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Appendix A
Agreement Establishing an Alliance between OSHA
and
USDA Forest Service, Allegheny National Forest

A. IT IS MUTUALLY UNDERSTOOD AND AGREED BY AND BETWEEN THE PARTIES THAT:
  1. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTIES. The Forest Service and OSHA and their respective agencies and office will handle their own activities and utilize their own resources, including the expenditure of their own funds, in pursuing these objectives. Each party will carry out its separate activities in a coordinated and mutually beneficial manner.

  2. PRINCIPAL CONTACTS. The principal contacts for this instrument are:
     
    Forest Service Project Contact Cooperator Project Contact
    Linda Houston
    Allegheny National Forest
    222 Liberty St.
    Warren, PA 16365

    Phone: 814-723-5180, ext 256
    FAX: 814-726-1465
    E-Mail:

    Ed Selker
    OSHA Area Director

    Erie, PA
    Phone:
    FAX:
    E-Mail:
       
    Forest Service Administrative Contact Cooperator Administrative Contact
    Janeal A. Hedman
    Allegheny National Forest
    222 Liberty St.
    Warren, PA 16365

    Phone: 814-723-5180, ext 199
    FAX: 814-726-1465
    E-Mail:
    Phone:
    FAX:
    E-Mail:

  3. NON-FUND OBLIGATING DOCUMENT. Nothing in this Interagency Agreement (IA) shall obligate either the Forest Service or OSHA to obligate or transfer any funds. Specific work projects or activities that involve the transfer of funds, services, or property among the various agencies and offices of the Forest Service and OSHA will require execution of separate agreements and be contingent upon the availability of appropriated funds. Such activities must be independently authorized by appropriate statutory authority. This IA does not provide such authority. Negotiation, execution, and administration of each such agreement must comply with all applicable statutes and regulations.

  4. ESTABLISHMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY. This IA is not intended to, and does not create, any right, benefit, or trust responsibility, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or equity, by a party against the United States, its agencies, its officers, or any person.

  5. AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVES. By signature below, the cooperator certifies that the individuals listed in this document as representatives of the cooperator are authorized to act in their respective areas for matters related to this agreement.
THE PARTIES HERETO have executed this instrument.

 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH ADMINISTRATION USDA FOREST SERVICE



__________________________________
ED SELKER



__________
Date



__________________________________
KATHLEEN S. MORSE
Forest Supervisor



__________
Date


The authority and format of this instrument has been reviewed and approved for signature.
     


__________________________________
MONTEZ ASHLEY
FS Agreements Coordinator


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Date
   
 
 
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