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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
NORTHERN REGION (REGION 1)
MISSOULA, MT
FSM 2400 - TIMBER MANAGEMENT
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Supplement No.: 2400-2012-1
Effective Date: November 21, 2012
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: JOEL A. KRAUSE
Acting Deputy Regional Forester
Date Approved: 11/20/2012
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Manual number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page of this document. The last supplement to
this title was 2400-2011-1 to FSM 2400_zero_code.
New Document
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Superseded Document(s) by
Issuance Number and
Effective Date
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(Supplement 2400-2011-1, 11/10/2011)
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Digest:
2404.15 – Includes and updates authority to approve Regional special provisions for timber sale
and stewardship contracts previously found in 2450.43. Adds authority to approve use of
Designation by Description and Designation by Prescription.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 2400-2012-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/21/2012
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed.
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2404 – RESPONSIBILITY
2404.15 – Regional Forester
10. The Director of Renewable Resource Management and Assistant Director of
Renewable Resource Management are authorized to approve and issue regional special
provisions for timber sale and stewardship contracts and to approve use of Designation
by Description (DxD) and Designation by Prescription (DxP).
2404.16 – Forest Supervisor
Delegation of Sale Officer Authority. The Forest Supervisor shall delegate, by official
correspondence to a named responsible individual, authority to serve as Sale Officer.
Delegation of Bid Custodian Authority. The Forest Supervisor shall delegate, by official
correspondence to a named responsible individual, authority to serve as Bid Custodian.
Responsibilities of the above officers are described in FSH 2409.18, Chapters 61 and 62.
2404.2 - Delegation of Authority to Sell and Dispose of Timber and Forest
Products
Designated authority to enter into contracts and permits, per 36 CFR Part 223, is described by
level in the parent text of FSM 2404.2. The maximum levels of delegated authority for Region 1
are described in FSM 2404.28 – Exhibit 01 of this Supplement. All delegations of authority shall
be in writing to a named, qualified individual.
Authority for signing NEPA decisions based on environmental analysis is described in FSM
1950.4 and is different from authority to enter into contracts and permits. Maximum levels of
delegated authority for environmental analysis decisions related to the sale and disposal of
timber and forest products are shown in FSM 2404.28 – Exhibit 01.
2404.25a – District Rangers
Separation of Duties. Forest Officers must be qualified collection officers in accordance with
FSM 2452.45. When delegating Forest Officer authority, District Rangers must ensure that
separation of duties is enforced. To assure separation of duties, personnel involved in any level
of administration of permits or contracts related to the harvest or removal of timber or forest
products are prohibited from being designated Collection Officers. Separation of duties is
described in FSH 6509.11k, Chapter 30.42a, Item 4.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 2400-2012-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/21/2012
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed.
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2404.28 - Specific Delegations of Timber Sale and Disposal Authority
Exhibit 01 lists the maximum sale size or value and other disposals by type that can be delegated
to Region 1 Forest Supervisors and District Rangers. Forest Supervisors may re-delegate
authorities to subordinate positions on specific units as limited by R1 Exhibit 01 and authorized
by Washington Office policy. Delegated authority for Forest Supervisors and District Rangers is
limited to the levels shown in the Washington Office Amendment, Exhibit 01 when not specified
in the Region 1 table.
R1 SUPPLEMENT 2400-2012-1
EFFECTIVE DATE: 11/21/2012
DURATION: Effective until superseded or removed.
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2404.28 – Exhibit 01
Delegated Authority to Sell and Dispose of National Forest Timber and Forest Products1
Type of Disposal
Legal Authority Delegated
Maximum
Volume
Reference
Level
Approved Level or Value2 Policy
Commercial Sales
36 CFR 223.1
7 CFR 2.60
Forest
District
50,000
5,000
CCF
FSM
2431
Special Forest Product
Sales
36 CFR 223.1
7 CFR 2.60
Forest
District
$10,000
$5,0003
Appraised
Value
FSM
2467
Administrative Free Use
36 CFR 223.2
7 CFR 2.60
Forest
District
1,000
200
CCF
FSM
2463
Environmental
Analysis4
36 CFR 223.1
36 CFR 223.2
36 CFR 220.3
For. Sup.
50,000
CCF
District
Ranger
FSM
1950.4
5,000
1
2
The scope of the delegated authority is described in FSM 2404.21.
Volume is CCF or CCF equivalent.
Volume is not to exceed 5,000 CCF of convertible products.
4
For environmental decisions containing multiple timber sales, the maximum level of authority is the volume of the
largest individual sale within the document and decision. See parent text @ FSM 2404.21 (2).
3