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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
SOUTHWESTERN REGION (REGION 3)
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
FSH 7709.59 – TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OPERATIONS HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 20 – TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
Supplement No.: 7709.59-96-1
Effective Date: September 6, 1996
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: CHARLES W. CARTWRIGHT, JR
Title of Approving Official
Date Approved: 09/06/1996
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace with this supplement.
Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. This is the first supplement to this
Handbook.
New Document(s):
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2 Pages
Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
Digest:
20.42 - Adds responsibilities to Forest Supervisors for determining incidental commercial use
and exemptions to road use permit requirements.
23.21 - Provides direction for determining incidental commercial use when developing
exemptions from the road use permitting process.
R3 SUPPLEMENT 7709.59-96-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 09/06/1996
DURATION: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed
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FSH 7709.59 – TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OPERATIONS HANDBOOK
CHAPTER 20 – TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT
20.42 - Forest Supervisors.
It is the responsibility of the Forest Supervisor to:
7. Determine incidental commercial use based on localized needs for exemption from
road use permit requirements. Include incidental commercial use exemptions on orders that
prohibit commercial use without a permit. (sec. 23.21)
23.21 - Writing Orders.
Other exemptions include incidental commercial use. Incidental commercial use determination
shall consider the following:
1. Safety;
2. Impact to Forest Service resources;
3. Economic feasibility, ie., the cost of establishing, conducting, and monitoring a
permit would be less than the value collected by the permit; or,
4. Shall be commercial use considered public or traditional general services. These
services include but are not limited to such use by: utility companies, mail delivery, school bus
service, fire departments, electrical and appliance repair and other deliveries of services and
supplies. The responsibility for maintenance due to this type of traffic is assumed by the Forest
Service.