2. Cedar DxP IRSC Appendix A_DRAFT.pdf

Cedar DxP IRSC Willamette National Forest Page 1 of 28 Middle Fork Ranger District

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APPENDIX A

TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR SERVICE WORK ITEMS

SECTION I – DESCRIPTION OF WORK:

The objectives of this project reduce the risks of hazardous fuels that have fallen across or remain standing along important access routes of the 2022 Cedar Creek fire-affected road system so that access to and through the burned area can be restored. Activities include performing mitigation of risk along road from fire killed/damaged trees, reduction of roadside fuel accumulation and essential maintenance and reconstruction of roads.

• Cut and Remove Included Timber within 100 feet of roads on Roadside Units in the Contract Area.

• Cut and Remove Included Timber within the Waldo Lake Units in the Contract Area.

• Fall and Leave Hazard Trees Units consisting of falling hazardous fire-killed and injured trees within site tree height distances from the roads.

• Slash Disposal treatment within 0-30 feet of roads from the Contract Area, and within the Waldo Lake Units, and an optional item for slash disposal treatment within 30-100 feet of the roads.

• Road Reconstruction within the Contract Area.

• Road Maintenance within the Contract Area.

• Remove & Deliver 7,000 Fish Logs to Deck Locations.

• Suppression Repair treatments for Dozer Line repair, Log Landing repair, and Slash Treatments 0-30 feet from the road. All Suppression Repair treatments are optional items.

SECTION II – WORK ITEMS

Mandatory Item 1: Cut and Remove Included Timber on 1,297 Acres (Roadside Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57:

• Cut and Remove Included Timber that meets Division A, Appendix B specifications within 100 feet of the road edge in all areas (outside and within Riparian Reserves, Special Measure Area (SMA), etc.). See C2.355# Designation By Prescription for included timber specifications for cut and remove.

• See specifications as Indicators of Hazardous Fuel Trees in Appendix B, C2.355# - Designation by Prescription.

• Included Timber outside of the Riparian Reserves consists of trees that are within 100 feet of the road edge.

All material will be removed to meet fuels standards, with the exception of 7-10 of the largest trees per acre will be retained to meet the downed wood requirement.

• Operations during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, can only occur on the roads listed in C6.42#. Wet season operations may only occur after required road reconstruction is completed prior to September 15.

• Road Maintenance- See Appendix C for Road Maintenance requirements.

• Road Maintenance activities will occur during the dry season (May 31 to September 14) with the exception of pre-identified wet weather operation roads. Wet weather operation roads can have “during haul maintenance “ specifications implemented outside of the dry season as identified in C5.31.

• A proportional amount of trees removed from Riparian Reserves will go to aquatic restoration projects. As the project occurs,15% of the treated volume will be decked for stream restoration until 7,000 logs are acquired.

o Logs may include merchantable logs within Decay class 1 and 2; decay classes 3,4, and 5 are not acceptable. Fire damaged dead and dying trees with or without significant amounts of char are acceptable. Only conifer trees are acceptable, no more than 1500 logs may be Mountain Hemlock species.

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Mandatory Item 2: Non-Commercial Danger Tree Felling Within 100 feet From Road Edge on 1,297 acres (Roadside Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57:

• Fall all non-commercial hazardous fuels that can strike road within 100 feet from road edge.

• See C2.355# Designation By Prescription for cutting specifications

• Operations during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, are prohibited, with the exception of hand falling.

Mandatory Item 3: Danger Tree Felling Beyond 100 feet From Road Edge on 684 Acres (Roadside Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57:

• Fall and leave hazard trees that can strike road outside of the 100 foot fuels removal area.

• Trees felled towards the 100 foot removal area must be left on site and will count towards the downed wood requirement.

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• See C2.355# Designation By Prescription for cutting specifications

• Operations during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, are prohibited, with the exception of hand falling.

Mandatory Item 4: Cut and Remove Included Timber & Slash Disposal on 80.3 acres (Waldo Units) Units Waldo1, Waldo2, Waldo3, Waldo4, and Waldo5

• Cut and Remove Included Timber that meets Division A, Appendix B specifications for the Waldo Units (outside and within Riparian Reserves, Special Measure Area (SMA), etc.). See C2.355# Designation By Prescription for included timber specifications for cut and remove.

• See specifications as Indicators of Hazardous Fuel Trees in Appendix B, C2.355# - Designation by Prescription.

• All material will be removed to meet fuels standards, with the exception of the downed wood retention requirement. Trees can be removed from the site, chipped, or a contractor proposal accepted by the forest service.

• Operations during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, are prohibited, with the exception of hand falling.

• No more than 3 downed trees within a single campsite are allowed.

• Slash Disposal includes cut trees less than 16-inch DBH and trees greater than 16 inches that do not meet

Division A, Appendix B specifications.

• Slash can be treated using a variety of methods, however lop and scatter is not allowed within the Waldo units.

Fuel treatment methods will be determined according to site specific conditions. Offeror shall include all proposed methods or combination of methods to accomplish this work and the best method will be agreed to by Forest Service.

• If the offeror chooses to chip, material may be chipped and left on site or hauled off National Forest Land.

Material chipped and left on site shall be dispersed and discontinous to a depth not to exceed 2 inches measured from the forest floor.

• Contractor shall pile, burn, yard, construct fire lines or otherwise treat slash defined in C6.74# (below), within designated areas. Work required of Contractor shall be in accordance with the following slash plan and specifications, and the Contract Area Map.

SPECIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO C6.74# (OPTION 1)- SLASH TREATMENT (06/08)

Contractor responsibilities are as follows:

• All fuel treatments shall be completed within one year from when trees are fallen (See photo series below for visual standards).

• Unless agreed to by the contracting officer, complete fuels treatments including chipping, construction of hazardous fuels slash piles, and/or remove decks within one year of hazard tree treatments.

• Limit wood chip depth to less than about 2 inches, discontinuous, to avoid soil nutrient imbalances, excess surface fuel loading, and interference with the establishment of vegetation. Lop and scatter to a maximum of 16 inches (discontinuous).

• Finer fuels less than 16 inches in diameter can be chipped, lopped, scattered, piled, and/or removed to meet fuels standards within 100 feet of the roadway.

Post Treatment Fuel Loading Maximums Diameter Tons Per Acre

0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

3 to 9 inches 8 to 12

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9 to 16 inches 18 to 20

SLASH PILING REQUIREMENTS

I. Machine Piling Roadside Clean-up Slash (Included Covering)

A. Slash to be piled

• The purchaser is responsible for machine or hand piling all activity generated fuels. Activity created material between 1/2 inch and 6 inches in diameter and at least 4 feet long is to be piled.

This may include chunks, broken tops and limbs, branches, rotten wood, brush, and saplings or poles created by any type of vegetative cutting or clearing.

• Along roadside treatment units, activity generated fuels will be piled at all landings, and within 100 feet from the edge of roads. This will include piling within 100 feet from both sides of the roads where the Subdivision is on both sides of the road. The machine used to grapple pile the slash shall stay on the road surface.

• For safe and efficient operations at landings on fs roads, any additional larger unutilized material (over 6 inches diameter outside bark on the small end, and at least 6 feet in length) shall be stacked in a parallel position in or beside the same pile as the larger top material or can be incorporated into machine piles.

B. Location of piles

• Piles will be located so as to minimize damage to standing green trees during burning. Unless otherwise approved by Forest Service, piles will be constructed to be equal distance between the boles of standing green trees, or at least 20 feet from a standing green tree where the trees are farther apart. Piles will not be placed where they will interfere with functioning of drainage structures, ditches, or stream channels.

• For Waldo Units 1-5, do not construct slash piles within 30 feet of a roadway or trail or within 100’ of a campsite.

• Do not construct slash piles within 0.25 miles of Northern Spotted Owl Nesting Habitat or Nest patches. Chipping within thes areas may be a viable alternative.

C. Construction method - Covering method and size of piles

• Piles may be constructed by machine or by hand. Machines must stay on the road prism. Machine piles shall be constructed using a ‘lift and stack’ method using equipment with a hydraulic mechanism capable of constructing piles that are compact and free of dirt and rocks. Completed piles shall be approximately equal in height and width.

• All piles shall be covered with 4 mil thick polyethylene plastic sheeting. Plastic shall cover 80% of each pile. Plastic shall be placed over the top of the pile, draping down evenly on all sides.

Corners of the plastic shall be secured, and an adequate amount of burnable material shall be placed on top to ensure the plastic will not blow away or shift in high winds.

D. Piling of fuels intended for burning must be 45’ from dry channels, 75’ from wetted channels, and no piling of fuels within 170’ of Listed Fish Habitat.

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E. Special Measure Areas (SMAs) that are designated on Contract Area Map will be protected from all ground disturbing equipment. Hazardous fuels >16 inches will be felled and left on site. Avoid slash piling within known sites of high priority invasive plants. Avoid dragging logs through high-priority invasive plant sites when possible.

• Use of heavy equipment during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, is prohibited.

Maximum acceptable fuel loads for Fine Fuels

Diameter Tons per acre 0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

Mandatory Item 5: Slash Disposal 0-30 Feet From Road Edge on 411 Acres (Roadside Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57:

• Slash Disposal includes cut trees less than 16-inch DBH and trees greater than 16 inches that do not meet Division A, Appendix B specifications.

• Slash Disposal is within 30 feet on each side of the road edge within and outside Riparian Reserves (C6.74# Slash Treatment Requirement).

• Slash can be treated using a variety of methods. Fuel treatment methods will be determined according to site specific conditions. Offeror shall include all proposed methods or combination of methods to accomplish this work and the best method will be agreed to during implementation.

• Contractor shall pile, burn, yard, construct fire lines or otherwise treat slash defined in C6.74# (below), within designated areas. Work required of Contractor shall be in accordance with the following slash plan and

• All fuel treatments shall be completed within one year from when trees are fallen (See photo series below for visual standards).

• Unless agreed to by the contracting officer, complete fuels treatments including chipping, construction of hazardous fuels slash piles, and/or remove decks within one year of hazard tree treatments.

• Limit wood chip depth to less than about 2 inches, discontinuous, to avoid soil nutrient imbalances, excess surface fuel loading, and interference with the establishment of vegetation. Lop and scatter to a maximum of 16 inches (discontinuous).

• Finer fuels less than 16 inches in diameter can be chipped, lopped, scattered, piled, and/or removed to meet fuels standards within 100 feet of the roadway.

0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

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Diameter Tons Per Acre

This may include chunks, broken tops and limbs, branches, rotten wood, brush, and saplings or poles created by any type of vegetative cutting or clearing.

