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March 2007. 

Kevin Shea, 

Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service. 

[FR Doc. E7–4240 Filed 3–8–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3410–34–P 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

RIN 0596–AC39 

Travel Management, Proposed Forest 

Service Directives; Forest Service 

Manual 2350, 7700, and 7710 and 

Forest Service Handbook 7709.55 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Proposed directives; request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Forest Service proposes 

to amend internal agency directives 

regarding travel management to make 

them consistent with and facilitate 

implementation of the agency’s final 

travel management rule (36 CFR part 

212), ‘‘Travel Management; Designated 

Routes and Areas for Motor Vehicle 

Use’’ (70 FR 68264, November 9, 2005) 

(travel management rule). The travel 

management rule requires each Forest 

Service administrative unit or Ranger 

District to designate those roads, trails, 

and areas open to motor vehicle use. 

Changes to existing travel 

management directives are needed to 

provide guidance on implementation of 

the travel management rule, to conform 

terminology to the rule, to provide 

consistent direction on the process of 

designating roads, trails, and areas for 

motor vehicle use, and to integrate 

direction on roads analysis with 

direction on travel planning. 

The proposed directives would 

consolidate direction for travel planning 

for both roads and trails in Forest 

Service Manual (FSM) 7710 and Forest 

Service Handbook (FSH) 7709.55. 


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Direction for trail management would 

continue to be found in FSM 2350. 

Consistent terminology and delegations 

of authority would be established in 

FSM 7700, Zero Code. 

The proposed directives expand the 

scope of the current roads analysis 

process to encompass trails and areas 

designated for motor vehicle use, while 

streamlining some of the procedural 

requirements involved. 

DATES: Comments must be received in 

writing by May 8, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to 

Travel Management Proposed 

Directives, Attention: LeRoy Schmitz, 

c/o USDA Forest Service Northern 

Region, P.O. Box 7669, Missoula, MT 

59807; by delivery service to 200 East 

Broadway, Missoula MT 59807; by email to traveldir@fs.fed.us; or by 

facsimile to 406–329–3198. 

All comments, including names and 

addresses when provided, will be 

placed in the record and will be 

available for public inspection and 

copying. The public may inspect 

comments received on these proposed 

directives in the office of the Director of 

Engineering, USDA Forest Service 

Northern Region, 200 East Broadway, 

Missoula, MT 59807, on business days 

between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 4 

p.m. Those wishing to inspect 

comments are encouraged to call ahead 

at 406–329–3173 to facilitate entry into 

the building. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe 

Gallagher, Recreation and Heritage 

Resources Staff, (202) 205–0931. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 9, 2005, the Forest 

Service published the travel 

management rule, governing use of 

motor vehicles on National Forest 

System (NFS) lands. The travel 

management rule (36 CFR part 212, 

subpart B) requires each administrative 

unit or Ranger District to designate 

those roads, trails, and areas open to 

motor vehicle use by vehicle class and, 

if appropriate, by time of year. The 

travel management rule also requires 

designated roads, trails, and areas to be 

identified on a motor vehicle use map. 

After roads, trails, and areas have been 

designated and identified on a motor 

vehicle use map, motor vehicle use 

inconsistent with those designations is 

prohibited under 36 CFR 261.13. 

The travel management rule 

combined regulations governing 

administration of the forest 

transportation system and regulations 

governing use of motor vehicles off NFS 

roads into part 212, Travel Management, 

covering the use of motor vehicles on 

NFS lands. The travel management rule 

implements Executive Order (E.O.) 

11644 (February 8, 1972), ‘‘Use of OffRoad Vehicles on the Public Lands,’’ as 

amended by E.O. 11989 (May 24, 1977). 

Nationally, the Forest Service 

manages approximately 287,000 miles 

of NFS roads and 32,000 miles of NFS 

trails that are open to motor vehicle use. 

Other NFS roads and NFS trails are 

managed for nonmotorized uses or are 

not open to general public use. Motor 

vehicle routes in the forest 

transportation system range from paved 

roads designed for passenger cars to 

single-track trails used by dirt bikes. 

Many roads designed for high-clearance 

vehicles (such as logging trucks and 

sport utility vehicles) are also used by 

all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and other offhighway vehicles (OHVs) not normally 

found on city streets. Almost all NFS 

trails serve nonmotorized users such as 

hikers, bicyclists, and equestrians, alone 

or in combination with motorized users. 

NFS roads often accept nonmotorized 

use as well. 

In addition to this managed system of 

NFS roads and NFS trails, many 

National Forests contain user-created 

roads and trails. These routes are 

concentrated in areas where crosscountry travel by motor vehicles has 

been allowed and sometimes include 

dense, braided networks of crisscrossing trail. There has been no 

comprehensive national inventory of 

user-created routes (and continuing 

proliferation of these routes has made a 

definitive inventory difficult), but they 

are estimated to number in the tens of 

thousands of miles. 

Wilderness areas are closed to motor 

vehicles by statute. On some National 

Forests and portions of others, motor 

vehicle use is restricted by order to 

designated routes and areas. On other 

National Forests, motor vehicle use is 

not restricted to designated routes and 

areas. 

Need for Proposed Directives 

The Forest Service provides internal 

direction to field units through its 

directives system, consisting of the FSM 

and FSH. Directives provide guidance to 

field units in implementing programs 

established by statute and regulation. 

Forest Service directives establish 

agency policy for delegations of 

authority, consistent definitions of 

terms, clear and consistent 

interpretation of regulatory language, 

and standard processes. 

The travel management rule will be 

implemented on administrative units 

and Ranger Districts, each of which will 

complete the designation process and 

publish a motor vehicle use map 

identifying those NFS roads, NFS trails, 

and areas on NFS lands open to motor 

vehicle use. The Forest Service hopes to 

complete that task on all units of the 

NFS within 4 years. 

