&M Manuals for potable water systems will begin with community systems and
work down. Make exceptions to these priorities where a single manual will serve several
systems. Zone Environmental Engineers, with assistance from Forest Facility Engineers, will
normally be responsible for completion of O&M Manuals.
Wastewater Systems. Classify 1ll wastewater systems in accordance with the Region's Sewer
System O&M Classification system as follows:
Class 1 - Point discharge systems requiring NPDES permits.
Class 2 - Mechanical plants, including aerated lagoons and/or spray irrigation systems.
Class 3 - Oxidation ponds and any system with lift stations, chlorination equipment, or any
other mechanical equipment.
Class 4 - Large centralized subsurface disposal systems.
Class 5 - Small individual subsurface disposal systems.
Class 6 - Collection systems tied into municipal systems.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 7400-2004-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/23/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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Wastewater systems surveys will include an inspection of the system’s physical aspects, a review
of operation, maintenance, safety, monitoring, and recordkeeping; and hands-on training of the
operation as necessary (ex. 01). For Class 1, 2 and 3 systems, a survey report—prepared in
accordance with Regional- or State-required format—shall be distributed to the District Ranger,
Forest Engineer, Facility Engineer, district contact, Zone Environmental Engineer and Regional
Office within 30 days of the field survey, and by the end of the calendar year for Class 4, 5 and 6
systems. For season systems, field surveys should be accomplished within 2 to 3 weeks after the
system is put into service if there is a new operator or if operational problems are encountered.
Forests shall establish a program to ensure that all septic systems are reviewed a minimum of
once every 5 years. One important objective is to determine whether septic tanks need to be
pumped.
7413.9 – Exhibit 01
Wastewater
System
Classification
Condition
Survey
Frequency
Responsibilities
Field Survey
Survey Report
Database
Reporting
Class 1, 2, 3
3 years
Zone Environmental
Engineer with participation
of Forest Facility Engineer
Zone
Environmental
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
Class 4, 5, 6
5 years
Forest Facility Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
Potable Water systems. All potable water systems shall be classified in accordance with the
Forest Service classification system as follows:
C – Public Community System.
NTNC – Public Nontransient, Noncommunity.
TNC – Public Transient Noncommunity.
NPNT – Nonpublic, Nontransient.
NPT – Nonpublic Transient.
O – Other (such as municipal source).
The sanitary survey (see FSH 7409.11, ch. 70) will serve as the vehicle for on-site water system
surveys, and shall be performed in accordance with the following schedule by the individuals
noted (ex. 02).. Surveys will normally be documented on standard Regional or State forms; and
shall consist of a review of operation, maintenance, system performance, monitoring
recordkeeping, training needs, and identification of system problems or deficiencies. A sanitary
survey report prepared in accordance with Regional- or State-required format shall be distributed
to the District Ranger, Forest Engineer, Facility Engineer, district contact, Zone Environmental
R1 SUPPLEMENT 7400-2004-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 12/23/2004
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
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Engineer and Regional Office within 30 days of the visit for public systems and by the end of the
calendar year for nonpublic systems.
7413.9 – Exhibit 02
Responsibilities
Water System
Classification
Sanitary
Survey
Frequency
C
3 years
Zone Environmental
Engineer with participation
of Forest Facility Engineer
Zone
Environmental
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
NTNC
3 years
Zone Environmental
Engineer with participation
of Forest Facility Engineer
Zone
Environmental
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
TNC
5 years
Zone Environmental
Engineer with participation
of Forest Facility Engineer
Zone
Environmental
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
NPNT
5 years
Forest Facility Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
NPT
5 years
Forest Facility Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
O
5 years
Forest Facility Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
Forest Facility
Engineer
Field Survey
Survey Report
Database
Reporting