ThomasBayYG_IRSC_Appendix B_Tree_Measurement_FINAL.pdf

APPENDIX B - TREE MEASUREMENT

STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT TIMBER REMOVAL SPECIFICATIONS

BT1.0 CONTRACT AREA

BT1.1 Contract Area Map BT1.2 Claims

BT2.0 TIMBER SPECIFICATIONS

BT2.1 Included Timber BT2.11 Standard Timber BT2.12 Substandard Timber BT2.13 Damaged Timber BT2.131 Damaged by Contractor BT2.132 Negligent or Willful Damage BT2.134 Minor Damage by Natural Causes BT2.14 Unintentionally Cut Timber BT2.15 Construction Timber BT2.16 Other Material BT2.2 Utilization and Removal of Included Timber BT2.3 Timber Designations BT2.31 Clearcutting Units BT2 32 Construction Clearing BT2.321 Road Clearings BT2.322 Other Authorized Clearings BT2.33 Overstory Removal Units BT2.34 Understory Removal Units BT2.35 Individual Trees BT2.37 Designation Changes BT2.4 Quantity Estimate

BT3.0 RATES OF PAYMENT

BT3.1 Current Contract Rates BT3.4 Other Payment Rates BT3.41 Material and Quantities Not in AT2 BT3.42 Timber Cut Through Mistake BT3.43 Undesignated Timber Damaged Without Negligence BT3.44 Undesignated Timber Unnecessarily Damaged or Negligently or Willfully Cut BT3.45 Liquidated Damages

BT4.0 PAYMENTS

BT4.1 Amount Payable for Timber BT4.2 Integrated Resource Account BT4.21 Cash Deposits BT4.215 Deposits When Payment Guaranteed BT4.218 Cooperative Deposits BT4.24 Refund after Final Charges for Released Timber BT4.4 Payments Not Received

BT5.0 TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

BT5.1 Authorization BT5.12 Use of Roads by Contractor

BT6.0 OPERATIONS

BT6.3 Control of Operations BT6.33 Safety BT6.341 Prevention of Oil Spills

BT6.342 Hazardous Substances BT6.36 Acceptance of work BT6.4 Conduct of Logging BT6.41 Felling and Bucking BT6.411 Felling in Clearings BT6.412 Stump Heights BT6.414 Limbing BT6.42 Skidding and Yarding BT6.421 Rigging BT6.422 Landings and Skid Trails BT6.423 Skidding on Roads BT6.424 Arches and Dozer Blades BT6.63 Temporary Roads BT6.64 Landings BT6.65 Skid Trails and Fire Lines BT6.66 Current Operating Areas BT6.67 Erosion Control Structure Maintenance BT6.7 Slash Disposal BT6.8 Measuring **BT6.842 Product Identification

BT8.0 OTHER CONDITIONS

BT8.1 Title and Liability BT8.11 Title Passage BT8.12 Liability for Loss BT8.32 Modification for Catastrophe BT8.5 Sale of Other Materials

BT9.0 PERFORMANCE AND SETTLEMENT

BT9.5 Settlement BT9.6 Contract Closure

WO-CT2.30# Cutting Unit Boundaries (7/22) R10-CT-4.135# Domestic Processing Adjustment for Sitka Spruce (6/25) WO-CT-5.12# Use of Roads by Contractor (9/04) WO-CT-5.32# Road Maintenance Deposit Schedule (7/01) R10-CT-5.51 Joint Facilities Use (7/12) R10-CT-6.201# Log Transfer Site Use (5/10) R10-CT-6.21# Operation and Maintenance of Government Owned Log Transfer Facilities (LTF) (5/10) R10-CT-6.315 Protection Measures for Marine Mammals During Log Transport (7/24) R10-CT-6.343 Maintenance and Fueling Operations, Site Requirements (5/10) R10-CT-6.42# Special Yarding Objectives (5/10) R10-CT-6.51 Streamcourse Protection (6/13) R10-CT-6.6# Erosion Control Revegetation (7/24) R10-CT-6.63 Temporary Roads (5/10) R10-CT6.7# – Slash Disposal (8/04) R10-CT-6.71 Slash Disposal on Rights-Of-Way (5/10)

R10-CT-6.72 Slash Disposal (05/10) R10-CT6.8 – Measuring (6/04) R10-CT-6.84 Accountability Instructions (Option 10) (5/10) WO-CT-6.842 Product Identification (9/04) R10-CT-6.9 Records (5/10) WO-CT-8.66 Use of Timber (Option 2) (9/04) R10-CT-8.682# Limited Export of Unprocessed Hemlock and Spruce Sawlogs (4/14)

DIVISION AT- Specific Conditions. The following conditions apply to the indicated portions.

AT.1 Location and Area:

This Contract Area of _3282 acres is more or less located in _T56S, R79E, Sec.35, T57S, R80E, Sec 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24: Copper River Meridian in the Petersburg Ranger District, of the Tongass National Forest

AT.2 Volume Estimate and Utilization Standards

Species Group Product Estimated Quantity

Unit of Measure

Minimum Specifications Merchantable Tree Piece Required to be Removed

Diameter Breast High

(d.b.h.)

(inches)

Number of

Minimum Pieces per Tree

Length

(feet)

Diameter Inside

Bark at Small End

Net Scale in % Gross

Scale 1/

Western Hemlock YG Sitka Spruce YG

Sawtimber Sawtimber

4059.65 462.26

MBF

MBF

9.0 9.0

33.33 33.33

Timber Subject to Agreement

Total Quantity 4521.91 1/ Enter Merchantability Factor (Merch. Factor) or Net Scale in % of Gross Scale, whichever is appropriate.