One of the main objectives of the 

travel management rule is to provide a 

consistent procedural framework and 

consistent terminology for travel 

management decisions made at the local 

level. Current policy in the Forest 

Service directives system was written 

prior to the travel management rule and 

reflects previous travel management 

direction and terminology. For example, 

current directives use the terms 

‘‘classified road’’ and ‘‘unclassified 

road,’’ which were removed by the 

travel management rule. Until this 

policy is updated, inconsistent 

terminology may result in confusion 

and inconsistent application of the 

travel management rule. The proposed 

directives are also needed to provide a 

procedural approach to implementing 

the travel management rule in 

conformance with agency policy on 

land management planning, 

environmental analysis, roads analysis, 

and other requirements of law and 

policy. 

While some of the proposed changes 

simply reiterate direction in the travel 

management rule, other proposed 

changes provide clarifying instructions, 

delegations of authority, or other 

guidance on implementing the travel 

management rule. 

To ensure timely and consistent 

implementation of the travel 

management rule, the Forest Service is 

proposing to amend travel management 

directives in FSM 2350, 7700, and 7710 

and FSH 7709.55. Many comments on 

the proposed travel management 

regulation requested an opportunity for 

public input in development of agency 

directives implementing the travel 

management rule, and these proposed 

directives are expected to garner 

substantial public interest. Pursuant to 

36 CFR part 216 and to build public 

understanding of and participation in 

travel management decisions, the Forest 

Service is seeking comment on these 

proposed directives. The proposed 

directives are available for review on the 

Forest Service Web site at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv. 

Additional purely technical, 

nonsubstantive amendments to FSM 

2354 and 7730 and FSH 2309.18 and 

7709.59 (which primarily conform 

terminology in those directives to 

terminology in the travel management 

rule) will be issued without public 

notice and comment when these 

proposed directives are finalized. 


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Summary of Changes 

The proposed directives would 

conform agency directives to the travel 

management rule. Many of the proposed 

changes to the directives simply 

reiterate requirements of the travel 

management rule or update terminology 

based on the travel management rule. 

The Forest Service is not proposing to 

revise the travel management rule. 

Reviewers may find it helpful to become 

familiar with the travel management 

rule before reviewing these proposed 

directives. 

The proposed directives would 

consolidate Forest Service policy for 

travel management into FSM 7700. This 

chapter, now entitled ‘‘Transportation 

System,’’ would be renamed ‘‘Travel 

Management’’ to be consistent with the 

new title of 36 CFR part 212. FSM 7700, 

Zero Code, would be amended to 

contain new authorities and 

responsibilities. FSM 7710, ‘‘Travel 

Planning,’’ would be amended to 

provide direction on travel analysis and 

route and area designation. The ‘‘Travel 

Planning Handbook,’’ FSH 7709.55, 

would be revised to integrate roads 

analysis into the new travel 

management process. Directives 

governing road maintenance and 

operations would remain in FSM 7730, 

‘‘Operations and Maintenance,’’ and 

FSH 7709.59, the Road System 

Operations Handbook. 

Within FSM 2300, ‘‘Recreation 

Management,’’ FSM 2350, ‘‘Trail, River, 

and Similar Recreation Opportunities,’’

would be amended to consolidate travel 

planning direction for motor vehicle 

use, mirroring the consolidation of 

regulations formerly in 36 CFR parts 212 

and 295. Directives governing trail 

maintenance and operations would 

remain in FSM 2350 and FSH 2309.18. 

A key objective of the proposed 

directives is to integrate roads analysis, 

as required by 36 CFR part 212, subpart 

A, with the travel management process 

required by 36 CFR part 212, subpart B, 

to avoid duplicative planning processes. 

On January 12, 2001, the Forest Service 

published final regulations at 36 CFR 

part 212, ‘‘Administration of the Forest 

Development Transportation System; 

Prohibitions; Use of Motor Vehicles Off 

Forest System Roads; Final Rule’’ (roads 

rule), and ‘‘Forest Service 

Transportation; Final Administrative 

Policy; Notice’’ (roads policy) (66 FR 

3216). The roads rule requires each 

administrative unit of the NFS to 

‘‘identify the minimum road system 

needed for safe and efficient travel and 

for administration, utilization, and 

protection of National Forest System 

lands * * * incorporating a sciencebased roads analysis at the appropriate 

scale’’ (36 CFR 212.5(b)). The new travel 

management rule requires each 

administrative unit or Ranger District of 

the NFS to designate those roads, trails, 

and areas open to motor vehicle use. 

The Forest Service believes that a single, 

integrated analysis can be used to fulfill 

both requirements. 

The roads policy (FSM 7700 and 

7710) established Publication FS–643, 

Roads Analysis: Informing Decisions 

About Managing the National Forest 

Transportation System (August 1999), as 

the science-based roads analysis to be 

followed when implementing the roads 

rule. The roads policy also established 

specific requirements for the use of 

roads analysis at various scales prior to 

making travel management decisions 

involving NFS roads. The proposed 

changes in the Forest Service directives 

would move the six-step analysis 

described in FS–643 to FSH 7709.55, 

Chapter 20, and rename it ‘‘Travel 

Analysis’’ to reflect its broader 

application in informing travel 

management decisions regarding motor 

vehicle use on NFS roads, on NFS trails, 

and in areas on NFS lands. The Forest 

Service also proposes to change its 

directives to streamline the travel 

analysis process and to provide the 

responsible official additional discretion 

in determining the scope and scale of 

travel analysis. 

In addition to the section-by-section 

discussion that follows, the digest 

section of the proposed directives 

enumerates the proposed changes from 

existing directives. 

Section-by-Section Analysis of 

Proposed Changes 

Proposed Revisions to FSM 2350, ‘‘Trail, 

River, and Similar Recreation 

Opportunities’’ 

FSM 2352, ‘‘Road Recreation 

Management,’’ and FSM 2355, ‘‘OffRoad Vehicle Use Management,’’ would 

be removed. To ensure consistent 

implementation of the travel 

management rule, direction for travel 

planning, travel management decisions, 

and designation of roads, trails, and 

areas for motor vehicle use would be 

moved to FSM 7710, ‘‘Travel Planning,’’

and would be revised to be consistent 

with 36 CFR part 212. 

