3. Mastodon IRSC Appendix B.pdf

Mastodon Stewardship IRSC

Prescott National Forest Bradshaw Ranger District

Revised 10.14.2022

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 BT2.13.2Negligent 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 BT2.3.21 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 BT3.41 Material and Quantities Not in Division AT BT3.42 Timber Cut Through Mistake BT3.44 Undesignated Timber Damaged Without

Negligence BT3.45 Undesignated Timber Unnecessarily Damaged or Negligently or Willfully Cut BT3.46 Liquidated Damages

BT4.0 PAYMENTS

BT4.1 Amount Payable for Timber BT4.2 Integrated Resource Account BT4.215 Deposits When Payment Guaranteed

BT6.0 OPERATIONS

BT6.3 Control of Operations BT6.33 Safety 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 BT8.5 Sale of Other Materials

CT2.3 Reserve Trees (9/04) CT2.357# Individual Trees (Leave Tree Marking) (9/15) CT5.12 Use of Roads by Contractor (9/04) CT5.46 Snow Removal (5/08) CT6.313# Timing of Sale Operations (7/09) CT6.32# Protection of Reserve Trees (9/04) CT6.4# Conduct of Logging (7/9) CT6.43 Protection of Public in Recreation Areas (5/08) CT6.6 Erosion Prevention and Control (5/08) CT6.602 Temporary Road and Landing Scarification (5/08) CT6.7 Slash Treatment (5/08) CT6.8 Measuring (04/20) CT6.84 Accountability (5/08) C7.2 Fire Precautionary Measures (5/08) CT7.21 Fire Guards (5/08) CT7.22 Emergency Fire Precautions (7/20) CT8.66 Use of Timber (Option 1) (9/04)

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Division AT

Location and Area:

(b) This Contract Area of 1,091 Yavapai County, approximately 13 linear miles Southeast of the incorporated City of Prescott.

Township and Range Sections: Township 12 North; Range 1 West; Sections 11, 12, 13, 14, 22, 23, 27, 28, 32, and 33; Gila and Salt River Baseline Meridian.

Volume Estimate and Utilization Standards

Species Group

Product

Estimated Quantity

Unit of

Measure

Minimum Specifications Merchantable Tree Piece Required to be Removed

Diameter Breast Height (d.b.h.)

(inches)

Number of Minimum

Pieces per Tree

Length

(feet)

Diameter Inside

Bark at Small End

(inches)

Net

Merch.

Factor

1/ Ponderosa Pine and Other Conifers Sawtimber 1,074

CCF 14.0 1 10 6.0 6.67

Ponderosa Pine and Other Conifers

Fuelwood 1,820 CCF 5.0 1 4 2.0 N/A

Total Quantity 2,894 CCF

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

Timber Designations, acres are approximate:

Unit Number Acres

Individual Trees - Leave Tree Marking

(R3-CT2.357)

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 39, 40, 41, 42, 49, 51, 52, 53

High Stumps

Species Product Maximum Stump Height (inches)

All Sawtimber 6 inches

All Fuelwood 6 inches

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Roads Name and Date of Governing Road Specifications: N/A

Project

Design Class

Approx.

Length (mi./km.)

Sheet Numbers and

Approval Date

Performance Responsibility

Survey

Design Const.

Staking1/ Road No. Name

N/A

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

Specification sheets with itemized construction codes also attached

Schedule of Payment Units

Payment

Unit

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

Ponderosa Pine and Other Conifers

14.0 inch+ DBH

Sawtimber 563

CCF

5.0 - 13.9 inch DBH

Fuelwood 954

Total PU1 Quantity 1,517 CCF

Sawtimber 417

Fuelwood 707

Total PU2 Quantity 1,124

Sawtimber 94

Fuelwood 159

Total PU3 Quantity 253 CCF

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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 BTl.0, Section BTl.1, Subsection BTl.11, and Item BTl.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 Mastodon IRSC 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) Specified 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 Division AT 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.

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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 Division AT. To meet minimum tree specifications, trees must equal or exceed tree diameters listed in Division A 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 AT 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 BT2.23, 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 Division AT.

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

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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 Specified and 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 Specified Road Clearings. Timber within the clearing limits of Specified Roads is within separate Payment Units, as shown on Contract Area Map, and the quantities are in Division AT. 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 Division AT.