• Along roadside treatment units, activity generated fuels will be piled at all landings, and within 100 feet from the edge of roads. This will include piling within 100 feet from both sides of the roads where the Subdivision is on both sides of the road. The machine used to grapple pile the slash shall stay on the road surface.

• For safe and efficient operations at landings on fs roads, any additional larger unutilized material (over 6 inches diameter outside bark on the small end, and at least 6 feet in length) shall be boles of standing green trees, or at least 20 feet from a standing green tree where the trees are farther apart. Piles will not be placed where they will interfere with functioning of drainage structures, ditches, or stream channels.

mechanism capable of constructing piles that are compact and free of dirt and rocks. Completed piles shall be approximately equal in height and width.

• All piles shall be covered with 4 mil thick polyethylene plastic sheeting. Plastic shall cover 80% of each pile. Plastic shall be placed over the top of the pile, draping down evenly on all sides.

D. Piling of fuels intended for burning must be 45’ from dry channels, 75’ from wetted channels, and

Page 7 of 28 Middle Fork Ranger District ground disturbing equipment. Hazardous fuels >16 inches will be felled and left on site. Avoid slash piling within known sites of high priority invasive plants. Avoid dragging logs through high-priority invasive plant sites when possible.

• Additional methods of disposal and/or beneficial reuse, such as air curtain burners or biochar production may occur if approved by the Forest Service.

• Unless agreed to by the contracting officer, complete fuels treatments including chipping, construct hazardous fuels slash piles, and remove decks within one year of hazard tree treatments.

Maximum acceptable fuel loads for Fine Fuels Diameter Tons per acre 0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

Mandatory Item 6: Road Reconstruction on 114.1 Miles of Haul Route

• Road Reconstruction of Haul Routes (Refers to Schedule of Items in Road Reconstruction Package) All Units

• See Solicitation of Items & Appendix D for Itemized Mandatory Road Reconstruction requirements.

• All reconstruction road work associated with this contract shall be completed during the dry season (May 31 to

September 14).

Mandatory Item 7: Remove & Deliver 7,000 Fish Logs to Deck Locations on the 1934 road (From Roadside and Waldo Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57; Waldo1, Waldo2, Waldo3, Waldo4, Waldo5

• A proportional amount of trees removed from Riparian Reserves will go to aquatic restoration projects.

As the project occurs,15% of the treated volume will be decked for aquatic logs until 7,000 logs are acquired. The decking locations are indicated on the Contract Map and are located on Forest Road 1934-000.

• Logs may include merchantable logs within Decay classes 1 and 2; Decay classes 3,4, and 5 are not acceptable. Fire damaged dead and dying trees with or without significant amounts of char are acceptable.

• Aquatic logs will be delimbed and processed to lengths between 40 and 50ft and deck at approved locations.

• A minimum of 5,000 logs must be between 18 and 36 inches DBH, with not more than 2,000 logs within 12-18 inch DBH.

• Douglas fir is the preferred species, but other conifer species are acceptable, no hardwoods.

• No more than 1500 logs may be Mountain Hemlock species.

Decay Class Descriptions

Class 1 logs are the least decomposed, with most having leaves still attached and all having intact bark, fine twigs and branches. Logs originating from cutting may not have branches and twigs, but the cuts appear fresh and have not yet turned gray due to sun bleaching.

Class 2 logs are ones starting to decompose, leaves largely are absent, and many of the fine twigs have fallen off the larger branches. Bark is typically loose, but only starting to fall off the log. An exception would be for the genera Betula and Prunus, which tend to retain bark throughout decomposition. For all species there is evidence the surface layers of the wood are decomposing, but the inner, central region of the wood is undecayed unless previously infected with heart rots. For logs originating from cutting, the ends are gray from sun bleaching.

Class 3 logs have only a few large branches remaining, often in the form of stubs, the bark is falling off in large patches, and evidence of sloughing of sapwood is also evident. The outer wood is easily crushed by hand, although the inner portions can appear completely sound. Despite the large amount of decay, Decay Class 3 logs can support

Page 8 of 28 Middle Fork Ranger District their own weight along most of their length. For certain genera with decay resistant heartwoods, such as Calocedrus, Quercus and Thuja, decayed sapwood may fall off to the extent that relatively sound heartwood may form the outer surface.

Class 4 logs cannot support their own weight and most of their length conforms to the contours of the underlying ground. Although circular cross-sections can remain, much of the log forms an elliptical cross-section. Branches, if present, are short stubs, which move when pulled. This indicates decay has spread to the innermost portions of the log and has weakened the wood considerably. Bark, if present, is in small loose patches on the log and found in piles alongside or under the log. In the case of the genera Betula and Prunus the bark is loosely surrounding the inner, highly decomposed wood.

Class 5 logs are the most decomposed, of elliptical shape (the long axis is often many times that of the short axis) and are beginning to be incorporated into the forest floor. The wood is extremely decayed, usually in the form of cubical brown rot that can be easily crushed by hand. Bark is not evident from the surface (except for the genera Betula and Prunus), and in most cases underlies the extremely decomposed wood.

Optional Item 8: Slash Disposal- 30 to 100 Feet From Roadside on 886 acres (Roadside Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57:

Contractor shall pile, burn, yard, construct fire lines or otherwise treat slash defined in C6.7, within designated areas.