AT.3 Timber Designations, acres are approximate:

Number Acres

Clearcutting Units (BT2.31) 6 128 Overstory Removal Units (B2.33) Understory Removal Units (B2.34) Individual Trees (B2.35) Designation by Description (CT2.351-CT2.354)

AT.4c - Schedule of Payment Units

Payment Unit

Number Approx. Acres

To be Paid for at Flat Rates Total Flat Rate Payment

Total Required Deposits For

Slash Disposal $ Species Products Quantity Unit of

Measure

PU 1:

Cutting units 141, 145, 146 and 900

PU 2:

Cutting

Units 181, 182 and

216 acres

231 acres

Western Hemlock

YG

Sitka Spruce YG

Western Hemlock YG

Sitka

Spruce YG

Sawlog

240.568

2,111.431

221.7

2,059

MBF

To be entered after award

NA

AT.5 RESERVED

AT.6 High Stumps

Species Product Maximum Stump Height

All Sawlog 12” or 1/3 of stump diameter

AT.7 Roads Name and Date of Governing Road Specifications:

Project Design Class

Approx.

Length

(mi./km.)

Sheet Numbers and

Approval Date

Performance Responsibility

Survey Design Const.

Staking1/ Road No. Name 6100 Mud 0.95 2, 4, 5, 9 6252 Point Agassiz Single Lane-

20 MPH

1.38 2, 4, 5, 9

6256 North Blind River 1.0 2, 4, 5, 9 N/A N/A N/A

6100_0.67L N/A N/A-temp road

0.55 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12 N/A N/A N/A

6252_120R N/A N/A-temp road

0.55 2, 4, 5, 12 N/A N/A N/A

6252_1.38R N/A N/A-temp road

0.53 2, 4, 5, 12 N/A N/A N/A

1/ Indicate timing, i.e., before clearing (BC) or after clearing (AC).

Specification sheets with itemized construction codes also attached

AT.8 RESERVED

AT.9 RESERVED

AT.10 RESERVED

APPLICABLE REGIONAL CLAUSES MAY BE ADDED

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

TIMBER REMOVAL SPECIFICATIONS

CLAUSES FOR TREE MEASUREMENT TIMBER REMOVAL CONTRACTS

(Applicable to Contracts to be Measured Before Felling)

This Division is organized into Parts, Sections, Subsections, and Items. These are numbered in accordance with the following scheme: Part BT1.0, Section BT1.1, Subsection BT1.11, and Item BT1.111. References to a Part include all Sections, Subsections, and Items within that Part; references to a Section include all Subsections and Items within that Section; and references to a Subsection include all Items within that Subsection. Cross references within this contract cite the reference number of the applicable Division, Part, Section, Subsection, and Item. Descriptive headings used are not to be considered in determining the rights and obligations of the parties hereunder.

The Standard Clauses in this Division are subject to Specific Conditions of the contract stated in Division AT. Wherever appropriate, Specific Conditions established in Division AT are herein cited by reference number. References to Standard Clauses also apply to Special CT Clauses with the same numbers. These clauses are applicable only to the timber removal portion of the Thomas Bay YG Stewardship Contract except where otherwise specifically referenced. “Timber” when used in this appendix includes timber and other products.

BT1.0—CONTRACT AREA

BT1.1 Contract Area Map. The boundaries of “Contract Area” and any Payment Unit thereof, are as shown on the attached “Contract Area Map” that is made a part hereof, and were, before contract solicitation, designated on the ground by Forest Service to meet the anticipated needs of the parties. The location of Contract Area and its approximate acreage are stated in Division AT. Payment Units may be revised and additional ones may be established only by written agreement. Upon Contractor’s request, Forest Service shall subdivide Payment Units to reduce them to a size that can be logged within 60 days at Contractor’s normal rate of logging.

Where applicable, the following are also identified on Contract Area Map:

(a) Identified claims limiting Contractor’s rights under BT1.2.

(b) Payment Units where timber is to be Measured or Marked after date of contract solicitation and approximate location of sample Marked timber under BT2.4.

(c) Boundaries of Clearcutting Units, Overstory Removal Units, and Understory Removal Units under BT2.3.

(d) Diameter limits for Overstory Removal Units and Understory Removal Units under BT2.33 and BT2.34.

(e) Areas where leave trees are Marked to be left un-cut under BT2.35.

(f) Roads

(g) Sources of base course, surface rock, and rock riprap listed in the Schedule of Items.

(h) Roads where log hauling or use is prohibited or restricted.

(i) Roads and trails to be kept open.

(j) Improvements to be protected.

(k) Locations of known wildlife or plant habitat and cave resources to be protected.

(l) Locations of areas known to be infested with specific invasive species of concern.

(m) Maximum stump heights when more than one height is listed by areas in AT6 under BT6.412.

(n) Skidding or yarding methods specified under BT6.42.

(o) Streamcourses to be protected.

(p) Locations of meadows requiring protection.

(q) Locations of wetlands requiring protection.

(r) Locations of temporary roads to be kept open; and

(s) Other features required by Division BT or CT.

BT1.2 Claims. Valid claims are excluded from Contract Area, except those on which timber cutting is authorized in writing by the claimant and except mining claims on which cutting is authorized by the Act of July 23, 1955 (30 USC 614). Claims that limit Contractor’s rights to operate under this contract and that Forest Service has been able to identify are shown on Contract Area Map. Contractor is not obligated to operate contrary to existing claim limitations. Forest Service shall designate boundaries of claims on the ground to the extent necessary to identify Included Timber.