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 Division AT.

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 Division AT. Estimated quantity in Division AT 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 Division AT shall be determined as stated herein.

If Contract Area Map shows Payment Units where Marking or Measuring is to be completed after date of con-tract 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 Division AT.

However, the estimated quantities stated in Division AT 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 Division AT or B2 of the Schedule of Items. In the event contract time is adjusted, Current Contract Rates shall be continued in the same manner as immediately prior to the adjustment period.

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BT3.4 Other Payment Rates.

BT3.41 Material and Quantities Not in Division AT. Incidental amounts of products or portions of trees of species 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 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.

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 Division AT. 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 Division AT 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 dam-aged 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

(e) 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.

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 Product on contract area that is cut, 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.

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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 Service 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.

BT6.4 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 Division AT. 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 Division AT. 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 Division AT 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 Division AT and shall dispose of severed portions in the same manner as other logging debris. The stump heights shown in Division AT were selected with the objective of maximum reasonable

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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 Normal Operating Season, 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 during Normal Operating Season 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

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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. Timber cut 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.

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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 .

CT2.3# – RESERVE TREES (9/04) Notwithstanding the designations for cutting under BT2.31, BT2.32, BT2.33, or BT2.34, live or dead wildlife snags, all species of oaks greater than 10 inches diameter at root collar, and alligator junipers greater than 15 inches diameter at root collar reserve trees or groups of reserve trees within such cutting units or clearings shall be left uncut. Reserve trees are identified by an ORANGE "W" on all wildlife snags, by description for all oaks greater than 10 inches at root collar, and by description for all alligator junipers greater than 15 inches diameter at root collar and shall be protected in accordance with CT6.32#.

Units with reserve trees are shown on Contract Area Map.

CT2.357# - INDIVIDUAL TREES (LEAVE TREE MARKING) (9/15) In payment unit(s) All shown on the Contract Area Map all live trees meeting minimum tree diameter specifications of Division AT are designated for cutting except trees reserved from cutting. Trees reserved from cutting have been Marked with a horizontal band and butt marks with ORANGE tree marking paint. The boundaries of areas where leave trees are Marked are identified by butt marks and three vertical stripes of ORANGE tree marking paint. Trees used for boundary designation are not to be cut.

CT5.12# – USE OF ROADS BY CONTRACTOR. (9/04) Contractor’s use of existing roads identified on Contract Area Map by the following codes is prohibited or subject to restrictive limitations, unless agreed otherwise:

Code Use Limitations

X Hauling prohibited R Hauling restricted U Unsuitable for hauling prior to completion of agreed reconstruction P Use prohibited A Public use restriction W Regulation waiver

Roads coded A will be signed by Forest Service to inform the public of use restrictions. Contractor’s use of roads coded R, A, or W shall be in accordance with the following restrictions:

Restricted Road List

Road

Road Name

Termini Map Legend Description of Restrictions From To

All All MP 0 End R

Hauling is prohibited on Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day weekends, this includes:

Memorial Day - no hauling the Saturday through Monday of Memorial Day

Independence Day - no hauling Saturday through Sunday if July 4th falls on one of these days. If July 4th is on a weekday, no hauling on July 4th or the proximate weekend.

Labor Day - no hauling the Saturday through Monday of Memorial Day

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CT5.46 - SNOW REMOVAL (05/2008)

Snow removal shall be done in a manner to preserve and protect the roads, to the extent necessary, to insure safe and efficient transportation of timber and to prevent erosion damage to roads, streams, and adjacent lands.

1. Description. Snow removal work by Contractor shall include:

a. Removal of snow from entire road surface width including turnouts.

b. Removal of snow slides, earth slides, fallen timber, and boulders that obstruct normal road surface width.

c. Removal of snow, ice, and debris from ditches and culverts so that the drainage system will function efficiently at all times.

2. Performance. All items of snow removal shall be done currently as necessary to ensure safe, efficient transportation. Work shall be done in accordance with the following minimum standards of performance.