Work required of Contractor shall be in accordance with the following slash plan and specifications, and the Contract Area Map.

• All fuel treatments shall be completed within one year from when trees are fallen (See photo series below for visual standards).

• Unless agreed to by the contracting officer, complete fuels treatments including chipping, construction of hazardous fuels slash piles, and/or remove decks within one year of hazard tree treatments.

• Limit wood chip depth to less than about 2 inches, discontinuous, to avoid soil nutrient imbalances, excess surface fuel loading, and interference with the establishment of vegetation. Lop and scatter to a maximum of 16 inches (discontinuous).

• Finer fuels less than 16 inches in diameter can be chipped, lopped, scattered, piled, and/or removed to meet fuels standards within 100 feet of the roadway.

0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

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This may include chunks, broken tops and limbs, branches, rotten wood, brush, and saplings or poles created by any type of vegetative cutting or clearing.

• Along roadside treatment units, activity generated fuels will be piled at all landings, and within 100 feet from the edge of roads. This will include piling within 100 feet from both sides of the roads where the Subdivision is on both sides of the road. The machine used to grapple pile the slash shall stay on the road surface.

• For safe and efficient operations at landings on fs roads, any additional larger unutilized material (over 6 inches diameter outside bark on the small end, and at least 6 feet in length) shall be boles of standing green trees, or at least 20 feet from a standing green tree where the trees are farther apart. Piles will not be placed where they will interfere with functioning of drainage structures, ditches, or stream channels.

• For Waldo Units 1-5, do not construct slash piles within 30 feet of a roadway or trail or within 100’ of a campsite.

mechanism capable of constructing piles that are compact and free of dirt and rocks. Completed piles shall be approximately equal in height and width.

• All piles shall be covered with 4 mil thick polyethylene plastic sheeting. Plastic shall cover 80% of each pile. Plastic shall be placed over the top of the pile, draping down evenly on all sides.

D. Piling of fuels intended for burning must be 45’ from dry channels, 75’ from wetted channels, and

E. Special Measure Areas (SMAs) that are designated on Contract Area Map will be protected from all ground disturbing equipment. Hazardous fuels >16 inches will be felled and left on site. Avoid slash piling within known sites of high priority invasive plants. Avoid dragging logs through high-priority invasive plant sites when possible.

• Slash Disposal includes cut trees less than 16-inch DBH and trees greater than 16 inches that do not meet Division A, Appendix B specifications.

• Slash can be treated using a variety of methods. Fuel treatment methods will be determined according to site specific conditions. Offeror shall include all proposed methods or combination of methods to accomplish this work and the best method will be agreed to during implementation.

• If the offeror chooses to lop and scatter, material less than 3 inches in diameter shall be dispersed to a height of

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16 inches or less measured from the forest floor,

• If the offeror chooses to chip, material may be chipped and left on site or hauled off National Forest Land.

Material chipped and left on site shall be dispersed and discontinous to a depth not to exceed 2 inches measured from the forest floor.

• If the offeror chooses to construct piles, activity created material between 1/2 inch and 6 inches in diameter and at least 4 feet long is to be piled.

• Additional methods of disposal and/or beneficial reuse, such as air curtain burners or biochar production may occur if approved by the Forest Service.

• Unless agreed to by the contracting officer, complete fuels treatments including chipping, construct hazardous fuels slash piles, and remove decks within one year of hazard tree treatments.

• Use of heavy equipment during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, is prohibited. With the exception of those roads listed for wet weather operations in C6.42#.

Maximum acceptable fuel loads for Fine Fuels Diameter Tons per acre 0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

Optional Item 9: Fall and Leave Hazard Trees on 1037 Acres (Fall and Leave Units) Units 1, 2a, 4, 9a, 10, 11, 13, 18a, 19, 20, 21, 22, 26a, 29, 32a, 33, 34a, 37, 38, 39, 40a, 41, 42, 43a, 44, 46, 56, 59

• Cut only Hazardous Fuel Trees: Where slopes are less than 40%, Hazardous Fuel trees on the uphill and downhill side of the road will be felled if they are within one tree height distance of the road edge.

• Cut only Hazardous Fuel Trees: Where slopes are greater than 40%, Hazardous Fuel Trees on the uphill side of the road will be felled if they are within one and a half tree height distance of the road edge and Hazardous Fuel Trees. On the downhill side of the road trees will be felled if they are within one tree height distance of the road edge.

• Operations during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, are prohibited, with the exception of hand falling.

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Optional Item 10: Dozer Line Rehabilitation on 9.2 miles (Suppression Repair Units) Dozer Line Repair 1-9

Dozer Line Rehabilitation (Suppression Repair Units) Dozer Line Repair 1-9

Mile 9.2 Total

a) Dozer Line Repair 1- Forest Road 5883-378 Mile 0.6

b) Dozer Line Repair 2- Forest Road 5883-379 Mile 1.9

c) Dozer Line Repair 3- Forest Road 5883-500 Mile 1.4

d) Dozer Line Repair 4- Forest Road 5883-253 Mile 0.6

e) Dozer Line Repair 5- Forest Road 5883-207 Mile 0.1

f) Dozer Line Repair 6- Forest Road 5883-383 Mile 1.6

g) Dozer Line Repair 7- Forest Road 2422-220/225/279 Mile 2

h) Dozer Line Repair 8- Forest Road 2422-269 Mile 0.4

i) Dozer Line Repair 9- Forest Road 2422-306 Mile 0.6

• Berms created within suppression lines shall be pulled back and spread out to restore lines to natural contour.

