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Transmittal
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                     FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
                           WASHINGTON

FSH 2109.14 - PESTICIDE-USE MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION HANDBOOK

                   Amendment No.  2109.14-94-1

                   Effective December 6, 1994


POSTING NOTICE.  Amendments are numbered consecutively by 
Handbook number and calendar year.  Post document in numerical 
order of chapters (1109.12, sec. 4.32, ex. 01).  Remove entire 
national text of the Handbook and replace with this amendment.  
DO NOT REMOVE SUPPLEMENTS OR INTERIM DIRECTIVES.  Retain this 
transmittal as the first page of this document.

    New Document Name                       New Pages

    2109.14 Contents                            2
    2109.14,0 Code Contents                     1
    2109.14,0 Code                              2
    2109.14,10 Contents                         1
    2109.14,10                                  9
    2109.14,20 Contents                         1
    2109.14,20                                  8
    2109.14,30 Contents                         1
    2109.14,30                                  7
    2109.14,40 Contents                         1
    2109.14,40                                 13
    2109.14,50 Contents                         1
    2109.14,50                                  7
    2109.14,60 Contents                         1
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    2109.14,70 Contents                         1
    2109.14,70                                 10

Digest:

2109.14 - The new FSH 2109.14, Pesticide-Use Management and 
Coordination Handbook, incorporates procedural direction related 
to pesticides formerly in FSM 2150 and in three other Handbooks 
that have been removed (FSH 2109.11, Pesticide Project Handbook; 
FSH 2109.12, Pesticide Storage, Transportation, Spills, and 
Disposal Handbook; and FSH 2109.13, Pesticide Project Personnel 
Handbook).
Digest--Continued:

Zero Code - Provides the authority, objective, policy, and 
definitions related to the Forest Service use of pesticides.

Chapter 10 - Provides planning direction for all pesticide use, 
management, and coordination activities.

Chapter 20 - Provides direction on risk analysis, including the 
three steps of hazard analysis, exposure analysis, and risk 
characterization.

Chapter 30 - Provides guidelines on the types of projects 
conducted by the Forest Service and the types of personnel, 
skills, and training needed to conduct these projects.

Chapter 40 - Issues direction for the proper storage, 
transportation, and disposal of pesticides.

Chapter 50 - Provides guidelines to ensure projects are monitored 
to ensure effectiveness and safety, including the various 
objectives and methods for project monitoring and post-treatment 
evaluation.

Chapter 60 - Issues direction for response activities in the 
event of spills or other incidents and accidents involving 
pesticides.

Chapter 70 - Summarizes direction on the forms and reports 
associated with pesticide-use management and coordination.  
Outlines the procedures for the National Agricultural Pesticide 
Impact Assessment Program (NAPIAP).  Provides the precautionary 
statements to be included in pesticide publications.




JACK WARD THOMAS
Chief