Waivers of standards will not be given where circumstances will cause unacceptable and unavoidable damage to the road or other resource.

a. Removal of material. All debris, except snow and ice, that is removed from the road surface and ditches shall be deposited away from stream channels at agreed locations.

b. During snow removal operations, banks shall not be undercut nor shall gravel or other selected surfacing material be bladed off the roadway surface.

c. Ditches and culverts shall be kept functional during and following roadway use.

d. Snow berms shall not be left on the road surface unless written waivers are made for specific locations for traffic safety. Berms left on the shoulder of the road shall be removed following hauling completion and/or drainage holes shall be opened and maintained. Drainage holes shall be spaced as required to obtain satisfactory surface drainage without discharge onto erodible fills.

e. Dozers shall not be used to plow snow on system roads without written approval of Forest Service.

f. Snow shall not be removed to the road surface. A minimum two-inch depth must be left to prevent loss of surfacing and protect the road bed during snow removal operations. Written waivers may be made by Forest Service for specific locations where snow may be completely removed during plowing for traffic safety. Locations receiving a waiver will have a written agreement prepared prior to plowing that prescribes the timing and method of damage repair or surface replacement.

CT6.313# - TIMING OF SALE OPERATIONS. (7/09) Unless otherwise agreed to in writing Contractor's Operations shall be performed in accordance with the following table:

Payment Unit Operation Condition Purpose

All Payment Units

All Included timber cut between June 1 and September 30 must be removed within 30 days of cutting.

Fuels reduction/ product protection during periods of high fire danger, and for Ips bark beetle mitigation.

CT6.32# – PROTECTION OF RESERVE TREES. (9/04) Contractor’s damage or destruction of reserve trees described in CT2.3# will cause serious and 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 $100 for each wildlife snag reserve tree and $100 for each oak greater than 10 inches diameter at root collar or alligator juniper greater than 15 inches diameter at root collar reserve tree damaged or destroyed by Contractor's Operations, in addition to amounts payable under BT3.45 and BT3.46. Damage, as used herein, includes any injury to the living crown, bole, or roots of reserve trees. If areas are marked on the ground around such reserve trees, operation of heavy equipment or skidding of products within the area shall be considered to be damage to the tree.

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CT6.4# - CONDUCT OF LOGGING. (7/09) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, silvicultural prescriptions and land management objectives shall be conducted and accomplished by the requirements, methods and procedures in accordance with the following table:

Cutting Unit(s) C6.4 Conduct of Logging

All

Contractor shall remove from National Forest administered lands all products meeting utilization standards within 30 calendar days after felling of trees, unless written authorization to delay such removal is obtained from the Forest Service.

All Whole trees shall be skidded to landings.

Skid trail pattern shall be approved by Forest Service in advance of felling. All major trails and go-back trails shall be flagged prior to approval on the ground in advance of felling.

All Trees shall be felled, insofar as safety permits, to angle in the direction of skidding.

All Logs shall be skidded with the leading end free of the ground.

All

Trees designated for cutting and/or logs will be left as rub trees along skid trails and landings as needed to protect young growth and residual leave trees.

Protected improvements: so far as practicable, Contractor shall protect specified roads and other improvements such as trails, trailheads, transect markers, utility lines, telephone lines, ditches, culverts, fences and all improvements stated in Call Letter Section 15. Protected Improvements shall be:

-Existing in operating area -Designated on Contract Area Map -Restored in a timely fashion if damaged by Contractors Operations.

Contractor shall keep all roads and trails needed for fire protection or other Forest Service operations reasonably free of equipment, slash, and debris resulting from Contractor’s Operations.

CT6.43 - PROTECTION OF PUBLIC IN RECREATION AREAS (5/08) For protection of National Forest interests and safety of general public, Contractor’s Operations shall be subject to the following restrictions:

a. During periods of general recreation activity within Contract Area or vicinity, Forest Service may restrict hauling to days other than Saturdays, Sundays, and National holidays. See CT6.313#.

CT6.6 - EROSION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (5/08) Unless waived in writing, erosion prevention and control work, required by CT6.6 shall be completed within 15 calendar days after skidding operations related to each landing are completed or after Forest Service designation on the ground of work where such designation is required hereunder. Said time limit shall be exclusive of full days lost in Contractor’s Operations due to causes beyond Contractor’s control. Damage resulting from Contractor’s operations, due to failure to perform required work, shall be repaired by Contractor.

When not adequately protected from erosion by treatments such as out-sloping and cross draining or grass seeding, place lopped slash and logging debris in temporary roads, landings and skid trails.