• Redistribute berms, slash piles, woody debris, and windrows across fire lines at the density as the surrounding area.

• Some sections of steep slopes (>45%) may need waterbars at closer intervals than listed to adequately control runoff. The average angle to the direction of the waterbar should be 30 to 45 degrees.

Fire Line Slope % Maximum Water Bar Spacing

(feet) 2-5 300 6-10 200 11-15 150 16-20 100 21-35 75 36+ 50

• Height of water bars for dozer lines not to exceed 18 inches on slopes less than 40%. Height of water bars on dozer lines not to exceed 30 inches on slopes greater than 40%.

• Cut in the water bar – do not simply push up loose soil.

• Waterbars should direct runoff away from the burned area where possible.

• Assure that the downslope end of the water bar is clear of soil and debris and has adequate length to allow the free flow of water off the fire line.

• Logs can be incorporated into waterbars as long as they are embedded or anchored in a trench. Ensure fire end of log does not contact any organic material.

• Place slash below outlets of waterbars to help slow runoff and collect sediment.

• Locate bars at natural slope breaks. The objective is to move water off the fireline before it can build up enough energy to erode soil.

• When possible, locate bars where the outlet empties onto a resistant surface (i.e., rock or log debris).

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• Locate bar outlets so there is a buffer between them and any stream channel. Do not discharge water from the outlet directly into a stream.

• Water bar approach to stream crossings, including dry stream bed approaches. Construct outlets so there is a buffer between the outlet and the stream. Do not discharge outlet water directly into streams, including dry channels.

• Remove any fill or excess side-cast pushed into or immediately adjacent to streambeds or dry streambed channels.

• Slash shall be removed from berms and keyholes and scattered over the suppression line.

• Slash Disposal includes cut trees less than 16-inch DBH and trees greater than 16 inches that do not meet

Division A, Appendix B specifications.

• Slash Disposal is within 30 feet on each side of the road edge within and outside Riparian Reserves.

• Slash can be treated using a variety of methods. Fuel treatment methods will be determined according to site specific conditions. Offeror shall include all proposed methods or combination of methods to accomplish this work and the best method will be agreed to during implementation.

• If the offeror chooses to lop and scatter, material less than 16 inches in diameter shall be dispersed to a height of 16 inches or less measured from the forest floor,

• If the offeror chooses to chip, material may be chipped and left on site or hauled off National Forest Land.

Material chipped and left on site shall be dispersed and discontinous to a depth not to exceed 2 inches measured from the forest floor.

o No chipping into streams or along riparian zones.

o • Provide a 30-foot buffer of no chipping at any water crossings or culverts.

o • Do not place chips into any road ditch.

o • Do not chip onto steep up slopes where they will slide back into the ditch. Instead, haul chips away to an appropriate location.

o • Ensure that chips are no more than 2’’ deep.

• If the offeror chooses to construct piles, activity created material between 1/2 inch and 6 inches in diameter and at least 4 feet long is to be piled, see section C6.74#.

• Additional methods of disposal and/or beneficial reuse, such as air curtain burners or biochar production may occur if approved by the Forest Service.

• Operations during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, are prohibited.

• There are nine separate dozer lines. The solicitation asks for a quote for each dozer line.

Diameter Tons per acre 0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

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Optional Item 11: Log Landing Repair on 4 acres- (Suppression Repair Units) Log Landing Repair 1-8

Log Landing Repair (Suppression Repair Units) Log Landing Repair 1-8

Acre 4 Total

a) Log Landing Repair 1- Forest Road 2408-270

Acre 0.5

b) Log Landing Repair 2- Forest Road 5871-332

Acre 0.5

c) Log Landing Repair 3- Forest Road 5871-044 JCT

Acre 0.5

d) Log Landing Repair 4- Forest Road 5871-373 JCT

Acre 0.5

e) Log Landing Repair 5- Forest Road 5871-104 JCT

Acre 0.5

f) Log Landing Repair 6- Forest Road 5871-336 JCT

Acre 0.5

g) Log Landing Repair 7- Forest Road 5871-000

Acre 0.5

h) Log Landing Repair 8- Forest Road 5871-000

Acre 0.5

• Redistribute berms, slash piles, woody debris, and windrows across fire lines as appropriate. Do not block roads.

• Woody debris, if applicable, will be distributed. Chip remaining biomass and spread across the landing. Chip depth not to exceed 2”.

• Repair log landings- Cover log landings with available slash and logs.

• Operations during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, are prohibited.

• There are eight log landings to repair. The solicitation asks for a quote for each log landing.

Optional Item 12: Slash Disposal- 0-30 feet from Road Edge on 206.8 Acres (Suppression Repair Units) Slash Disposal 1-10

Slash Disposal- 0-30 feet From Road Edge (Suppression Repair Units) Slash Disposal 1-10

Acre 206.8 Total

a) Slash Disposal 1- Forest Road 2421-000

Acre 30

b) Slash Disposal 2- Forest Road 2422-000

Acre 81

c) Slash Disposal 3- Forest Road 5853-000

Acre 29

d) Slash Disposal 4- Forest Road 5853-378

Acre 4.4

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e) Slash Disposal 5- Forest Road 1958-305

Acre 31.2

f) Slash Disposal 6- Forest Road 2303-586

Acre 5.6

g) Slash Disposal 7- Forest Road 2307-478

Acre 5.6

h) Slash Disposal 8- Forest Road 2419-341

Acre 5.2

i) Slash Disposal 9- Forest Road 2419-346

Acre 5.3

j) Slash Disposal 310- Forest Road 2136-000

Acre 9.5

• Slash Disposal includes cut trees less than 16-inch DBH and trees greater than 16 inches that do not meet

Division A, Appendix B specifications.