FSM 2353, ‘‘National Forest System 

Trails,’’ would be revised to conform 

with the terminology and contents of 36 

CFR part 212. FSM 2353.28, 

‘‘Management of Motor Vehicle Use,’’

would be added to provide guidance for 

management of NFS trails designated for 

motor vehicle use. Other proposed 

technical corrections not directly 

associated with the travel management 

rule would update FSM 2353 to 

conform with changes in laws, 

regulations, and policy that have 

occurred since this section was last 

updated. Examples include the 2005 

planning rule, the Forest Service’s 

national Infrastructure database, and 

changes in the Forest Service’s 

organizational structure and accounting 

practices. 

Proposed Revisions to FSM 7700, 

‘‘Travel Management,’’ Zero Code 

FSM 7700, Zero Code, sets general 

direction applicable to the entire 

chapter, including FSM 7710 through 

7740. The series title would be changed 

from ‘‘Transportation System’’ to 

‘‘Travel Management.’’ In general, the 

Zero Code enumerates the agency’s 

authority to establish policy, sets out the 

agency’s objectives and general policy 

for travel management, provides for 

delegation of authority to agency 

officials, and contains definitions for 

terms used throughout the chapter. FSM 

7700 concludes by identifying the 

handbooks supplementing the direction 

in that chapter. 

In FSM 7701, ‘‘Authority,’’ the 

references to 36 CFR part 212 would be 

updated to reflect the changes effected 

by the travel management rule and to 

include references to E.O. 11644. 

FSM 7702, ‘‘Objectives,’’ would be 

updated to reflect the objectives of the 

travel management rule: to manage 

motor vehicle use within the 

capabilities of the land and within 

available agency resources; to provide a 

wide range of recreation experiences for 

NFS visitors; to address visitor safety; 

and to involve the public and 

coordinate with relevant governmental 

entities in designating roads, trails, and 

areas for motor vehicle use. The 

proposed directives would add an 

objective to make use of transit and 

intermodal transportation systems. 

FSM 7703, ‘‘Policy,’’ would be 

updated to reflect new regulatory 

requirements in 36 CFR part 212 and to 

provide for consistent interpretation of 

those requirements. In general, the 

proposed directives would require the 

responsible official to provide a 

transportation system consistent with 

the desired conditions described in the 

applicable land management plan and 

to coordinate with other transportation 

officials and State, local, and tribal 

governments when making travel 

management decisions. 

FSM 7703.1, ‘‘Travel Management,’’

would provide general direction for 

designating routes and areas. FSM 

7703.1 would reiterate the regulatory 

requirements at 36 CFR part 212, 


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subpart B. In addition, FSM 7703.1 

would require responsible officials to 

use travel analysis to consider the 

criteria in 36 CFR 212.55 and contribute 

towards identification of the minimum 

road system needed for safe and 

efficient travel and for administration, 

utilization, and protection of NFS lands 

(36 CFR 212.5(b)). Responsible officials 

would be advised to use restraint in 

designating areas for motor vehicle use. 

Areas are not intended to be large or 

numerous and should have natural 

resource characteristics that are suitable 

for cross-country motor vehicle use. No 

administrative unit would be required 

to designate areas. 

FSM 7703.2, ‘‘Management 

Opportunities,’’ would require travel 

analysis to be based on a complete 

inventory of NFS roads and NFS trails. 

A complete inventory of user-created 

routes would not be required. However, 

responsible officials would be required 

to work with the public to identify 

which user-created routes might be 

suitable for inclusion in the forest 

transportation system. FSM 7703.2 

would require consideration of the full 

spectrum of motorized and 

nonmotorized recreation opportunities, 

so that designation results in an 

appropriate mix of recreational 

activities that minimize conflicts among 

uses. Responsible officials would be 

encouraged to consider the availability 

of resources for maintenance and 

administration before adding routes to 

the forest transportation system. Grants, 

agreements, and volunteers would be 

considered in this evaluation. Lastly, 

the requirement that travel management 

decisions be informed by travel analysis 

would be restated and clearly 

established as policy. 

FSM 7703.22, ‘‘Motor Vehicle Use Off 

Designated Roads and Trails and 

Outside Designated Areas,’’ would 

reiterate the regulatory provision that 

once designation is complete on an 

administrative unit or Ranger District 

and designated routes and areas are 

identified on a motor vehicle use map, 

motor vehicle use off the designated 

system or inconsistent with the 

designations will be prohibited by 36 

CFR 261.13. Responsible officials would 

be advised to apply provisions for 

limited use of motor vehicles for big 

game retrieval or dispersed camping 

sparingly per 36 CFR 212.51(b). 

FSM 7703.23, ‘‘Use by Over-Snow 

Vehicles and Non-Motorized Use,’’

would establish that responsible 

officials may use the provisions in 36 

CFR 212.81 and 261.14 to allow, restrict, 

or prohibit use by over-snow vehicles 

on NFS roads, on NFS trails, and in 

areas on NFS lands. 

FSM 7703.24, ‘‘Maintaining and 

Reconstructing Roads,’’ FSM 7703.25, 

‘‘Decommissioning Roads,’’ and FSM 

7703.26, ‘‘Adding Roads,’’ would not be 

changed. 

FSM 7703.3, ‘‘Jurisdiction Over Forest 

Transportation Facilities,’’ would 

update terminology to match definitions 

in 36 CFR 212.1, to expand language to 

encompass jurisdiction over trails as 

well as roads, and to recognize that 

multiple agencies may share jurisdiction 

over a single road or trail. 

FSM 7703.4, ‘‘Common 

Transportation Interests With Local 

Public Road Authorities and Other 

Landowners,’’ would incorporate minor 

wording changes to improve clarity and 

to correct the cross-reference to FSH 

1509.11, section 23. 

FSM 7703.5 would be renamed 

‘‘Agreements for Road Operation and 

Maintenance,’’ and would add a crossreference to FSM 2353.16. 