BT2.0—TIMBER SPECIFICATIONS

BT2.1 Included Timber. “Included Timber” consists of:

BT2.11 Standard Timber. Live and dead trees and portions thereof that meet Utilization Standards under BT2.2 and are designated for cutting under BT2.3.

BT2.12 Substandard Timber. Live and dead trees that:

(a) Do not meet Utilization Standards and

(b) Are located in Clearcutting Units or construction clearings or are otherwise designated for cutting.

BT2.13 Damaged Timber.

BT2.131 Damaged by Contractor. Undesignated live trees meeting Utilization Standards:

(a) Within 200 feet slope distance from centerline of roads constructed hereunder that are damaged by Contractor’s construction to the extent that considerable deterioration or mortality is imminent and are designated by Forest Service for felling before the nearest road segment is Substantially Completed or

(b) That are damaged by Contractor in logging or stewardship project operations and are subsequently Marked before Contractor has completed work in the immediate area.

By agreement, such trees may be left without charge if their removal would cause undue damage or be grossly uneconomic.

BT2.132 Negligent or Willful Damage. Undesignated timber meeting Utilization Standards and unnecessarily damaged or negligently or willfully cut by Contractor, if included by Contracting Officer.

BT2.134 Minor Damage by Natural Causes. Undesignated trees within Contract Area and meeting Utilization Standards, in amounts that become insect infested, windthrown, suffer serious damage, or die, as designated by agreement.

BT2.14 Unintentionally Cut Timber. Trees within or immediately adjacent to Contract Area or to road construction or other authorized clearing outside Contract Area, not designated for cutting under BT2.3 but that are cut through mistake by Contractor, when included by Contracting Officer.

BT2.15 Construction Timber. Trees to be used for construction under this contract.

BT2.16 Other Material. Species or products not listed in the contract, upon written approval of Forest Service.

BT2.2 Utilization and Removal of Included Timber. “Utilization Standards” for trees and minimum pieces are stated in AT2. To meet minimum tree specifications, trees must equal or exceed tree diameters listed in Division AT2 and contain at least one minimum piece. Except for timber required or authorized to be left, Contractor shall fell and buck such trees and shall remove from Contract Area all pieces that:

(a) Meet minimum piece standards in Division AT2 or

(b) Do not meet such standards but would have qualified as part of minimum pieces if bucking lengths were varied to include such material.

BT2.3 Timber Designations. Timber designated for cutting shall be confined to Contract Area, except as otherwise provided in BT2.131, BT2.14, BT2.15, and BT2.32. Contract Area Map indicates Payment Units, if any, where Marking under BT2.35 is to be done after contract advertisement, except for construction clearing under BT2.32, designation changes under BT2.37, and damaged timber. The boundaries of Clearcutting Units, Overstory Removal Units, and Understory Removal Units were plainly Marked on ground before contract advertisement and are shown on Contract Area Map. Boundary trees shall not be cut. Such units where Measuring is to be completed after date of contract advertisement are also shown. The number of units and approximate acreage of timber designations are stated in AT3.

BT2.31 Clearcutting Units. All trees that meet Utilization Standards within “Clearcutting Units” are designated for cutting.

BT2.32 Construction Clearing. All timber is designated for cutting that is within the clearing limits of roads constructed hereunder or is in other authorized clearings. All dead or unstable live trees are designated for cutting that are sufficiently tall to reach Contractor’s landings, work areas, or the roadbed of Temporary Roads when Marked in advance of work in the immediate area. Pieces meeting Utilization Standards from such dead or unstable live trees shall be removed unless there is agreement that to do so could damage the road.

BT2.321 Road Clearings. Timber within the clearing limits of reconstruction roads that are within separate Payment Units, as shown on Contract Area Map, and the quantities are in AT2. These Payment Units are subject to revision, as specified in BT2.37. The quantities of dead or unstable trees designated outside the clearing limits are not included in AT2.

BT2.322 Other Authorized Clearings. Timber within authorized clearings for Temporary Roads, landings, or other construction clearings is designated for cutting. Quantities of such timber are not included in AT2.

BT2.33 Overstory Removal Units. All trees within “Overstory Removal Units” are designated for cutting when they meet Utilization Standards and equal or exceed the diameter limits shown on Contract Area Map.

BT2.34 Understory Removal Units. All trees within “Understory Removal Units” are designated for cutting when they meet Utilization Standards and are smaller than the diameter limits shown on Contract Area Map.

BT2.35 Individual Trees. All trees to be cut, other than in the units described in BT2.31, BT2.32, BT2.33, and BT2.34, are Marked or designated by description. Trees are “Marked” when individually designated by Forest Service with paint marks above and below stump height. Contract Area Map indicates areas plainly identified on the ground where leave trees are Marked to be left uncut.

BT2.37 Designation Changes. Within Contract Area, minor adjustments may be made in boundaries of cutting units or in the timber individually Marked for cutting when acceptable to Contractor and Forest Service.

BT2.4 Quantity Estimate. The estimated quantities of timber by species designated for cutting under BT2.3 and expected to be cut under Utilization Standards are listed in AT2. Estimated quantity in AT2 does not include the following:

(a) Damaged timber under BT2.13.

(b) Unintentionally cut timber under BT2.14.

(c) Construction timber under BT2.15 cut outside of Payment Units and removed from construction use for utilization by Contractor.

