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0018J2 2523.21a . TITLE 2500 - WATERSHED MANAGEMENT 2523.1 - Suppression-Damaged Areas. Treat all unacceptable suppression damages or potential damages to soil and water resources on all wildfires. Install erosion-control mea- sures as soon as practicable following control of the fire, or portions of the fire, using Fighting Forest Fires (FFF 102) funds charged to the fire (FSM 5192.22). e 2523.2 - Wildfire-Damaged Areas. In addition to repairing damage done by fire-suppression activities, evaluate the need for emergency action to compensate for loss of vege- tative cover and litter burned by the fire and to accom- modate increased peak runoff in stream channels and road drainage facilities. e 2523.21 - Financing. The following guidelines help deter- mine the most appropriate emergency rehabilitation funding based on ownership of the damaged lands. 2523.21a - National Forest S~stem Lands. See FSH 6509.l1K, chapter 10, functions 102 an 092 for a description of the work included within the Fighting Forest Fires (FFF) appropriation. See FSM 6513.23c for purpose of the FFF appropriation. Specific rules for use of FFF for burned-area emergency rehabilitation are: e e 1. Chief's approval is required for all FFF-092 expen- ditures which exceed Regional Forester's annual funding approval authority. 2. Fires smaller than class E (300 Acres), usually are not of catastrophic nature, and rehabilitation costs are nominal. FFF funds will not normally be authorized for them or for any projects with estimated costs less than $2,000 (FSH 1909.13, sec. 39). Reprogram cost of rehabili- tation from regular funds. 3. Salaries and expenses of people assigned to inter- disciplinary burned-area survey teams should be financed initially from regular funds available to the unit rather e *-FSM 3/86 AMEND 48-*