FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
                        Washington, D.C.

        FSH 2409.15 - TIMBER SALE ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK

                   Amendment No.  2409.15-99-1

                     Effective April 1, 1999

POSTING NOTICE.  Amendments are numbered consecutively by 
Handbook number and calendar year.  Post by document name.  Place 
the Table of Contents in front of chapter 40.  Retain this 
transmittal as the first page of this document.  The last 
amendment to this Handbook was Amendment 2409.15-96-7 to 
2409.15,27-29.

This amendment supersedes Amendment 2409.15-92-6 to FSH 
2409.15,40 Contents.

                                   Superseded    New
   Page Code                       (Number of Pages)

   2409.15,40 Contents               2           3


Digest:

2409.15,40 Contents - Revises codes and captions to agree with 
changes in the text of chapter 40.




MIKE DOMBECK
Chief 


        FSH 2409.15 - TIMBER SALE ADMINISTRATION HANDBOOK
                    WO AMENDMENT 2409.15-99-1
                      EFFECTIVE 04/01/1999

                      CHAPTER 40 - PAYMENTS

                            Contents

40.3   Policy
40.4   Responsibility
40.41  Regional Forester
40.42  Forest Supervisor
40.43  District Ranger
40.5   Definitions

41     AUTOMATED TIMBER SALE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM
41.04  Responsibility

42     PAYMENT PROCEDURES FOR LOG SCALE AND TREE MEASUREMENT 
       SALES
42.1   Rates of Payment (B(BT)3.0)
42.11  Current Contract Rates (B(BT)3.1 and A(AT)5)
42.12  Escalation Procedure (B(BT)3.2, C(CT)3.2, and A(AT)6)
42.12a Unavailable Index (C(CT)3.21)
42.13  Rate Redetermination (B(BT)3.3)
42.13a Rate Redetermination After Environmental Modification 
       (C(CT)3.3#)
42.13b Scheduled Rate Redetermination (B(BT)3.31 and A(AT)7)
42.13c Rate Redetermination After Catastrophic Damage 
       (B(BT)3.32)
42.14  Other Payment Rates (B(BT)3.4)
42.14a Material Not in A2 and Material and Quantities Not in AT2 
       (B(BT)3.41)
42.14b Timber Cut Through Mistake (B(BT)3.42)
42.14c Designated Timber Cut But Not Removed (B3.43)
42.15  Undesignated Timber Damaged Without Negligence 
       (B3.44/BT3.43)
42.16  Undesignated Timber Unnecessarily Damaged or Negligently 
       or Willfully Cut (B3.45/BT3.44)
42.17  Liquidated Damages (B3.46/BT3.45)
42.18  Defect Caused by Abnormal Delay (B3.47) 
42.2   Amount Payable for Timber (B(BT)4.1)
42.3   Timber Sale Account (B(BT)4.2)
42.31  Purchaser Credit (B(BT)4.21) 
42.31a Cash Deposits (B(BT)4.22)
42.31b Downpayment (C(CT)4.220#)
42.31c Advance Deposits (C(CT)4.221)
42.31d Purchaser Credit as Deposits (B(BT)4.222)
42.31e Deposits for Charges Subject to Escalation (B(BT)4.223)
42.31f Deposits When Payment Guaranteed (C(CT)4.224)
42.31g Cooperative Deposits (B(BT)4.225)

42.31h Use of Deposits (B(BT)4.226)
42.31i Blanket Cash Deposit (B(BT)4.227)
42.32  Refund of Excess Cash (C(CT)4.23)
42.33  Refund After Scaling Completed (B4.24) and Refund After 
       Final Charges for Released Timber (BT4.24)
42.4   Payment Guaranteed by Bond or Deposited Securities 
       (B(BT)4.3)
42.41  Blanket Bond (B(BT)4.31)
42.5   Payment Not Received for Timber Cut and Other Charges 
       (C(CT)4.4)

43     SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR TREE MEASUREMENT SALES
43.1   Volume Determination
43.2   Payments