2709.11_30 FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK MEDICINE BOW-ROUTT NATIONAL FORESTS THUNDER BASIN NATIONAL GRASSLAND (REGION 2) LARAMIE, WY FSH 2709.11 – SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION Supplement No.: 2709.11-2017-1 Effective Date: June 22, 2017 Duration: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed. Approved: DENNIS L. JAEGER – Forest Supervisor Date Approved: June 8, 2017 Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this supplement retain this transmittal as the first page (s) of this document. The last amendment to this title was 2709.11-2012-1 to FSH 2709.11 Chapter 30. New Document 2709.11-2017-1 6 Superseded Document(s) 2709.11-2012-1 6 by Issuance Number and Effective Date DIGEST: 31.1 – Revises list of Regional fees for National Forest System lands within the Medicine-Bow- Routt National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland R2 Supplement 2709.11-2017-1 2709.11_30 EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/22/2017 Page 2 of 6 DURATION: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed. FSH 2709.11 - SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION 30 – ESTABLISHING FEES. 31.1 – Methods for Determining Fair Market Value. 3. Fee System and Schedule. The following schedule shall be used to compute the fee for land use authorizations where the fee is based on land-only value. This includes all new uses, re-newels for existing uses, and the ability to adjust fees. This schedule shall not be used for authorizations which already are covered by another fee system or schedule, such as linear rights-of-way, recreation residences, communication sites, ski areas, municipal reservoirs, outfitter-guide permits. Unique properties with a differing highest and best use shall require individual appraisal. Questions in this regard should be made to the Forest Service Review Appraiser assigned to that unit or the Regional Appraiser. AGRICULTURAL & NON-AGRICULTURAL USE FEE SCHEDULE ROUTT NATIONAL FOREST (COLORADO) (All dollar amounts are on a per acre/per year unit basis) Effective as of May 30, 2017 All fees in this section shall be adjusted annually by the Implicit Price Deflator (IPD) Where land conveyances in the neighborhood are typically: ROUTT PORTION OF MED BOW-ROUTT NATIONAL FORESTS (COLORADO) (in dollars per acre) AREA <5 Acres 5 to <10 10 to <35 35 to <70 70 to <160 160 and < 1 $50,000 $20,000 $10,000 $5,000 $3,000 $2,000 2 $25,000 $15,000 $5,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,000 R2 Supplement 2709.11-2017-1 2709.11_30 EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/22/2017 Page 3 of 6 DURATION: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed. FSH 2709.11 - SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION 3 $5,000 $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,250 $1,250 4 $25,000 $20,000 $10,000 $5,000 $4,000 $2,000 5 $12,500 $7,500 $5,000 $2,500 $1,000 $2,000 6 $12,500 $7,500 $4,000 $2,500 $1,500 $1,500 Explanation of boundary delineations for each area on the Routt National Forest map in Colorado: 1. Steamboat Springs area which includes National Forest System lands west of the Continental Divide line down to a point where Routt, Grand and Jackson County lines meet. Then straight south between Range(R) 82 West(W) and R83W to the east west line designated as the First Standard Parrallel North. Then south along the line separating the Arapaho National Forest to a point where Harrison Creek meets the north line of the Sarvis Creek Wilderness. Then following the north line of the Sarvis Creek Wilderness west to a point one mile north of the Sarvis Creek State Wildlife Area. Then north along the Forest system boundary to a point on the west FS boundary and the line separating Township(T) 8 North(N) and T9N. Then due east along said line to the point of beginning. 2. Steamboat Lake area includes all National Forest System lands west of the Continental Divide and north of the line separating T8N and T9N. Also all that area east of the R87W/R88W line north to south. 3. Elkhead Mountains in Routt and Moffat Counties. Include all National Forest System lands west of the R87W/R88W line north to south. 4. Flattops Mountains and National Forest System lands west of Blacktail Creek and Gore Pass. Using the same line described along north of Sarvis Creek Wilderness to Harrison Creek intersection. Then south along the east boundary of the Sarvis Creek Wilderness to South Fork Creek trail to FS Road 102. Follow FS Road 102 south to FS Road 250 south to US Highway 134. Then west along highway to FS Road 212 south to edge of FS management boundary and include everything west. Also is that area of Routt and Garfield County west of Yampa in the Yampa Ranger District. R2 Supplement 2709.11-2017-1 2709.11_30 EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/22/2017 Page 4 of 6 DURATION: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed. FSH 2709.11 - SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION 5. All that area east of the west described lines above in area 1, 2, and 4. Also includes all National Forest System lands that are administered south and north of Walden, Colorado. 