(d) Timber within clearing limits of Temporary Roads or other authorized clearings and that is not designated under BT2.31, BT2.33, BT2.34, or BT2.35; or

(e) Dead or unstable live trees that are sufficiently tall to reach Contractor’s landings, work areas, or the roadbed of Specified Roads under BT2.32.

Estimated quantities for such timber not included in AT2 shall be determined as stated herein.

If Contract Area Map shows Payment Units where Marking or Measuring is to be completed after date of contract advertisement, the objective of Forest Service shall be to designate for cutting in such Payment Units sufficient timber so that Contract Area shall yield the approximate estimated quantities by species or species groups stated in AT2. However, the estimated quantities stated in AT2 are not to be construed as guarantees or limitations of the timber quantities to be designated for cutting under the terms of this contract.

BT3.0—RATES OF PAYMENT

BT3.1 Current Contract Rates. Included Timber that is Released for Cutting shall be paid for at Current Contract Rates determined under this Section. “Current Contract Rates” shall be Flat Rates. Flat Rates shall be those listed in AT4 or Timber/Product Removal Price Schedule. In the event contract time is adjusted, Current Contract Rates shall be continued in the same manner as immediately prior to the adjustment period. In addition, Required Deposits shall be made as listed in AT4 and CT5.32.

BT3.4 Other Payment Rates.

BT3.41 Material and Quantities Not in AT2. Incidental amounts of products or portions of trees of species listed on AT2 that do not meet Utilization Standards may be removed without charge. Such material may be purposely removed in more than incidental amounts without charge upon written approval of Contracting Officer, and subject to agreement on deposits if needed for road maintenance and use. Other species or products not listed in AT2 may be cut and removed upon written approval of Contracting Officer and subject to agreement on rates of payment. Timber for which the quantity is not included in the estimate, shall be paid for at Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits. When any material suitable for use in a product form included in AT2 is removed in another product form, the rates of payment shall be not less than but approximately equivalent to Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits.

BT3.42 Timber Cut Through Mistake. Undesignated timber meeting Utilization Standards, cut by Contractor through mistake and included by Contracting Officer under BT2.14, shall be removed and paid for at Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits, unless such material is not listed in AT2. In such event, Contracting Officer, in accord with standard Forest Service methods, shall establish rates to be paid.

BT3.44 Undesignated Timber Damaged Without Negligence. Undesignated timber meeting Utilization Standards, damaged without negligence by Contractor and designated by Forest Service under BT2.131, shall be cut, removed, and paid for at Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits.

BT3.45 Undesignated Timber Unnecessarily Damaged or Negligently or Willfully Cut. Undesignated timber meeting Utilization Standards and unnecessarily damaged or negligently or willfully cut by Contractor, if included by Forest Service under BT2.132, shall be cut, removed, and paid for at Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits that are in addition to liquidated damages under BT3.46. If such timber is of a species or size not listed in AT2 or is of a quality different from designated timber, Contracting Officer shall establish payment rates in accord with standard Forest Service methods.

BT3.46 Liquidated Damages. Unnecessary damage to or negligent or willful cutting of undesignated timber, as described in BT3.45, on portions of Contract Area cut over under this contract is likely to cause substantial silvicultural or other damage to the National Forest. It will be difficult, if not impossible, to determine the amount of such damage. Therefore, Contractor shall pay as fixed, agreed, and liquidated damages an amount equivalent to the amount payable at Current Contract Rates.

If designated by Contracting Officer, Contractor shall remove such damaged or cut timber and pay for it at Current Contract Rates.

BT4.0—PAYMENTS

BT4.1 Amount Payable for Timber. Except as provided in BT3.1, Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits in effect when a Payment Unit is Released for Cutting shall be applied to the timber quantities to determine the amount Contractor shall pay. A “Payment Unit” is a portion of Contract Area established for payment purposes.

BT4.2 Integrated Resource Account. “Integrated Resource Account” is an account maintained by Forest Service of all Contractor’s deposits, credits, payment guarantees, and the charges for:

(a) Timber at Current Contract Rates.

(b) Slash disposal and road maintenance at Required Deposit rates.

(c) Stewardship Credits established; and

(d) Other charges provided in this contract.

Cash deposits and Stewardship Credits earned shall be recorded currently in such account. Charges for Payment Units Released for Cutting shall be made when Forest Service prepares and furnishes to Contractor periodic statements of quantity and value of such timber. Charges shall be made according to BT3.4 when trees are subsequently Marked or designated for cutting. Charges against Stewardship Credits shall be limited to timber value in excess of Required Deposits. Required Deposits, and Other Charges shall be paid in cash.

BT4.21 Cash Deposits. Within the limitations of this Subsection, Contractor shall make cash deposits to meet Contractor’s obligations within 15 days of billing by Forest Service. Deposits shall be made to Forest Service, U.S.D.A., by mail or delivery to the address to be furnished by Forest Service. Forest Service shall explain the bill at the time it requests each deposit.

BT4.215 Deposits When Payment Guaranteed. To the extent payment guarantee is provided under Clause entitled, “PRODUCT PAYMENT GUARANTEE” requirements for advance cash deposits shall be waived for the value of Products on Contract Area that has been Released for Cutting, but not removed, and for the value of Products removed from contract area, up to limit of remaining stewardship credits to be earned and exchanged for value of included product except for Required Deposits and Associated Charges. Associated charges shall be waived for not more than one monthly billing period.

BT4.218 Cooperative Deposits. On a basis of cooperation or assistance (16 USC 572) and by a written agreement, Forest Service shall perform all or portions of the work that Contractor is obligated to perform under this contract, as well as furnish other Services in connection with activities under this contract. When Forest Service is to perform such work, Contractor shall make one or more deposits to cover the estimated cost of the work. On request of Contractor, Forest Service shall render monthly accounts, as may be specified in such agreement.