• Slash Disposal is within 30 feet on each side of the road edge within and outside Riparian Reserves (C6.74#

Slash Treatment Requirement).

• Slash can be treated using a variety of methods. Fuel treatment methods will be determined according to site specific conditions. Offeror shall include all proposed methods or combination of methods to accomplish this work and the best method will be agreed to during implementation.

• If the offeror chooses to lop and scatter, material less than 16 inches in diameter shall be dispersed to a height of 16 inches or less measured from the forest floor,

• If the offeror chooses to chip, material may be chipped and left on site or hauled off National Forest Land.

Material chipped and left on site shall be dispersed and discontinous to a depth not to exceed 2 inches measured from the forest floor.

• If the offeror chooses to construct piles, activity created material between 1/2 inch and 6 inches in diameter and at least 4 feet long is to be piled.

• Contractor shall pile, burn, yard, construct fire lines or otherwise treat slash defined in C6.74# (below), within designated areas. Work required of Contractor shall be in accordance with the following slash plan and

A) All fuel treatments shall be completed within one year from when trees are fallen (See photo series below for visual standards).

B) Unless agreed to by the contracting officer, complete fuels treatments including chipping, construction of hazardous fuels slash piles, and/or remove decks within one year of hazard tree treatments.

C) Limit wood chip depth to less than about 2 inches, discontinuous, to avoid soil nutrient imbalances, excess surface fuel loading, and interference with the establishment of vegetation. Lop and scatter to a maximum of 16 inches (discontinuous).

D) Finer fuels less than 16 inches in diameter can be chipped, lopped, scattered, piled, and/or removed to meet fuels standards within 100 feet of the roadway.

0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

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This may include chunks, broken tops and limbs, branches, rotten wood, brush, and saplings or poles created by any type of vegetative cutting or clearing.

• Along roadside treatment units, activity generated fuels will be piled at all landings, and within 100 feet from the edge of roads. This will include piling within 100 feet from both sides of the roads where the Subdivision is on both sides of the road. The machine used to grapple pile the slash shall stay on the road surface.

• For safe and efficient operations at landings on fs roads, any additional larger unutilized material (over 6 inches diameter outside bark on the small end, and at least 6 feet in length) shall be boles of standing green trees, or at least 20 feet from a standing green tree where the trees are farther apart. Piles will not be placed where they will interfere with functioning of drainage structures, ditches, or stream channels.

• For Waldo Units 1-5, do not construct slash piles within 30 feet of a roadway or trail or within 100’ of a campsite.

mechanism capable of constructing piles that are compact and free of dirt and rocks. Completed piles shall be approximately equal in height and width.

• All piles shall be covered with 4 mil thick polyethylene plastic sheeting. Plastic shall cover 80% of each pile. Plastic shall be placed over the top of the pile, draping down evenly on all sides.

D. Piling of fuels intended for burning must be 45’ from dry channels, 75’ from wetted channels, and

Page 16 of 28 Middle Fork Ranger District ground disturbing equipment. Hazardous fuels >16 inches will be felled and left on site. Avoid slash piling within known sites of high priority invasive plants. Avoid dragging logs through high-priority invasive plant sites when possible.

• Additional methods of disposal and/or beneficial reuse, such as air curtain burners or biochar production may occur if approved by the Forest Service.

Maximum acceptable fuel loads for Fine Fuels Diameter Tons per acre 0 to 3 inches 7 to 11

SECTION III – CONTROL OF WORK

The Contractor agrees to conduct its operations under this contract and other related business activities in compliance with Federal, State, and local statutes, standards, orders, permits and other regulations.

The Contractor shall meet all State and local environmental quality laws applicable to National Forest system lands.

Work may be done any time during the term of the contract, except under the following conditions:

(1) When conditions are such that operations shall be restricted or ceased due to increased fire risk.

(2) When conditions are such that haul shall suspend during periods of heavy rainfall to prevent sedimentation from entering stream courses or if road use is causing road distress, road damage or environmental damage as defined in the 2016 Willamette National Forest Road Rules.

(3) When soil moisture conditions create excessive risk of damage to the soil.

(4) When snow depth creates a situation where requirements cannot be met and/or work cannot be inspected, as determined by the COR.

(5) The government reserves the right to prioritize the order in which Units are treated.

(6) If any cultural or archeological sites are discovered during operations of this contract, work will be suspended in the immediate vicinity of the site until a reconnaissance survey is completed by the Forest Archeologist.

Areas excluded from treatment shall be deleted from the contract.

(7) Use of heavy equipment during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, is prohibited. With the exception of those roads listed for wet weather operations in C6.42#.

(8) Use of heavy equipment during the wet season, defined as September 15 to May 30, is prohibited. With the exception of those roads listed for wet weather operations in C6.42#.

(9) SMA-1: Fall and leave and consult for removal.

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• All Hazardous Fuel Treatments within SMA’s shall consist of fall and leave only to protect resources.

