Notice2025-16681
Directive Publication Notice
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Published
September 2, 2025
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 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; proposed and interim directives that were previously published for public comment but not yet finalized and issued; and notice of final directives issued in the last three months.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 167 (Tuesday, September 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16681]
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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 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; proposed and interim directives that were previously
published for public comment but not yet finalized and issued; and
notice of final directives issued in the last three months.
DATES: This notice identifies proposed and interim directives that may
be published for public comment between July 1, 2025, and September 30,
2025; 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 April 1, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Questions or comments may be submitted by email to the
contact listed below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amber Stewart, (202) 440-1738 or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#36575b5453441845425341574442764345525718515940"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="06676b6463742875726371677472467375626728616970">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who use telecommunications devices
for the hearing impaired may call 711 to reach the Telecommunications
Relay Service, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Proposed and Interim Directives
Consistent with 16 U.S.C. 1612(a) and 36 CFR part 216, the Forest
Service publishes notice of the opportunity for public comment on
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 July 1, 2025, to September 30, 2025:
1. Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2700 Special Uses Management,
Chapter 2710, Special Uses Authorizations, and Chapter 2720, Special
Uses Administration.
2. Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2709.11 Special Uses, Chapter 10,
Application and Authorization Processing, Chapter 30, Land Use Fee
Determination, and Chapter 50, Standard Forms and Supplemental Clauses.
3. Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2709.14 Recreation Special Uses,
Chapter 40, Federally Owned Improvements, Chapter 50, Outfitting and
Guiding and other Concession Services, and Chapter 80 Recreation and
Other Temporary Events.
The following proposed directives have been published for public
comment but have not yet been finalized:
1. Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2400, Timber Management, Chapter
2470, Silvicultural Practices, (previously published as planned for
publication for public comment August 16, 2024 (89 FR-66671)).
2. Forest Service Manual (FSM) 2300 Recreation, Wilderness, And
Related Resource Management, Chapter 2350, Trail, River, and Similar
Recreation Opportunities, Section 2355, Climbing Opportunities,
(previously published as planned for publication for public comment
November 17, 2023 (88 FR-80269)).
Final Directives That Have Been Issued Since July 1, 2025
1. Forest Service Handbook (FSH) 2209.13, Rangeland Management,
Grazing Permit Administration, Chapter 10, Permits with Term Status,
Chapter 20, Grazing Agreements, Chapter 40, Reserved, and Chapter 50,
Other Permits.
Amber R. Stewart,
Deputy Director, Policy Office, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2025-16681 Filed 8-29-25; 8:45 am]
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