Special Uses: The storage and use of explosive materials on National Forest System lands #ORMS-2226

The Forest Service is publishing final directives related to the storage and use of explosives authorized by special use authorizations. Some Special Use Permit holders use various types of explosives and sometimes military munitions for avalanche mitigation, tree and rock removal road construction, maintenance and other construction projects. Permittees, such as ski resorts and state transportation authorities, maintain additional magazines for these purposes. The final directives clarify the role and jurisdiction of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), the Department of the Army, states and the Forest Service over explosives use and storage when authorized on National Forest System lands. This includes associated explosives magazine security. These directives provide that Special Use Authorization permit holders allowed to use and to store explosives must comply with all ATF regulations, state and Army requirements, if applicable, and Forest Service requirements. The directives make compliance with the Special Use Authorization contingent upon continued compliance with all ATF, state, Army and Forest Service requirements. The directives provide for training of permit administrators to ensure that they can effectively monitor and verify the requirements of a permittee’s operating plan, including required magazine security provisions for applicable permittees.

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	Link, Geraldine	NSAA	08/24/2020	39 KB	[id:2964]Other (60-day comment) (Total Letters: 6)
	Hyde, Mike	Duchesne County	07/09/2020	1 KB	[id:2964]Other (60-day comment) (Total Letters: 6)
	Gowda, Prashanth		06/24/2020	1 KB	[id:2964]Other (60-day comment) (Total Letters: 6)
	Flaherty, Patricia		06/23/2020	1 KB	[id:2964]Other (60-day comment) (Total Letters: 6)
	Allen, Johnnie		06/23/2020	1 KB	[id:2964]Other (60-day comment) (Total Letters: 6)

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