BT4.24 Refund after Final Charges for Released Timber. Any cash deposit, in excess of that re-quired to meet charges under BT4.2, shall be refunded or transferred within 15 days of Contractor’s request after final charges for Included Timber have been made, except for amounts estimated to be required under BT9.5.

BT4.4 Payments Not Received. (a) Payments are due and payable on the date of issue indicated on the bill for collection.

When a payment for timber cut and other charges is not received at the location designated by Forest Service by the date specified in the bill for collection for receipt of payment, Contracting Officer will suspend all or any part of Contractor’s Operations until payment or acceptable payment guarantee is received. Other charges include, but are not limited to:

(i) Slash disposal, road maintenance, and contract Scaling deposits;

(ii) Cooperative work at rates established by specific agreement under B4.218; and

(iii) Other mandatory deposits.

(b) Failure to pay amounts due by the date specified in the bill for collection for receipt of payment shall be considered non-compliance. The non-compliance shall be remedied within 30-days which begins to run as of the end of business on the date specified for receipt of payments. If the performance or payment is guaranteed by surety bond, the surety will receive a copy of the written notification of non-compliance. Demand will be made on the surety or other institution providing the guarantee or bond instrument for immediate payment 10 days after issuance of written notification of the noncompliance.

(c) Pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, as amended, if payment is not received by Forest Service within 15 days after the date of issue indicated on the bill for collection:

(i) Simple interest shall be assessed at the Current Value of Funds Rate as established by the Secretary of the Treasury. Interest will begin to accrue as of the date of issue indicated on the initial bill for collection.

(ii) Debtors will be assessed administrative charges, in addition to the delinquent amount due. Administrative charges are those additional costs incurred by the Government in processing, handling, and collecting delinquent debts.

(iii) A penalty charge of six (6) percent per annum will be assessed on any portion of a debt delinquent more than 90 days. This penalty charge is in addition to interest and administrative charges under paragraphs (c)(i) and (c)(ii).

The penalty charge shall accrue from the date of issue indicated on the bill for collection and shall be assessed on all outstanding amounts, including interest and administrative costs assessed under paragraphs (c)(i) and (c)(ii).

(iv) Payments will be credited on the date received by the Federal Depository or Collection Officer designated on the bill for collection.

(d) Forest Service remedies for Contractor’s failure to make payment for timber cut and other charges when due, except for accrual of interest, suspension of all or any part of Contractor’s Operations, and administrative offset, shall be stayed for so long as:

(i) A bona fide dispute exists as to Contractor’s obligation to make such payment and

(ii) Contractor files and prosecutes a timely Claim.

BT5.0—TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

BT5.1 Authorization. Contractor is authorized to construct and maintain roads, bridges, and other transportation facilities, as needed for harvesting Included Timber and completing stewardship service items on National Forest and other lands where Forest Service has such authority. Maintenance shall be governed by Appendix C. Road reconstruction shall be governed by Appendix D. The location and clearing widths of all Temporary Roads or facilities shall be agreed to in writing before construction is started. “Temporary Roads” are roads other than roads listed in Appendix D that are constructed by Contractor for the purpose of harvesting Included Timber or completing stewardship service items. Contractor is authorized to cut and use for construction, without charge, construction timber designated by agreement.

BT5.12 Use of Roads by Contractor. Except as provided herein, Contractor is authorized to use existing National Forest system roads when Forest Service determines that such use will not cause damage to the roads or National Forest resources. CT5.12# lists existing roads shown on Contract Area Map that for such reasons as limitations in structural capacity, safety, and protection of soil, water, and roads:

(a) Cannot be used for log hauling or

(b) May be used only under the restrictive limitations stated therein.

BT6.0—OPERATIONS

BT6.3 Control of Operations. Under this contract, “Contractor’s Operations” shall include activities of or use of equipment of Contractor, Contractor’s employees, agents, Subcontractors, or their employees or agents, acting in the course of their employment in operations hereunder on National Forest lands or within Forest Service protection boundary (unless acting under the immediate supervision of Forest Service).

Contractor’s Operations shall be conducted in a workmanlike and orderly manner. The timing of required Forest Service designation of work on the ground and the performance of other Forest Service work shall not be such as to cause unnecessary delay to Contractor.

“Release for Cutting” is written authorization to Contractor to begin cutting in a Payment Unit. Upon Contractor’s request for release of a Payment Unit, Forest Service shall either:

(a) Give tentative approval and bill Contractor as necessary or

(b) Reject the request, stating reasons for rejection.

When payment or payment guarantee has been confirmed, Forest Service shall issue Release for Cutting within 10 days.

Contractor shall not cut timber in any Payment Unit until it is Released for Cutting.

BT6.33 Safety. Contractor’s Operations shall facilitate Forest Service’s safe and practical inspection of Contractor’s Operations and conduct of other official duties on Contract Area. Contractor has all responsibility for compliance with safety requirements for Contractor's employees.

In the event that Contracting Officer identifies a conflict between the requirements of this contract or agreed upon methods of proceeding hereunder and State or Federal safety requirements, the contract shall be modified and Contractor may request an adjustment in Current Contract Rates to compensate for the changed conditions.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, when Contractor’s Operations are in progress adjacent to or on Forest Service controlled roads and trails open to public travel, Contractor shall furnish, install, and maintain all temporary traffic controls that provide the user with adequate warning of hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions associated with Contractor’s Operations.