FSM 7704, ‘‘Responsibility,’’ would 

establish delegations of authority for 

agency officials in travel management. 

Responsibilities for the Director of 

Recreation and Heritage Resources, 

Washington Office, would be added to 

reflect the integration in FSM 7700 of 

direction for motor vehicle use on NFS 

trails and in areas on NFS lands. 

Regional Foresters would have the 

responsibility to coordinate travel 

analysis and planning to promote 

consistency within States and between 

adjacent national forests. Forest 

Supervisors would be responsible for 

conducting travel analysis, making 

travel management decisions, 

monitoring motor vehicle use, and 

maintaining information about the forest 

transportation system. 

FSM 7705, ‘‘Definitions,’’ would 

remove definitions for ‘‘classified 

roads,’’ ‘‘forest roads,’’ ‘‘new road 

construction,’’ ‘‘road improvement,’’

‘‘road realignment,’’ ‘‘road 

reconstruction,’’ ‘‘temporary roads,’’

‘‘traffic service level,’’ ‘‘transportation 

facility jurisdiction,’’ and ‘‘unclassified 

roads’’; would add definitions for 

‘‘administrative unit,’’ ‘‘all-terrain 

vehicle,’’ ‘‘area,’’ ‘‘arterial road,’’

‘‘collector road,’’ ‘‘designated road, trail, 

or area,’’ ‘‘engineering analysis,’’

‘‘engineering judgment,’’ ‘‘engineering 

report,’’ ‘‘forest road or trail,’’ ‘‘forest 

transportation atlas,’’ ‘‘forest 

transportation system,’’ ‘‘highway-legal 

vehicle,’’ ‘‘jurisdiction over a forest 

transportation facility,’’ ‘‘local road,’’

‘‘motor vehicle,’’ ‘‘motor vehicle use 

map,’’ ‘‘motorcycle,’’ ‘‘motorized mixed 

use,’’ ‘‘National Forest System trail,’’

‘‘non-highway-legal vehicle,’’ ‘‘offhighway vehicle,’’ ‘‘over-snow vehicle,’’

‘‘private road,’’ ‘‘qualified engineer,’’

‘‘road construction or reconstruction,’’

‘‘route,’’ ‘‘temporary road or trail,’’

‘‘terminal facility,’’ ‘‘trail,’’ ‘‘travel 

management atlas,’’ and ‘‘unauthorized 

road or trail’’; and would revise 

definitions for ‘‘forest transportation 

facility,’’ ‘‘forest transportation system 

management,’’ ‘‘public road,’’ ‘‘road,’’

‘‘road decommissioning,’’ ‘‘road 

maintenance,’’ and ‘‘road subject to the 

Highway Safety Act.’’

FSM 7705, Exhibit 1, would be 

revised to reflect policy changes and 

changes in terminology and definitions. 

FSM 7709 would be updated to reflect 

changes in the titles of FSH 7709.55 and 

7709.59. 

Proposed Revisions to FSM 7710, 

‘‘Travel Planning’’

This chapter would be renamed 

‘‘Travel Planning.’’ Existing direction 

for planning associated with the forest 

transportation system would be revised 

to reflect the regulatory changes in 36 

CFR part 212. Directives implementing 

the roads policy (36 CFR part 212, 

subpart A) would be largely retained, 

but would be updated to reflect the use 

of travel analysis both to identify the 

minimum road system needed for safe 

and efficient travel and for 

administration, utilization, and 

protection of NFS lands and to inform 

travel management decisions related to 

designation of roads, trails, and areas for 

motor vehicle use. FSM 7710 also 

would provide responsible officials the 

discretion to allow, restrict, or prohibit 

use of over-snow vehicles on NFS lands 

per 36 CFR part 212, subpart C. 

The travel planning chapter would be 

organized into 10 sections: FSM 7710 

would establish authorities, objectives, 

policy, responsibilities, and definitions 

unique to this chapter. FSM 7711 would 

establish policy for developing and 

maintaining forest transportation system 

records, including motor vehicle use 

maps. FSM 7712 would establish policy 

for conducting travel analysis. FSM 

7713 and 7719 would be reserved for 

future direction. FSM 7714 would 

establish requirements for developing 

road and trail management objectives. 

FSM 7715 would establish policy for 

making travel management decisions. 

FSM 7716 would establish policy for 

designating routes and areas for motor 

vehicle use. FSM 7717 would set policy 

for monitoring motor vehicle use and 

revising designations. FSM 7718 would 

describe policy for use of over-snow 

vehicles. 

FSM 7710.1, ‘‘Authority,’’ and FSM 

7710.2, ‘‘Objectives,’’ largely would 

reiterate the authorities and objectives 

established in FSM 7700, Zero Code. 


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FSM 7710.3, ‘‘Policy,’’ would 

establish policy for determining the 

minimum road system needed for safe 

and efficient travel and for 

administration, utilization, and 

protection of NFS lands. FSM 7710.3 

would require appropriate travel 

analysis, environmental analysis, public 

involvement, and intergovernmental 

coordination to inform travel 

management decisions. The criteria in 

36 CFR 212.55 would guide travel 

management decisions. 

FSM 7710.04, ‘‘Responsibility,’’

would assign the Deputy Chief for the 

National Forest System the 

responsibility for approving schedules 

for completing designation on each 

administrative unit or Ranger District. 

The Director of Engineering, 

Washington Office, would be 

responsible for maintaining and 

publishing national standards for motor 

vehicle use maps. Regional Foresters 

would develop regional schedules for 

designation and promote coordination 

within States and between units. Forest 

Supervisors would be responsible for 

coordination with Federal, State, 

county, and local public road 

authorities; developing and maintaining 

travel management atlases and motor 

vehicle use maps; issuing temporary 

emergency closures under 36 CFR 

212.52(b)(2); approving travel 

management decisions that designate 

roads for motorized mixed use; 

conducting travel analysis; conducting 

appropriate environmental analysis and 

making travel management decisions; 

designating NFS roads, NFS trails, and 

areas on NFS lands for motor vehicle 

use; revising designations when 

necessary; regulating over-snow vehicle 

use on NFS lands when appropriate; 

and monitoring motor vehicle use. 

