Notice2023-08254
Directive Publication Notice
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Published
April 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), U.S. Department of Agriculture, provides direction to employees through issuances in its Directive System, comprised of the Forest Service Manual and Forest Service Handbooks. The Agency must provide public notice of and opportunity to comment on any directives that formulate standards, criteria, or guidelines applicable to Forest Service programs. Once per quarter, the Agency provides advance notice of proposed and interim directives that will be made available for public comment during the next three months and notice of final directives issued in the last three months.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24147-24148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08254]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Directive Publication Notice
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), U.S. Department
of Agriculture, provides direction to employees through issuances in
its Directive System, comprised of the Forest Service Manual and Forest
Service Handbooks. The Agency must provide public notice of and
opportunity to comment on any directives that formulate standards,
criteria, or guidelines applicable to Forest Service programs. Once per
quarter, the Agency provides advance notice of proposed and interim
directives that will be made available for public comment during the
next three months and notice of final directives issued in the last
three months.
DATES: This notice identifies proposed and interim directives that will
be published for public comment between April 1, 2023, and June 30,
2023; proposed and interim directives that were previously published
for public comment but not yet finalized and issued; and final
directives that have been issued since January 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Questions or comments may be submitted by email to the
contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: JoLynn Anderson, 971-313-1718 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#751f1a190c1b1b5b141b111007061a1b35000611145b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe949192879090d09f909a9b8c8d9190be8b8d9a9fd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who use telecommunications
devices for the deaf and hard of hearing may call the Federal Relay
Service at 800-877-8339 24 hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays. You may register to receive email alerts regarding
Forest Service directives at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/regulations-policies">https://www.fs.usda.gov/about-agency/regulations-policies</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed and Interim Directives
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1612(a) and 36 CFR part 216, the Forest
Service publishes for public comment Agency directives that formulate
standards, criteria, and guidelines applicable to Forest Service
programs. Agency procedures for providing public notice and opportunity
to comment are specified in Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 1109.12,
chapter 30, Providing Public Notice and Opportunity to Comment on
Directives.
The following proposed directives are planned for publication for
public comment from April 1, 2023, to June 30, 2023:
1. Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2000, National Forest Resource
Management, chapter 40--National Forest System Monitoring (previously
published as planned for publication for public comment April 8, 2022
(87 FR 20810)).
2. Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2300, Recreation, Wilderness, and
Related Resource Management, chapter 55--Climbing Management
(previously published as planned for publication for public comment
January 28, 2022 (87 FR 4552)).
The following proposed and interim directives have been published
for public comment but have not yet been finalized:
1. FSM 2200, Rangeland Management, chapters Zero Code; 2210,
Rangeland
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Management Planning; 2220, Management of Rangelands (Reserved); 2230,
Grazing Permit System; 2240, Rangeland Improvements; 2250, Rangeland
Management Cooperation; and 2270, Information Management and Reports;
FSH 2209.13, Grazing Permit Administration Handbook, chapters 10, Term
Grazing Permits; 20, Grazing Agreements; 30, Temporary Grazing and
Livestock Use Permits; 40, Livestock Use Permits; 50, Tribal Treaty
Authorizations and Special Use Permits; 60, Records; 70, Compensation
for Permittee Interests in Rangeland Improvements; and 90, Rangeland
Management Decision Making; and FSH 2209.16, Allotment Management
Handbook, chapter 10, Allotment Management and Administration.
2. FSM 3800, Landscape Scale Restoration Program.
3. FSH 2409.12, Timber Cruising Handbook, chapters 30, Cruising
Systems; 40, Cruise Planning, Data Recording, and Cruise Reporting; 60,
Quality Control; and 70, Designating Timber for Cutting.
4. FSH 2409.15, Timber Sale Administration Handbook, chapters 20,
Measuring and Accounting for Included Timber; 40, Rates and Payments;
and 60, Operations and Other Provisions.
Final Directives That Have Been Issued Since January 1, 2023
Final FSH 2209.13, Grazing Permit Administration Handbook, chapter
80, Grazing Fees (chapter 80), has been issued since January 1, 2023.
Chapter 80 is the first of 16 other chapters being updated and yet to
be issued to provide greater management flexibility and improve the
clarity of policies and procedures guiding responsible and consistent
management of grazing on National Forest System lands. Chapters in FSM
2200, Rangeland Management, FSH 2209.13, Grazing Permit Administration
Handbook, and FSH 2209.16, Allotment Management Handbook, are being
reviewed and will be published later.
Final chapter 80 incorporates the final rule on excess and
unauthorized grazing that became effective in August 2022. The final
rule allows responsible officials to waive excess and unauthorized
grazing fees when certain conditions are met. Final chapter 80 merely
incorporates this regulation without revision. In addition, final
chapter 80 incorporates current direction regarding excess and
unauthorized use penalty rates. In final chapter 80, excess and
unauthorized use penalty rates were revised to reflect current market
value rather than the market value from the 1960s. The 60-day comment
period for the proposed directive began December 18, 2020, closed
February 16, 2021, and was extended for 60 days to April 17, 2021. The
5,000 public comments and 2 comments from Tribes on all 17 of the
proposed directives can be viewed at <a href="https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-2514">https://cara.fs2c.usda.gov/Public/ReadingRoom?project=ORMS-2514</a>. Final chapter 80 was issued March 6,
2023, and can be viewed at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/im/directives/fsh/2209.13/wo_2209.13_80-Amend%202023-1.docx">https://www.fs.usda.gov/im/directives/fsh/2209.13/wo_2209.13_80-Amend%202023-1.docx</a>.
Dated: April 13, 2023.
JoLynn Anderson,
Branch Chief, Directives, Information Collections and Government
Clearance, Office of Policy, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2023-08254 Filed 4-18-23; 8:45 am]
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