Contractor and Forest Ser-vice shall agree to a specific Traffic Control Plan for each individual project prior to commencing operations. Devices shall be appropriate to current conditions and shall be covered or removed when not needed. Except as otherwise agreed, flagmen and devices shall be as specified in the “Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways” (MUTCD) and as shown on Plans, Contract Area Map, Traffic Control Plan, or in specifications attached hereto.

BT6.341 Prevention Of Oil Discharges. If Contractor maintains storage facilities for oil or oil products on Contract Area, Contractor shall take appropriate preventative measures to ensure that any harmful discharge of such oil or oil products does not enter into or upon any navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or other waters of the United States, as prescribed in 40 CFR 110. As soon as Contractor has knowledge that measures, as described in the Sanitation and Servicing clause fail to prevent a discharge into or upon navigable waters or adjoining shorelines of the United States, Contractor shall notify the Contract Officer or Contract Officer Representative, the National Response Center and any other appropriate State agencies. In accordance with 40 CFR 110.6, all harmful discharges that occur as a direct or indirect result of Contractor’s operations, regardless of whether such discharges are caused by Contractor’s employees, agents, Subcontractors, or their employees or agents, directly or indirectly, as a result of Contractor’s Operations must be reported.

Harmful discharges of oil are those that violate applicable State water quality standards, cause a film or sheen on the water’s surface, or leave sludge or emulsion beneath the surface of the water or adjoining shorelines regardless of the amount of material discharged (40 CFR 110.3). As such reporting is not triggered by the amount of the discharge but by the presence of the criteria prescribed in 40 CFR 110.3. Harmful discharges meeting the criteria in 40 CFR 110 must be reported by Contractor. Contractor shall take whatever initial action may be safely accomplished to control all reportable discharges.

Appropriate actions include but are not limited to containment, sorbents or dispersants as needed or as prescribed by the

Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan pursuant to 40 CFR 112. Contractor shall prepare a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures (SPCC) Plan pursuant to EPA requirements as stated in 40 CFR 112 when the following conditions are met:

(a) Contractor maintains above ground storage facilities, including mobile storage, for oil or oil products on the Contract Area and the total storage capacity for these products exceeds 1,320 gallons in either a single container of greater than 1,320 gallons, or in multiple containers of 55 gallons or greater, and

(b) there is a reasonable expectation that a harmful discharge could reach navigable waters of the United States, adjoining shorelines or other waters as prescribed in 40 CFR 112.

Reasonable expectation for a discharge reaching navigable waters is based on the location of the storage facility to streams, ditches, gullies, or permanent water bodies that could be impacted as well as drainage patterns, soil conditions, precipitation runoff and the volume of material potentially spilled. The SPCC Plan shall outline measures which will prevent discharges from reaching navigable waters, adjoining shorelines, or other waters of the United States. According to §112.1(d)(1)(i), the determination of reasonable expectation for a harmful discharge must be based solely upon consideration of the geographical and locational aspects of the facility. If a Contractor makes a determination that, due to the location, the facility cannot reasonably be expected to discharge oil as described in §112.1(b), Contractor should be prepared to provide the rationale and any supporting documentation, if requested by the Contracting Officer, that explains why the facility does not have an SPCC Plan.

BT6.342 Hazardous Substances. Contractor shall notify the National Response Center and Contracting Officer of all releases of reportable quantities of hazardous substances on or in the vicinity of Contract Area that are caused by Contractor’s employees, agents, Subcontractors or their employees or agents, directly or indirectly, as a result of Contractor’s Operations, in accordance with 40 CFR 302.

BT6.36 Acceptance of Work. Upon Contractor’s written request and assurance that work has been completed, Forest Service shall perform an inspection within 5 days, excluding weekends and Federal holidays, so as not to delay unnecessarily the progress of Contractor’s Operations. Such a request may be for acceptance of:

(a) Specific requirements on a Payment Unit (such as logging, slash disposal, erosion control, or snag felling); or

(b) All contract requirements on a Payment Unit.

Forest Service may perform such inspections without request from Contractor.

Within 2 days of inspection, excluding weekends and Federal holidays, Forest Service shall furnish Contractor with written notice either of acceptance or of work remaining to be done.

In the event that Forest Service is unable to make such inspection within 5 days of Contractor’s request, Contractor shall be notified in writing of necessity for postponement and time when inspection can be made.

BT6.4 Conduct of Logging. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, Contractor shall fell trees designated for cutting and shall remove the portions that meet Utilization Standards, as provided in BT2.2, prior to acceptance of Payment Unit for completion of logging. Forest Service may make exceptions for occasional trees inadvertently not cut or trees or pieces not removed for good reason, including possible damage to forest resources or gross economic impracticability at the time of removal of other timber. Logging shall be conducted in accordance with the following, unless other clauses set forth requirements to meet special or unusual logging conditions:

BT6.41 Felling and Bucking. Felling shall be done to minimize breakage of Included Timber and damage to residual timber. Unless agreed otherwise, felling shall be done by saws or shears. Bucking shall be done to permit removal of all minimum pieces set forth in AT2. Contractor may buck out cull material when necessary to produce pieces meeting Utilization Standards. Such bucked out material shall contain a minimum amount of sound wood, not in excess of the net Measure in percentage of gross Measure, or based on the merchantability factor, whichever is stated in AT2. If necessary to assess extent of defect, Contractor shall make sample saw cuts or wedges.

BT6.411 Felling in Clearings. Insofar as ground conditions, tree lean, and shape of clearings permit, trees shall be felled so that their tops do not extend outside Clearcutting Units, construction clearings, and areas of regeneration cutting.