District Rangers would approve road 

and trail management objectives and 

other duties as delegated by the Forest 

Supervisor. 

FSM 7710.5, ‘‘Definitions,’’ would 

add definitions for ‘‘primitive area’’ and 

‘‘travel management decision’’ and 

would remove the definition for 

‘‘network analysis.’’

FSM 7711, ‘‘Forest Transportation 

System Records,’’ would add policy for 

developing and maintaining a travel 

management atlas and making it 

available to the public. The travel 

management atlas consists of two parts: 

the motor vehicle use map and the 

forest transportation atlas. The forest 

transportation atlas consists of maps, 

inventories, and plans for forest 

transportation facilities and tabular and 

other data documenting the forest 

transportation system, including a road 

atlas. Travel management decisions 

would be documented in the travel 

management atlas. Proposed direction 

would allow storage of information on 

unauthorized and decommissioned 

routes, as well as routes in the forest 

transportation system. 

FSM 7711.3 would specify the 

contents of motor vehicle use maps. 

Motor vehicle use maps would be 

widely available to the public and 

would be reprinted annually regardless 

of whether there are any changes to 

designations. 

Per 36 CFR 212.5(b), FSM 7712, 

‘‘Travel Analysis,’’ would require that 

the travel analysis in FSH 7709.55 

incorporate a science-based roads 

analysis at the appropriate scale. Travel 

analysis would not be a decisionmaking process, but would be required 

to inform travel management decisions, 

including determining the minimum 

road system needed for safe and 

efficient travel and for administration, 

utilization, and protection of NFS lands. 

Travel analysis also could be used to 

inform decisions relating to 

management of over-snow vehicle use. 

FSM 7712.1, ‘‘Scale and Scope of 

Travel Analysis,’’ would revise 

direction on the application of roads 

analysis and remove the reference to 

FS–643. Units would still be required to 

complete a travel analysis addressing 

broad-scale concerns, but responsible 

officials would have more discretion to 

determine the scale and scope at which 

to conduct travel analysis. Travel 

analysis would result in a set of focused 

proposals for changes to the forest 

transportation system or to existing 

travel management direction. As under 

existing policy, travel analysis would be 

based on a complete and accurate 

inventory of the forest transportation 

system on an administrative unit or a 

Ranger District, but in contrast to 

existing policy, a complete inventory of 

user-created routes on a unit or district 

would no longer be required. 

FSM 7712.2, ‘‘Travel Analysis and 

Land Management Planning,’’ would 

reflect recent changes in regulations 

governing land management planning at 

36 CFR part 219 and would establish 

that travel management decisions are 

made at the project level. While travel 

management decisions must be 

consistent with the applicable land 

management plan, they would not be 

made as part of the land management 

planning process. 

FSM 7712.3, ‘‘Relationship of Travel 

Analysis to Travel Management 

Decisions,’’ would establish direction 

on the use of travel analysis and the 

components of travel analysis when it is 

used to inform travel management 

decisions. 

FSM 7712.4, ‘‘Travel Analysis for 

Administration of the Forest 

Transportation System,’’ would revise 

direction for the use of roads analysis in 

determining the minimum road system 

needed for safe and efficient travel and 

for administration, utilization, and 

protection of NFS lands. 

FSM 7714, ‘‘Road and Trail 

Management Objectives,’’ would revise 

direction on establishment of road and 

trail management objectives and would 

add requirements for management 

objectives for each NFS road and NFS 

trail. 

FSM 7715, ‘‘Travel Management 

Decisions,’’ would establish objectives 

and direction for making travel 

management decisions that implement 

36 CFR part 212. 

Per 36 CFR 212.50(b) and the 

preamble to the travel management rule 

(70 FR 68268), FSM 7715.1, 

‘‘Incorporating Previous Travel 

Management Decisions,’’ would provide 

that past travel management decisions 

(including decisions to allow motor 

vehicle use on NFS roads, on NFS trails, 

and in areas on NFS lands and 

restrictions on motor vehicle use) 

represent the starting point for travel 

analysis and travel management 

decisions. As stated in 36 CFR 

212.52(a), if an administrative unit or a 

Ranger District already has a set of 

travel management decisions consistent 

with the requirements in 36 CFR 212.51, 

the responsible official may, with public 

notice but no further analysis or 

decisionmaking, recognize that set of 

decisions as the designation of NFS 

roads, NFS trails, and areas on NFS 

lands for motor vehicle use on that unit 

or district. 

FSM 7715.2, ‘‘Scale of Decisions,’’

would recognize the responsible 

official’s discretion to establish the 

appropriate scale at which to conduct 

environmental analysis for travel 

management decisions, as long as a 

motor vehicle use map is published for 

an entire administrative unit or Ranger 

District. 

FSM 7715.3, ‘‘Public Involvement and 

Coordination with Governmental 

Entities,’’ would reiterate the 

requirements in 36 CFR 212.52, would 

encourage responsible officials to use 

the public notice and comment 

procedures in the environmental 

analysis process to fulfill those 

requirements, and would encourage 

early public involvement in the travel 

planning process. 

FSM 7714.4, ‘‘Environmental 

Documentation,’’ would recognize that 

the required environmental 

documentation depends on the scale, 

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changes to travel management decisions 

and the site-specific issues involved. 

FSM 7715.5, ‘‘Criteria,’’ would restate 

the regulatory requirement to consider 

both the general and specific criteria in 

36 CFR 212.55 when making travel 

management decisions. 

FSM 7715.6, ‘‘Components of Travel 

Management Decisions,’’ would 

establish direction for nine components 

of travel management decisions 

necessary to implement the travel 

management rule. 

