[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 49555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16767]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Measures for Allocating Uses for Outfitting and Guiding 
Activities on National Forest System Lands

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of issuance of interim directive.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service is issuing an interim directive (ID) to 
Forest Service Handbook 2709.11, Chapter 40, to enumerate measures, 
other than service days, that may be used to allocate use for 
outfitting and guiding activities on National Forest System lands. This 
ID is issued as number FSH 2709.11-2005-1.

DATES: This ID is effective August 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: ID 2709.11-2005-1 is available electronically from the 
Forest Service via the World Wide Web at http://www.fs.fed.us/im/directives. A paper copy may be obtained by contacting Carolyn 
Holbrook, Recreation and Heritage Resources Staff, by mail at Mail Stop 
1124, Forest Service, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 
20250-1124; or by telephone at (202) 205-1399.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carolyn Holbrook, Recreation and 
Heritage Resources Staff (202) 205-1399.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service is issuing ID 2709.11-
2005-1 to incorporate minor changes to the current direction in FSH 
2709.11, section 41.53, regarding methods of measuring authorized use 
in a permit for outfitting and guiding on National Forest System lands. 
The ID adds definitions for: ``allocation of use,'' ``quota,'' and 
``service day'' (sec. 41.53c); provides that quotas and other units of 
measure may be used in lieu of service days to allocate and authorize 
use (sec. 41.53h, para. 2b(1) and sec. 41.53j, para. 4); and adds 
transportation livestock as an item to be included and accounted for in 
the permit, operating plan, or annual itinerary (sec. 41.53j, para.4).

    Dated: August 12, 2005.
Jack G. Troyer,
Acting Chief.
[FR Doc. 05-16767 Filed 8-23-05; 8:45 am]
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