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CT6.602 - TEMPORARY ROAD AND LANDING SCARIFICATION (5/08) Unless waived in writing by Forest Service on specific roads or landings, all landings and Temporary Roads constructed or used by Contractor shall be scarified by Contractor following use. Scarification shall be done to a depth of not less than four inches and must effectively prepare the ground for seeding.

CT6.7 - SLASH TREATMENT (5/08) All vegetative debris associated with construction of Specified Roads such as unutilized timber, brush and grubbed stumps is Construction Slash. Measures to be taken by Contractor for treatment of Construction Slash are set forth in the attached road construction specifications and in item (1) below.

Vegetative debris larger than 3 inch in diameter and 3 feet long resulting from Contractor’s Operations, other than Construction Slash, is Logging Slash. In Required Disposal Strip along permanent roads, in areas of Temporary Road construction outside of Clearcutting Units, and in fuelbreaks, both hardwood trees and coniferous trees smaller than the minimum d.b.h. in DIVISION AT, over 3 feet in height and damaged beyond recovery by Contractors Operations shall be cut and treated as Logging Slash. Measures to be taken by Contractor for treatment of Logging Slash are set forth below and in following Subsections unless otherwise agreed in writing.

Forest Service and Contractor shall jointly develop a schedule for completion of slash treatment on the various portions of Contract Area prior to Contractors Operations. Slash treatment plan may be made a part of the annual operating plan required in BT6.31.

Specified slash treatment methods for each cutting unit shall be shown on Contract Area Map and listed in the attached tables by the following symbols:

Slash Treatment Methods:

Method: FELLING DAMAGED TREES Map Symbol: "Fell"

Definition and Specifications:

Damaged or destroyed trees are trees substandard because of size, which are over 3 feet in height, and/or species not included in DIVISION AT over 3 feet in height, knocked down or damaged to the extent that mortality or serious deterioration will occur, and such trees partially pushed over so as to result in permanent lean and visible damage to the root system, all as a result of the Contractor’s operation. Such damaged or destroyed trees shall be felled and further treated by the slash treatment method specified for the area. Materials meeting the minimum piece specifications of DIVISION AT will be utilized by the Contractor according to BT2.2. Maximum stump height shall be that specified in DIVISION AT or on the Contract Area Map.

Method: MACHINE PILING Map Symbol: "Mpile"

Definition and Specifications:

Concentrations of logging slash, excluding scattered individual pieces, shall be machine piled by tractor equipped with brush rake as per Machine Piling Specifications.

Machine Piling Specifications Acceptable Equipment. Piling will be accomplished with a crawler tractor not to exceed overall width of 12 feet. Tractor will be equipped with a brush blade having teeth extending a minimum of 11 inches below the frame. The teeth shall number at least 4 and no more than 12 The teeth shall be of sufficient size and strength so that they shall not bend or break through normal slash piling.

Location of Piles. Piles shall be so located that burning will not damage standing live trees or physical improvements such as fences, poles, buildings, signs, tables, grills, and cattleguards. The minimum spacing between piles shall be equivalent to one and one-half the diameter of the adjacent pile.

If conditions make it impractical to locate piles where damage to live trees and physical improvements can be avoided, a

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Slash within partial cut areas and road construction clearings shall be moved to take advantage of previously constructed or natural clearings in order to minimize the construction of new clearings. Slash shall not be moved more than 120 feet to achieve the location requirement. Piles shall not be made on permanent roads, in drainage ditches, below high water marks of live streams, and in intermittent stream courses.

Piles shall not be constructed within a 66 foot strip along the remaining edges of the cutting unit.

Construction of Piles. Machine piles shall be compacted by pushing slash from all sides towards the center of the pile. A machine pile will not exceed an average diameter of 25 feet and pile height shall not be less than one-third the average diameter of the pile. All slash which protrudes 4-feet or more from outer edge of the pile shall be bucked off and placed on pile.

Unmerchantable material may be left between piles to protect regeneration seedlings and for site protection purposes as specified in writing by Forest Service.

Piling shall be accomplished in a manner that will prevent the accumulation of dirt in the piles.

Logs and tops from felled trees within leave groups of trees inside or outside the cutting unit shall be yarded out of such leave groups to approved locations and piled. Where there is danger of damaging leave trees, long material shall be end-lined out of leave groups.

Landings and Disposal Sites. Unutilized logs accumulated at landings and…