FSM 7715.61, ‘‘Restrictions,’’ would 

recognize that when existing travel 

management direction provides for large 

tracts of NFS lands to be open to crosscountry motor vehicle use, responsible 

officials must restrict motor vehicle use 

to designated roads, trails, and areas to 

meet the requirements of 36 CFR 212.51. 

FSM 7715.62, ‘‘Roads and Trails,’’

would direct responsible officials to 

consider jurisdiction over forest 

transportation facilities when 

designating NFS roads and NFS trails; to 

evaluate the consistency of proposed 

travel management decisions with 

applicable State traffic laws; and to 

coordinate travel management decisions 

with adjacent administrative units and 

Ranger Districts. Nothing in the travel 

management rule or these proposed 

directives in any way alters the Forest 

Service’s jurisdiction to enforce traffic 

laws, to protect NFS lands underlying 

routes, or to regulate use, including use 

on valid rights-of-way. 

FSM 7715.63, ‘‘Areas,’’ would 

reference the direction on areas 

established in FSM 7703.14. 

FSM 7715.64, ‘‘Big Game Retrieval 

and Dispersed Camping,’’ would 

reiterate authority established in 36 CFR 

212.51(b) on including in designation 

decisions the limited use of motor 

vehicles within a specified distance of 

certain designated routes, and if 

appropriate within specified time 

periods, solely for the purposes of 

dispersed camping or big game retrieval. 

This proposed direction includes a 

clarification of the circumstances under 

which this authority may be used. The 

regulation states ‘‘within a specified 

distance of certain designated routes.’’

The proposed directives would provide 

‘‘within a specified distance of certain 

forest roads and forest trails.’’ State and 

county roads are not NFS roads and are 

not subject to designation under the 

rule. However, the intent of the 

regulation is to allow the responsible 

official to authorize limited use of motor 

vehicles for dispersed camping and 

game retrieval on NFS lands. It would 

make little sense for this authority to 

depend on the jurisdiction of the road 

or trail involved. FSM 7715.64 also 

would encourage responsible officials to 

consider alternatives prior to 

designating off-route motor vehicle use 

for dispersed camping or big game 

retrieval. 

FSM 7715.65, ‘‘Valid Existing Rights 

and Private Roads,’’ would reiterate 

direction from 36 CFR 212.55(d)(1) 

recognizing valid existing rights. 

FSM 7715.66, ‘‘Wilderness Areas and 

Primitive Areas,’’ would reiterate the 

regulatory prohibition in 36 CFR 

212.55(e) against designation of roads, 

trails, and areas in wilderness areas and 

primitive areas. 

FSM 7715.67, ‘‘Motorized Mixed Use 

of NFS Roads,’’ would require certain 

travel management decisions involving 

motorized mixed use to be informed by 

engineering analysis. Documentation of 

engineering analysis would be 

addressed in FSH 7709.55, Chapter 30. 

FSM 7715.68, ‘‘User-Created Routes,’’

would establish that user-created routes 

may be considered for inclusion in the 

forest transportation system. FSM 

7715.68 would provide that once 

designation is complete on an 

administrative unit or a Ranger District, 

any user-created routes not added to the 

forest transportation system would be 

unauthorized and should be 

decommissioned. 

FSM 7715.69, ‘‘Accessibility,’’ would 

reiterate that under the definitions in 36 

CFR 212.1 and 261.2, wheelchairs are 

not motor vehicles, are not subject to 

designations under 36 CFR 212.51, and 

are not subject to the prohibition on 

motor vehicle use in 36 CFR 261.13. 

Wheelchairs may be used wherever 

pedestrian use is allowed. Pursuant to 

section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 

1973 and its implementing regulations 

at 7 CFR 15e.103, FSM 7715.69 also 

would recognize that there is no legal 

requirement to allow people with 

disabilities to use OHVs or other motor 

vehicles on NFS roads, NFS trails, and 

areas on NFS lands that are not 

designated for motor vehicle use. 

FSM 7716, ‘‘Designations,’’ would 

describe the content of motor vehicle 

designations. 

FSM 7716.03, ‘‘Policy,’’ would 

recognize that designations for motor 

vehicle use do not establish that use as 

dominant or exclusive of other uses and 

that designations are not decisions, but 

rather reflect travel management 

decisions supported by appropriate 

environmental analysis and public 

involvement. 

FSM 7716.1, ‘‘Content of 

Designations,’’ would establish that 

designation of an NFS road or NFS trail 

includes the use of all terminal 

facilities, trailheads, parking lots, and 

turnouts associated with that road or 

trail, as well as parking within one 

vehicle length from the edge of the road 

surface when safe to do so. FSM 7716.1 

also would establish five standard 

vehicle classes that may be used in 

designations and would recognize that 

designations by time of year must be 

written in terms of the time of year the 

route is open. When designations 

include the limited use of motor 

vehicles within a specified distance of 

designated routes solely for dispersed 

camping or big game retrieval, the 

vehicle class and time of year specified 

would not need to be the same as those 

specified for the route. 

FSM 7716.2, ‘‘Exemptions,’’ would 

restate the exemptions from 

designations enumerated in 36 CFR 

212.51(a) and would explain some of 

them. 

FSM 7716.21, ‘‘Existing 

Authorizations,’’ would require 

responsible officials to review written 

authorizations prior to publishing a 

motor vehicle use map to ensure that 

they specifically provide for motor 

vehicle use to the extent necessary for 

the authorized use. 

FSM 7716.22, ‘‘Use of Public Roads,’’

would recognize that State, county, and 

local public road authorities regulate 

use of roads for which they have a 

legally documented right-of-way. State, 

county, and local public roads are not 

subject to designations under the travel 

management rule or the corresponding 

prohibition on motor vehicle use. 

FSM 7716.3, ‘‘Areas,’’ would establish 

policy for designation of areas. Like 

designations of roads and trails, area 

designations would include vehicle 

class and, if appropriate, time of year. 

FSM 7716.3 would require area 

boundaries to be displayed on the 

corresponding motor vehicle use map 

and to be easily located on the ground. 