6. All lands in Rio Blanco County and Routt County Colorado south of Craig, Colorado. R2 Supplement 2709.11-2017-1 2709.11_30 EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/22/2017 Page 5 of 6 DURATION: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed. FSH 2709.11 - SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION AGRICULTURAL & NON-AGRICULTURAL FEE SCHEDULE MEDICINE BOW NATIONAL FOREST (WYOMING) (All dollar amounts are on a per acre/per year unit basis) Effective as of May 30, 2017 All fees in this section shall be adjusted annually by the Implicit Price Deflator (IPD) Where land conveyances in the neighborhood are typically: MEDICINE BOW-ROUTT NATIONAL FORESTS (WYOMING) (in dollars per acre) AREA <5 Acres 5 to <10 10 to <35 35 to <70 70 to <160 160 and < 1 Sierra Madre & Snowy Range $17,500 $7,500 $5,000 $2,000 $2,000 $2,000 2 Pole Mountain $10,000 $5,000 $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 3 Laramie Peak $7,500 $5,000 $2,500 $2,000 $1,500 $1,000 4 Thunder Basin $4,000 $4,000 $3,000 $2,500 $2,000 $1,000 Explanation of boundary delinations for each area on the Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming: R2 Supplement 2709.11-2017-1 2709.11_30 EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/22/2017 Page 6 of 6 DURATION: This amendment is effective until superseded or removed. FSH 2709.11 - SPECIAL USES HANDBOOK CHAPTER 30 – FEE DETERMINATION 1. Sierra Madres and Snowy Range area. Is all that area in the Med-Bow National Forest north of the Colorado line and southwest of Encampment. Is also all that area west of Laramie and east of Saratoga, Wyoming north of the Colorado/Wyoming line. 2. Pole Mountain area. Is small block of Forest lands just east of Laramie, Wyoming. 3. Laramie Peak is that area of National Forest System lands west of Wheatland and southwest of Douglas, Wyoming. 4. Thunder Basin National Grassland is all that area north of Douglas, west of Newcastle and south of Gillette, Wyoming in Converse, Campbell, Weston, and small portion of the very northern strip of Niobrara Counties in Wyoming. Included in this area is that small square covering four township-ranges northeast of Gillette approximately 25 miles. The scheduled acres based upon vacant land sales data. Unique or extreme special land uses may warrant individual fee determinations. It is expected that the schedule shall apply to virtually all land-use authorization fee determinations where the fee is based upon land value and the use is not covered by an alternative fee system. The permitted area size should be multiplied times the appropriate land value per acre shown in the schedule. This figure is then multiplied times 8 percent (non-agricultural uses) or 5 percent (agricultural uses) as determined by the Ground Rent Market Study previously completed by Forest Service staff. The result should then be rounded to the nearest whole dollar. In no case shall the fee be less than the minimum established for Region 2. EXAMPLE: Speculation Operations, Inc has applied for a land-use authorization for a small non-agricultural use on the Douglas Ranger District, which falls with Area 3 (Laramie Peak) The District Ranger determines the authorization serves the public interest and an area of 1.25 acres will be permitted. The base fee is calculated by multiplying the permit area of 1.25 acres times $7,500 per acre as indicated in the less than five acre column for Area 3. The result is $9,375 and, when multiplied by the 8 percent for non-agricultural uses, an annual, base fee of $750 is calculated. In the event the use is authorized in a calendar year after implementation of the schedule, the calculated fee would be adjusted by the appropriate IPD for each intervening year. In the event the calculation results in an amount that includes cents, rounding to the next whole dollar amount is appropriate. In this example, no IPD adustment or rounding is needed. Therefore, the base fee would be charged at $750 per year, indexed by IPD annually thereafter. Dollars per acre from schedule X permitted acres X appropriate rate (5% or 8%) = base fee $7,500 per acre X 1.25 acres X 0.08 non-agricultural rate = $750 base fee indexed by IPD annually The fee determination statement required to be included in each special-use folder should reference this supplement and contain calculations similar to the example.