!2809.13-96-1 Transmittal
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                         FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
                               WASHINGTON

                 FSH 2809.13 - MINERALS PROGRAM HANDBOOK

                       Amendment No.  2809.13-96-1

                        Effective March 15, 1996

POSTING NOTICE.  Amendments are numbered consecutively by Handbook number
and calendar year.  Post by document name.  Remove entire document and
replace with this amendment.  Retain this transmittal as the first page
of this document.  The last amendment to this Handbook was Amendment
2809.13-91-1 to FSH 2809.13.

                                       Superseded    New
    Document Name                      (Number of Pages)

    (Entire Handbook)

    !2809.13, Contents                       2        -

    !2809.13,0 Code Contents                 1        -
    2809.13,0 Code                           3        -

    !2809.13,1 Contents                      1        -
    2809.13, 1                              10        -
    2809.13,1.33,Ex.01                       2        -

    !2809.13,2 Contents                      1        -
    2809.13,2                               11        -

    !2809.13,3 Contents                      1        -
    2809.13,3                                8        -

    !2809.13,4 Contents                      1        -
    2809.13,4                                8        -

    !2809.13,5 Contents                      1        -
    2809.13,5                                7        -
    2809.13,5.2,Ex.01                        1        -

    !2809.13,6 Contents                      1        -
    2809.13,6                               11        -

    !2809.13,7 Contents                      1        -
    2809.13,7                                7        -

    2809.13,8                                1        -

    2809.13,Appendix                         4        -



Digest:

Removes obsolete FSH 2809.13, Minerals Program Handbook from the
directive system.




JACK WARD THOMAS
Chief