FSM 7716.4, ‘‘Identification of 

Designated Roads, Trails and Areas,’’

would require administrative units and 

Ranger Districts to produce motor 

vehicle use maps meeting national 

standards. Only the motor vehicle use 

map is required to implement and 

enforce designations. However, as soon 

as practicable, units should post route 

identification signs on routes designated 

for motor vehicle use. Route 

identification markers must correspond 

to route identifiers shown on the 

corresponding motor vehicle use map. 

Signing would have to comply with EM 

7100–15. 

FSM 7716.5, ‘‘Travel Management 

Orders,’’ would be organized in three 

parts. FSM 7716.51, ‘‘Temporary 

Emergency Closures,’’ would reiterate 

the requirement for temporary 

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212.52(b)(2) and E.O. 11644 when the 

responsible official determines that 

motor vehicle use is directly causing or 

will directly cause considerable adverse 

effects on public safety, soil, vegetation, 

wildlife habitat, or cultural resources. 

These closures would remain in effect 

until the responsible official determines 

that the adverse effects have been 

mitigated or eliminated and measures 

have been implemented to prevent 

future recurrence. FSM 7716.52, 

‘‘Existing Orders,’’ would direct 

responsible officials to review existing 

orders and update or rescind them if 

they duplicate or conflict with 

designations. FSM 7716.53, ‘‘New 

Orders,’’ would direct responsible 

officials to avoid issuing orders that 

duplicate or conflict with the 

prohibition on motor vehicle use in 36 

CFR 261.13. However, orders will still 

be needed to close routes designated for 

motor vehicle use on a temporary, 

emergency basis, such as during natural 

disasters or to protect public safety. 

FSM 7716.54, ‘‘Enforcement,’’ would 

reiterate that the motor vehicle use map 

is the primary tool for enforcing the 

prohibition at 36 CFR 261.13 and would 

provide further direction on measuring 

motor vehicle length, width, and 

distances established in designations for 

dispersed camping and big game 

retrieval. 

FSM 7717, ‘‘Monitoring and Revision 

of Designations,’’ would be organized 

into two sections. FSM 7717.1, 

‘‘Monitoring of Motor Vehicle Use,’’

would reiterate the requirement in 36 

CFR 212.57 for responsible officials to 

monitor the effects of motor vehicle use. 

FSM 7717.2, ‘‘Revision of 

Designations,’’ would reiterate that 

designations may be revised as needed 

to meet changing conditions (36 CFR 

212.54) and would provide that any 

change in the status of a designated 

route that will last more than 1 year 

should be reflected on the 

corresponding motor vehicle use map. 

FSM 7718, ‘‘Over-Snow Vehicle Use,’’

would reiterate that responsible officials 

may allow, restrict, or prohibit oversnow vehicle use under 36 CFR 212.81. 

FSM 7718 would provide that 

restrictions or prohibitions on oversnow vehicle use may be implemented 

through orders issued under 36 CFR 

part 261, subpart B, or under 36 CFR 

212.81 and 261.14. If 36 CFR part 212, 

subpart C, is used to restrict or prohibit 

over-snow vehicle use, the requirements 

governing designations in 36 CFR 

212.52 through 212.57 would apply and 

the responsible official would have to 

publish an over-snow vehicle use map, 

separate from the motor vehicle use 

map, displaying any restrictions or 

prohibitions on over-snow vehicle use. 

Proposed Revisions to FSH 7709.55, the 

Travel Planning Handbook 

The Forest Service proposes to 

rename FSH 7709.55, the 

‘‘Transportation Planning Handbook,’’

as ‘‘the Travel Planning Handbook.’’

Chapter 10 would be titled ‘‘Travel 

Planning Process,’’ Chapter 20 would be 

titled ‘‘Travel Analysis,’’ and Chapter 30 

would be titled ‘‘Engineering Analysis.’’

Chapter 10, ‘‘Travel Planning 

Process,’’ would establish a six-step 

process for designation of roads, trails, 

and areas for motor vehicle use. The six 

steps of the route and area designation 

process would be: 

1. Compile existing travel 

management direction. 

2. Assemble resource and social data. 

3. Use travel analysis to identify 

proposals for change. 

4. Conduct necessary environmental 

analysis and decision making. 

5. Identify designated routes and areas 

on a motor vehicle use map. 

6. Implement, monitor, and revise. 

In step one, the responsible official 

would compile existing travel 

management direction to serve as the 

starting point for travel planning. In step 

two, the responsible official would 

gather the information needed to 

analyze the forest transportation system 

and would engage the public and other 

relevant governmental entities to 

identify local resource and social issues, 

recreational opportunities, and the need 

for change in existing travel 

management direction. In step three, the 

responsible official would conduct 

travel analysis, which could result in 

specific proposals for changes to the 

forest transportation system (additions 

or deletions to the system of NFS roads 

and NFS trails on the administrative 

unit or Ranger District) and changes in 

travel management direction (changes to 

motor vehicle use or restrictions on 

motor vehicle use on the unit or 

District). In step four, the responsible 

official would conduct and document 

appropriate environmental analysis, 

including consideration of alternatives, 

and would make travel management 

decisions. In step five, the responsible 

official would identify designated routes 

and areas on a motor vehicle use map. 

In step six, the responsible official 

would monitor motor vehicle use on the 

unit or district and revise travel 

management decisions as necessary. 

Chapter 20, ‘‘Travel Analysis,’’ would 

incorporate into Forest Service 

directives the six-step process for travel 

analysis (which is the third step in the 

six-step process for designating routes 

and areas) and other key provisions of 

FS–643, Roads Analysis: 

Informing Decisions About Managing 

the National Forest Transportation 

System (August 1999). 

The six steps of travel analysis are: 

1. Setting up the analysis. 

2. Describing the situation. 

3. Identifying issues. 

4. Assessing benefits, problems, and 

risks. 

5. Describing opportunities and 

setting priorities. 