BT6.412 Stump Heights. Stumps shall not exceed, on the side adjacent to the highest ground, the maximum heights set forth in AT6 except that occasional stumps of greater heights are acceptable when Contractor determines that they are necessary for safe and efficient conduct of logging. Unless otherwise agreed, Contractor shall re-cut high stumps so they will not exceed heights specified in AT6 and shall dispose of severed portions in the same manner as other logging debris.

The stump heights shown in AT6 were selected with the objective of maximum reasonable utilization of the timber, unless Contract Area Map shows special areas where stump heights are lower for aesthetic, land treatment, or silvicultural reasons.

BT6.414 Limbing. When Forest Service determines it is necessary to minimize damage to the residual stand during skidding, Contractor shall cut exposed limbs from products prior to skidding. Contractor may leave un-cut those limbs that cannot be cut with reasonable safety.

BT6.42 Skidding and Yarding. Methods of skidding or yarding specified for particular areas, if any, are indicated on Contract Area Map. Outside Clearcutting Units and construction clearings, insofar as ground conditions permit, products shall not be skidded against reserve trees or groups of reproduction and tractors shall be equipped with a winch to facilitate skidding.

BT6.421 Rigging. Insofar as practicable, needed rigging shall be slung on stumps or trees designated for cutting.

BT6.422 Landings and Skid Trails. Location of all landings, tractor roads, and skid trails shall be agreed upon prior to their construction. The cleared or excavated size of landings shall not exceed that needed for efficient skidding and loading operations.

BT6.433 Skidding on Roads. Products may be skidded on permanent roads authorized for hauling only by prior written agreement.

BT6.424 Arches and Dozer Blades. Skidding tractors equipped with pull-type arches or dozer blades wider than tractor width or C-frame width, whichever is greater, shall not be used in residual timber outside Clearcutting Units and other authorized clearings, except on constructed tractor roads or landings, unless there is written agreement that residual timber will not be damaged materially by such use.

BT6.63 Temporary Roads. As necessary to attain stabilization of roadbed and fill slopes of Temporary Roads, Contractor shall employ such measures as out-sloping, drainage dips, and water-spreading ditches.

After a Temporary Road has served Contractor’s purpose, Contractor shall give notice to Forest Service and shall remove bridges and culverts, eliminate ditches, out-slope roadbed, remove ruts and berms, effectively block the road to normal vehicular traffic where feasible under existing terrain conditions, and build cross ditches and water bars, as staked or otherwise marked on the ground by Forest Service. When bridges and culverts are removed, associated fills shall also be removed to the extent necessary to permit normal maximum flow of water.

BT6.64 Landings. After landings have served Contractor’s purpose, Contractor shall ditch and slope them to permit water to drain or spread. Unless agreed otherwise, cut and fill banks around landings shall be sloped to remove overhangs and otherwise minimize erosion.

BT6.65 Skid Trails and Fire Lines. Contractor shall construct cross ditches and water-spreading ditches on tractor roads and skid trails, where staked or otherwise marked on the ground by Forest Service. Forest Service shall designate cross ditching on Contractor-built fire lines prior to or during construction. By agreement, Contractor may use other comparable erosion control measures, such as backblading skid trails, in lieu of cross ditching.

BT6.66 Current Operating Areas. Where logging, road construction, or other stewardship project work is in progress but not completed, unless agreed otherwise, Contractor shall, before operations cease annually, remove all temporary log culverts and construct temporary cross drains, drainage ditches, dips, berms, culverts, or other facilities needed to control erosion.

Such protection shall be provided, prior to end of October 31, for all disturbed, unprotected ground that is not to be disturbed further prior to end of operations each year, including roads and associated fills, tractor roads, skid trails, and fire lines.

When weather permits operations November 1, through April 30, Contractor shall keep such work on any additional disturbed areas as up to date as practicable.

BT6.67 Erosion Control Structure Maintenance. During the period of this contract, Contractor shall provide maintenance of soil erosion control structures con-structed by Contractor until they become stabilized, but not for more than 1 year after their construction. Contractor shall not be responsible for repair of such structures damaged by other National Forest users whose activities are not a part of Contractor’s Operations.

BT6.7 Slash Disposal. Contractor’s timing of product removal and preparatory work shall not unnecessarily delay slash disposal. Specific slash disposal measures to be employed by Contractor are stated elsewhere herein and are in addition to Required Deposits for slash disposal.

BT6.8 Measuring. “Measuring” is the estimation of timber quantities using certain dimensions and applicable volume tables or formulae to determine the contents of trees or stands in a standard manner. Sampling may be on an individual tree or area basis. Examples of standard procedures are tree measurement, sample tree measurement, and area estimate. The quantity of timber designated or to be designated for cutting has been or shall be Measured, as specified in this contract

BT6.842 Product Identification. For contracts west of the 100th meridian, before removal from Contract Area, unless Contracting Officer determines that circumstances warrant a written waiver or adjustment, Contractor shall:

(a) Hammer brand all products that are eight (8) feet or more in length and one-third (1/3) or more sound, on each end that is seven (7) inches or more in diameter.

(b) West of the 100th meridian, paint with a spot of highway-yellow paint all domestic processing products that are eight (8) feet or more in length and one-third (1/3) or more sound, on each end that is seven (7) inches or more in diameter. Each paint spot must be not less than three (3) square inches in size.

