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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
DENVER, CO
TITLE 1200 - ORGANIZATION
R2 Supplement No. 1200-93-1
Effective June 18, 1993
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements are numbered consecutively by Title and calendar year. Post by document name. Remove entire document and replace with this supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page of this document. The last supplement to this Title was Supplement 1200-91-1 to FSM 1220.
This supplement supersedes supplement No. 41, 44, and 47 to FSM 1230.
Superseded
Page Code (Number of Sheets)
1236.14--1 thru 1238 3
1236.14--3 1
1239 1
New
Document Name (Number of Pages)
1230 7
Digest:
Issues chapter 30 as an Data General electronic document.
ELIZABETH ESTILL
Regional Forester
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1236 - DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY TO FIELD POSITIONS.
1236.1 - Regions.
1236.12 - Deputy Regional Forester. The Deputy Regional Forester is delegated authority to perform all duties and to exercise all of the powers and functions which are now, or which hereafter may be, vested in the Regional Forester (FSM 1236.11).
1236.13 - Staff Director. Maximum latitude is encouraged in signing at the Staff Director level with the understanding that the Director exercise judgment in recognizing the correspondence which should go to the Regional Forester. Staff Directors are responsible for coordinating these activities with other Directors to ensure harmony.
Staff Directors shall use the signing title of "Director" and the name of the staff as follows:
JAMES A. LAWRENCE
Director, State and Private Forestry
1236.14 - Regional Signing Authorities. See exhibit 01 for Regional Office General Delegations and Signing Authority.
General Regional signing authorities are shown below. The following abbreviations are used in the Staff Director columns:
HR Human Resources
MSA Management Systems and Administration
RR Renewable Resources
ENG Engineering
RPS Recreation and Public Service
PR Physical Resources
SPF State and Private Forestry
PPB Planning and Program Budget
1236.14 - Exhibit 01
ACTIVITY
/ Authority Delegated To
RF[1]
DFR / Acting
RF / Staff Director
Acting RF / Staff
Dir
All correspondence relative to appeals. / X
All correspondence to Congress, State legislators, and heads of agencies. / X
Letters stating new policy or directives initiating policy or policy change. / X
Nonroutine external correspondence or responses to inquiries to the personal attention of the Regional Forester. / X
All retirement certificates. / X
Planning direction and related matters. / X
All incentive award certificates unless specifically delegated to Forest Supervisors or Staff Directors. / X
1236.14 - Exhibit 01--Continued
ACTIVITY / Authority Delegated To
RF[1] DFR / Acting RF / Staff Director Acting RF / Staff Dir
Closure orders. / X / X[2]
Dual designated or dual subject correspondence involving two or more staffs or forests. / X / X
Reply due requests and corespondence requiring reports. / X[4]
Correspondence as delegated in FSM 6120. / X / X HR
Correspondence as delegated in FSM 6200 - 6600 and selected protions of FSM 1200 and 1300. / X / X MSA
Correspondence and interagency agreements pertaining to functional activities with the Bureau of Reclamation, Corps of Engineers, National Park Service, and State Park authorities. / X / X[3]
1236.14 - Exhibit 01--Continued
REGIONAL OFFICE GENERAL DELEGATIONS AND SIGNING AUTHORITY
ACTIVITY / Authority Delegated ToRF
DFR / Acting RF / Staff Director Acting RF / Staff Dir
Reports and correspondence to Bureau of Land Management on easements, exchange, and other land matters which require Forest Service consent or approval. / X / X PR
Correspondence and agreements pertaining to functional activities with the Federal Highway Administration and the State Highway Department of the States of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. Correspondence and published standard road agreements withcounty Commissioners within a single Forest may be signed by the Forest Supervisor. / X / X [1] ENG
Correspondence pertaining to functional activities with the State Engineers of the States of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota concerning dams, This includes the execution of forms pertaining to this work. / X / X[2 ]ENG
1236.14 - Exhibit 01--Continued
ACTIVITY / Authority Delegated To
RF
DFR / Acting RF / Staff Director Acting RF / Staff Dir
Correspondence pertaining to functional activities with the State Engineers of the States of Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota concerning water rights. This includes the execution of forms pertaining to this work. / X / X PR[1]
Reports and correspondence to Bureau of Land Management on mineral lease applications, mining claims, and other land-mineral matters. / X / X PR
Establish Regional standards and guides for structural and nonstructural range improvements. / X RR
Correspondence pertaining to activities with the State Foresters. / X SPF
1239 - SUMMARY OF DELEGATIONS OF SPECIFIC AUTHORITY. Specific delegations of authority for Region 2 are shown in exhibit 01.
1239 - Exhibit 01
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC DELEGATION OF AUTHORITYX = May be redelegated to next lower organization level.
/ = Delegation limited to organizational level.
# = May be delegated to specified position.
FSM Reference / Activity / Authority delegated to
RF DRF / Acting RF / Staff Dir / FS
6500 - FISCAL AND ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT
6531.15b / Enter into transactions with other Federal Agencies under authority of the Economy Act (FSM 1021) involving reimbursement agency:
2. All Other / X
[1] An exception applies during an extended absence of the Regional Forester and Deputy; the Acting Regional Forester may sign documents which must be acted upon to meet legally required dates.
[1] An exception applies during an extended absence of the Regional Forester and Deputy; the Acting Regional Forester may sign documents which must be acted upon to meet legally required dates.
[2] Correspondence will be initialed by all functions in the designation prior to being signed.
3 Agreement must be approved by the Director, Management Systems and Administration, with optional approval by the Office of General counsel.
[4] Staff Director will use sound judgement to keep Regional Forester informed.
[3]
[1] Agreements, other than published standard agreements, must be approved by the Director, Management Systems and Administration, and the Office of General Counse.
[2 ]2 When diversion, impoindment, and other uses of water affect other rsources, correspondence must be approved by the Directors concerned. Such correspondence will require signature of the Regional Forester.
[1] When diversion, impoundment, and other uses of water affect other resources, correspondence must be approved by the Directors concerned. Such correspondence will require signature of the Regional forester.