• Removal may be allowed with the approval of the Forest Service if full suspension can be obtained.

• A 14-day notice to the Forest Service is required for operations within SMA-1.

• Fall and leave trees away from the protected resource to the greatest extent possible.

SMA-2: Fall and leave fuels greater than 16” DBH.

• Fine fuels smaller than 16” DBH shall still be treated.

• Where fuel loading exceeds fuel standards, removal of fuels larger than 16” DBH may be agreed upon on a case by case basis.

SMA-3: Seasonal restriction- No mechanical operations including chainsaw use, log/fuel decking, log and fuel yarding, loading logs and fuels on trucks, and chipping are prohibited from March 1 to July 15 within the mapped portions of a unit.

• If all activities within a unit can be completed within 24 hours this restriction can be waived by the COR.

• The restriction may be waived if surveys are completed that show the habitat is unoccupied.

• Log and fuel hauling by trucks on roads is allowed.

SECTION IV – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

For All Work Items:

At any point during the project, the Contractor and/or Project Manager may request (documented through email, text, or hand-written request) an in the field consultation with the Forest Service to inspect work progress, review contract specifications, or clarify issues. The Forest Service shall respond to Contractor’s request within 5 working days, excluding weekends and federal holidays.

GOVERNMENT QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN

Government Inspection Procedures - The COR, or a designated inspector (GTM), will make periodic inspections while work is in progress, usually daily at first, as needed to assure work is proceeding satisfactorily. The Contractor shall notify the COR when units are started, when problems are encountered and when contract work needs government oversight.

1. Each unit will be inspected as a separate unit. Unit will not be averaged with other units for acceptance or payment.

2. When units are completed and ready for government inspection, Contractor’s designated Project manager shall request unit inspection in writing, prior to moving out of the general area.

3. The COR, or designated inspector, will determine compliance with contract specifications through informal visual inspections. In the event visual inspection indicates work to be in non-compliance with specifications, prompt corrective action and/or rework shall be required.

Government Inspection Procedures Items 1, 2, & 3

1. In the event visual inspection indicates work and / or rework to be in non-compliance with contract specifications, a series of verification plots shall be installed by the Government to determine compliance with specifications and percent of satisfactory work for treatment of each unit not meeting specification as observed with visual inspection.

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2. Government verification plots will consist of a series of fixed area or variable radius plots along transects to record whether the guidelines in Appendix B, C2.355# and C6.74# have not been met, along with other requirements within contract.

3. Plots and grid will be distributed so that a representative sample is obtained.

4. The COR or designated inspector will mark the center of each plot on the ground using flagging, stakes, or pin flags. Additional flagging will be hung near the plot center so that it may be seen from a distance. The inspector will include the plot number, their initials and date on the flagging.

5. Plots will be numbered to correlate with the inspection form and transects on a unit map.

6. The minimum number of verification plots, per treatment unit, shall be as follows:

Unit Acreage Minimum No. of Plots 1 – 9 1 plot per 2 acres 10 – 29 10 plots 30 – 59 1 plot per 4 acres 60 – 99 20 plots 100 1 plot per 5 acres

7. Determination of acceptability of the work performed will be based on Government verification inspections and will be considered conclusive.

8. At each plot, the Government will examine the plot area and record findings of non-compliance for failing quadrants.

Table 1 – Minimum Acceptable Quality Levels (AQL) of Work

ITEM DESCRIPTION SCHEDULE UNIT Min AQL

Cut and Remove Included Timber (Roadside Units) {NOT A PAY

ITEM}

MANDATORY ACRE NA

Non-Commercial Danger Tree Felling Within 100 feet From Road Edge (Roadside Units)

MANDATORY ACRE 90%

3 Danger Tree Felling Beyond 100 feet From Road Edge MANDATORY ACRE 90%

4 Cut and Remove Included Timber & Slash Disposal (Waldo Units) MANDATORY ACRE 90%

5 Slash Disposal 0-30 Feet From Road Edge (Roadside Units) MANDATORY ACRE 90%

Road Reconstruction of Haul Routes (Refers to Schedule of Items in Road Reconstruction Package) All Units

MANDATORY UNIT 100%

Remove & Deliver 7,000 Fish Logs to Deck Locations on the 1934 road

MANDATORY UNIT 90%

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Slash Disposal 30 to 100 Feet From Road Edge (Roadside Units)

OPTIONAL ACRE

90%

Fall and Leave Hazard Trees 100 Feet From Road Edge (Fall and Leave Units)

OPTIONAL ACRE

90%

Dozer Line Rehabilitation (Suppression Repair Units)

OPTIONAL ACRE

90%

Log Landing Repair (Suppression Repair Units)

OPTIONAL ACRE

90%

12 Slash Disposal- 0-30 feet from Road Edge (Suppression Repair Units) OPTIONAL ACRE 90%

Unsatisfactory Cutting and Fuels Removal

1. If the work quality falls below the minimum AQL, the COR will immediately notify the Contractor, in writing the need for a rework.

2. If after rework has been performed and reinspected, and work quality still falls below minimum AQL percent, payment will either be made at a reduced rate, or not at all, as determined in SECTION V below.

3. Repeated failure to produce work quality at or above the minimum acceptable standard will be considered reason for contract termination for cause.