6. Reporting. 

In step one, the responsible official 

would establish the scale, scope, and 

depth of travel analysis and would 

identify who will conduct it. In step 

two, the responsible official would 

describe current environmental and 

social conditions. In step three, the 

responsible official would identify 

issues relevant to travel management 

decisions. In step four, the responsible 

official would analyze the benefits, 

problems, and risks associated with the 

forest transportation system. In step 

five, the responsible official would use 

the analysis conducted in step four to 

identify recommendations for change 

and proposed actions for purposes of 

environmental analysis. In step six, the 

responsible official would document the 

results of travel analysis. 

Chapter 30, ‘‘Engineering Analysis,’’

would incorporate into Forest Service 

directives the process for exercising and 

documenting engineering judgment 

contained in EM–7700–30, ‘‘Guidelines 

for Engineering Analysis of Motorized 

Mixed Use on National Forest System 

Roads.’’ Chapter 30 would require that 

travel management decisions involving 

motorized mixed use be informed by 

engineering analysis conducted by a 

qualified engineer. The analysis would 

involve a technical evaluation of road 

conditions and traffic and an analysis of 

potential mitigation measures regarding 

motorized mixed use. Depending on the 

complexity of the situation, the analysis 

would range from documenting 

engineering judgment to a 

comprehensive engineering report that 

would address many factors related to 

motorized mixed use, including 

mitigation. The analysis would be 

presented to the responsible official for 

a decision. 

Regulatory Certifications 

Environmental Impact 

The proposed directives would 

provide policy and procedural guidance 

to agency officials implementing the 

travel management rule. Travel 

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these proposed directives would 

include appropriate site-specific 

environmental analysis and public 

involvement. The proposed directives 

would have no effect on the ground 

until designations of roads, trails, and 

areas are completed at the field level, 

with opportunity for public 

involvement. Section 31b of Forest 

Service Handbook 1909.15 (57 FR 

43180, September 18, 1992) excludes 

from documentation in an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement ‘‘rules, 

regulations, or policies to establish 

Service-wide administrative procedures, 

program processes, or instructions.’’ The 

agency’s conclusion is that these 

proposed directives fall within this 

category of actions and that no 

extraordinary circumstances exist which 

would require preparation of an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Regulatory Impact 

The proposed directives have been 

reviewed under USDA procedures and 

E.O. 12866 on regulatory planning and 

review. The Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) has determined that these 

proposed directives are not significant 

for purposes of E.O. 12866. These 

proposed directives would not have an 

annual effect of $100 million or more on 

the economy, nor would they adversely 

affect productivity, competition, jobs, 

the environment, public health and 

safety, or State and local governments. 

These proposed directives would not 

interfere with any action taken or 

planned by another agency, nor would 

they raise new legal or policy issues. 

Finally, these proposed directives 

would not alter the budgetary impact of 

entitlements, grants, user fees, or loan 

programs or the rights and obligations of 

beneficiaries of such programs. 

Accordingly, these proposed directives 

are not subject to OMB review under 

E.O. 12866. 

Regulatory Flexibility Act Analysis 

These proposed directives have been 

considered in light of the Regulatory 

Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 602 et seq. The 

proposed directives would not have any 

effect on small entities as defined by the 

Regulatory Flexibility Act. The 

proposed directives would require 

identification at the field level, with 

public input, of a designated system of 

roads, trails, and areas for motor vehicle 

use. The proposed directives would not 

directly affect small businesses, small 

organizations, and small governmental 

entities. The agency has determined that 

these proposed directives would not 

have a significant economic impact on 

a substantial number of small entities 

pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility 

Act because the directives would not 

impose recordkeeping requirements on 

them; would not affect their competitive 

position in relation to large entities; and 

would not affect their cash flow, 

liquidity, or ability to remain in the 

market. 

No Takings Implications 

These proposed directives have been 

analyzed in accordance with the 

principles and criteria contained in E.O. 

12630. It has been determined that these 

directives would not pose the risk of a 

taking of private property. 

Federalism and Consultation and 

Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments 

The agency has considered these 

proposed directives under the 

requirements of E.O. 13132 on 

federalism, and has determined that the 

proposed directives conform with the 

federalism principles set out in this 

E.O.; would not impose any compliance 

costs on the States; and would not have 

substantial direct effects on the States, 

the relationship between the Federal 

government and the States, or the 

distribution of power and 

responsibilities among the various 

levels of government. Therefore, the 

agency has determined that no further 

assessment of federalism implications is 

necessary. 

Moreover, these proposed directives 

would not have Tribal implications as 

defined by E.O. 13175, Consultation and 

Coordination With Indian Tribal 

Governments, and therefore advance 

consultation with Tribes is not required. 

Energy Effects 

These proposed directives have been 

reviewed under E.O. 13211 of May 18, 

2001, Actions Concerning Regulations 

That Significantly Affect the Energy 

Supply. It has been determined that 

these proposed directives would not 

constitute a significant energy action as 

defined in the E.O. 

Unfunded Mandates 

Pursuant to Title II of the Unfunded 

Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

1531–1538), which the President signed 

into law on March 22, 1995, the agency 

has assessed the effects of these 

proposed directives on State, local, and 

Tribal governments and the private 

sector. These proposed directives would 

not compel the expenditure of $100 

million or more by any State, local, or 

Tribal government or anyone in the 

private sector. Therefore, a statement 

under section 202 of the act is not 

required. 

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the 

Public 

These proposed directives do not 

contain any recordkeeping or reporting 

requirements or other information 

collection requirements as defined in 5 

CFR part 1320 that are not already 

required by law or not already approved 

for use. Accordingly, the review 

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) and 

its implementing regulations at 5 CFR 

part 1320 do not apply. 

Therefore, for the reasons set out in 

this notice, the Forest Service proposes 

to amend FSM 2350, 7700, and 7710 

and FSH 7709.55. The proposed 

directives are available for review on the 

Forest Service Web site at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ohv. 

Dated: February 15, 2007. 

Abigail R. Kimball, 

Chief, Forest Service. 

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