Contracting Officer shall assign brands and, if Contract Area is within a State that maintains a log brand register, brands shall be registered with the State. Contractor shall use assigned brand exclusively on logs from this contract until Contracting Officer releases brand. Contractor will furnish and apply highway-yellow paint of a lasting quality (oil-base or equivalent).

All hammer brands and/or highway-yellow paint must remain on logs until they are domestically processed. Contractor shall replace identifying marks if they are lost, re-moved, or become unreadable. Contractor may remanufacture products into different log lengths. Except for logs remanufactured as part of the mill in-feed process immediately before processing, remanufactured products must be rebranded with the assigned contract brand and repainted with highway-yellow paint, unless otherwise agreed to in writing by Contracting Officer. For such remanufactured products, Contracting Officer may approve use of a brand to be used exclusively as a catch brand, in lieu of the assigned contract brand.

BT8.0—OTHER CONDITIONS

BT8.1 Title and Liability.

BT8.11 Title Passage. All right, title, and interest in and to any Included Timber shall remain in Forest Service until it has been Measured, removed from Contract Area or other authorized cutting area, and paid for, at which time title shall vest in Contractor. Payment Units Released under the terms of clause Product Payment Guarantee, shall be considered to have been paid for. Title to any Included Timber that has been Measured and paid for, but not removed from Contract Area or other authorized cutting area by Contractor on or prior to contract termination, shall remain in Forest Service.

BT8.12 Liability for Loss. If Included Timber is destroyed or damaged by an unexpected event that significantly changes the nature of Included Timber, such as fire, wind, flood, insects, disease, or similar cause, the party holding title shall bear the timber value loss resulting from such destruction or damage; except that such losses caused by insect or disease after felling of timber shall be borne by Contractor, unless Contractor is prevented from removing such timber for reasons by the Forest Service. Deterioration or loss of value of salvage timber is not an unexpected event.

In the event Included Timber to which Forest Service holds title is destroyed, Contractor will not be obligated to remove and pay for such timber. In the event Included Timber to which Forest Service holds title is damaged, Contracting Officer shall make an appraisal to determine for each species the difference between the appraised unit value of Included Timber immediately prior to the value loss and the appraised unit value of timber after the loss. Current Contract Rates in effect at the time of the value loss shall be adjusted by differences to become the redetermined rates.

There shall be no obligation for Forest Service to supply, or for Contractor to accept and pay for, other timber in lieu of that destroyed or damaged. This Subsection shall not be construed to relieve either party of liability for negligence.

BT8.32 Modification for Catastrophe. In event of Catastrophic Damage, Forest Service, in consultation with Contractor, shall outline on Contract Area Map:

(a) Any areas of catastrophe-affected live and dead timber meeting Utilization Standards and having undesignated timber so situated that it should be logged with the designated timber;

(b) If needed, any such areas where the damaged undesignated timber can reasonably be logged separately; and

(c) Areas of affected or unaffected timber that are to be eliminated from Contract Area.

Forest Service shall locate and post the boundaries of all such areas, as needed.

After Contract Area Map has been outlined under this Subsection, Forest Service may propose contract modification to permit the harvest of catastrophe-affected timber. If Contractor accepts Forest Service proposed modifications, this contract shall be modified per FAR 52.212-4 and other related revisions as necessary, such as revision of Operating Schedule to ensure prompt removal of affected timber when necessary to avoid further loss and provision for additional contract time, if needed.

BT8.5 Sale of Other Materials. Forest Service reserves the right to sell from Contract Area during the period of this contract any materials or products not subject to its terms, but shall not permit removal, possession, or use thereof that will materially interfere with Contractor’s Operations. Contractor shall not be obligated to do any work made necessary by the action of others.

B9.0—PERFORMANCE AND SETTLEMENT

B9.5 Settlement. If obligations of Contractor have not been fully discharged by Period of Performance, any money advanced or deposited hereunder shall be retained and applied toward unfulfilled obligations of Contractor without prejudice to any other rights or remedies of Forest Service. Such funds may be treated as cooperative deposits under B4.218 for uncompleted work 30 days after receipt of written notice from Contracting Officer to Contractor of work to be done and Contractor’s failure to deny the obligation or to do the work.

B9.6 Contract Closure. Contracting Officer shall give appropriate written notice to Contractor when Contractor has complied with the terms of this contract. Contractor shall be paid refunds due from Integrated Resource Account under B4.24 and excess cooperative deposits under B4.218.

CT2.30# - CUTTING UNIT BOUNDARIES. (7/22) Notwithstanding BT2.3, the boundaries of cutting units, or portions of cutting units, are identified as shown on the Cutting Unit Boundary Designation Table below and the Contract Area Map.

Cutting Unit Boundary Designation Table

Cutting Unit(s) 1/ Paint Color 2/

Designation Method 3/

Description 4/

141,145,146, 181,182,183, 900

Orange Marked Boundary trees are marked with three vertical stripes on three sides of the tree. Two stripes face the direction of adjacent boundary marked trees and extend from ground level to approximately eye level in height. A shorter stripe faces the area of cutting.

Marked boundary trees shall not be cut.

Discernable Boundaries are boundary locations that are readily identifiable features on the ground in locations shown on the Contract Area Map.

A Geo-Fence is a location on the ground corresponding to the boundary location shown on a mobile mapping device using a Global Positioning System (GPS) Receiver using the digital vector file/shapefile named 5/_________________NA______ and dated 6/________NA_____________. The digital vector file/shapefile will be provided to the Contractor by the Forest Service. A digital list of the coordinates can be provided upon request.

Included Timber is located within and not past the boundary as shown on the mobile mapping device using the digital vector file/shapefile listed above.