Reinspection Upon Contractor Request

1. If Government inspection results are unacceptable to the Contractor, a reinspection may be requested, in writing, within 5 business days after receipt of notice of said inspection results. The same inspection procedure will be used; however, the inspection pattern will be shifted so that new inspection plots will not overlap previously inspected plots.

2. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – indicate a variance of more than 5 percent from the first inspection, the results of the second inspection will be used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Government will bear the cost of reinspection.

3. If reinspection results – rounded up to the nearest whole percent – are within 5 percent of the first inspection, plots from the initial inspection and the reinspection will be combined and used to calculate work quality and payment, and the Contractor shall bear the cost of reinspection.

SECTION V – PAYMENT METHODS

Method of Measurement for Acreages

Acreages were determined by using ArcGIS and Imagery. The acreage for each work item will be rounded to the nearest acre and is final unless:

a. The contract is modified or,

b. The Government makes a determination to remeasure or,

c. The Contractor exercises his/her option under the following Remeasurement provisions:

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Remeasurement

1. The Contractor may request, in writing, remeasurement of any units under this contract if he/she feels that acreage stated on the project maps is incorrect. The remeasurement must be within the existing perimeter of the respective unit. No variance of the unit perimeters as laid out on the ground for this contract will be allowed.

All requests for remeasurement must be made prior to payment for each completed unit. Remeasurement will be performed by the Government.

2. If remeasurement indicates that a variance of ten percent or less exists on units of 1 to 5 acres, five percent or less exists on units of more than five but less than 20 acres, or if three percent or less exists on units of 20 acres or larger, the Contractor shall pay for the actual costs of the remeasurement. Under this condition, payment will be made on the acreage stated on the project maps. If the remeasurement indicates the actual acreage varies by more than the above factors from that stated on the project maps, the payment will be made on the remeasured acreage and the Forest Service will pay for the cost of the remeasurement.

Acceptance and Payment – Item 1 is a Non-Pay Item (Cut and Remove Included Timber- Roadside Units)

Acceptance and Payment – Item 2 Non-Commercial Danger Tree Felling Within 100 feet From Road Edge (Roadside Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

2. In the event that formal inspections are used, the rate of payment to the Contractor will be calculated as follows:

(a) For work quality of 95 percent or higher, 5 percent (adjustment for statistical variation) will be added and the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

(b) For work quality from 85 to 94 percent, the 5 percent will be added to the work quality percent and the Contractor will be paid the total multiplied by the bid rate.

(c) For work quality 84 percent and less, the 5 percent will not be added and there will be no payment made to the Contractor.

(d) If, after rework, the percentage of satisfactory work is between 85% and 94%, payment will be made by the actual percentage. If the percentage is less than 85%, the work is unacceptable, and no payment will be made.

(e) Reductions of 1% per tree still standing that according to C2.355# should have been cut.

EXAMPLE:

a. 3 trees still standing = 3%

b. %Payment = 100% - 3% = 97%

Acceptance and Payment – Item 3 Danger Tree Felling Beyond 100 feet From Road Edge (Roadside Units) Units 2, 5a, 5b, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 40, 43, 48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

2. In the event that formal inspections are used, the rate of payment to the Contractor will be calculated as follows:

(f) For work quality of 95 percent or higher, 5 percent (adjustment for statistical variation) will be added and the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

(g) For work quality from 85 to 94 percent, the 5 percent will be added to the work quality percent and the Contractor will be paid the total multiplied by the bid rate.

(h) For work quality 84 percent and less, the 5 percent will not be added and there will be no payment made to the Contractor.

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(i) If, after rework, the percentage of satisfactory work is between 85% and 94%, payment will be made by the actual percentage. If the percentage is less than 85%, the work is unacceptable, and no payment will be made.

(j) Reductions of 1% per tree still standing that according to C2.355# should have been cut.

EXAMPLE:

Acceptance and Payment – Item 4 Cut and Remove Included Timber & Slash Disposal (Waldo Units) Units Waldo1, Waldo2, Waldo3, Waldo4, and Waldo5

Item 4- Cut and Remove Included Timber Acceptance and Payment

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

2. In the event that formal inspections are used, the rate of payment to the Contractor will be calculated as follows:

(k) For work quality of 95 percent or higher, 5 percent (adjustment for statistical variation) will be added and the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

(l) For work quality from 85 to 94 percent, the 5 percent will be added to the work quality percent and the Contractor will be paid the total multiplied by the bid rate.

(m) For work quality 84 percent and less, the 5 percent will not be added and there will be no payment made to the Contractor.

(n) If, after rework, the percentage of satisfactory work is between 85% and 94%, payment will be made by the actual percentage. If the percentage is less than 85%, the work is unacceptable, and no payment will be made.

(o) Reductions of 1% per tree still standing that according to C2.355# should have been cut.

EXAMPLE:

Item 4- Slash Disposal Acceptance and Payment

1. If informal visual inspection indicates acceptable work quality, the Contractor will be paid 100 percent of their bid rate.

2. Only one rework opportunity will be allowed for this item.

3. Percentages as calculated herein shall be rounded to the nearest whole percent.

4. Work Quality is 100% minus reductions for errors.

a) Reduction of 2% for every ton above the acceptable fuel loading in C6.74#.

EXAMPLE: Estimate Fuel Loading

Diameter Allowable Tons Per Acre Estimated Tons Post

Treatment Error

0 to 3 inches 7 to 11 15 0.8%

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