AG-0116-S-12-0088-amendment-03.pdf

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-03 08/13/2012

USDA Forest Service Tongass National Forest 648 Mission St Ketchikan AK 99901

AG-0116-S-12-0088

07/03/2012

Tongass National Forest Sitka Ranger District Starrigavan Valley Deferred Maintenance & Watershed Rehabilitation

- The text of H.3. Landscape Preservation is changed to correct fish timing. A replacement solicitation page 12 is attached with the changes highlighted.

- Sheet 6 of the drawings, Construction Staking, is deleted in its entirety.

John Inman, Contracting Officer

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(3) Operate mechanized equipment in live streams without written approval of the Contracting Officer.

(c) Creek Crossings. The Contractor shall schedule and conduct bridge and instream work to minimize disturbance to streams.

(1) The Contractor shall—

(i) Submit a written equipment crossing plan to the Contracting Officer for approval 14 calendar days before creek crossing is planned. Two machine crossings will be permitted between July�18June�1 and August�15July�15 for all streams designated on the drawings as fish streams. Outside of this time period, no machine crossings will be permitted if fish eggs are present in the gravel or adult fish are present in the stream; otherwise, two machine crossings will be permitted.

(ii) Limit machine crossings to two times for all live streams not designated on the drawings as fish streams with pipes 48” and larger to be installedall in-stream work to between June 1 and July 15.

(2) The Contractor shall not—

(i) Cross streams without Contracting Officer approval.

(ii) Leave temporary bridges in place between September�15 and March�15, unless approved in advance in writing by the Contracting Officer.

H.4. Use of Premises

(a) The Contractor shall obtain written approval from the Contracting Officer before opening or operating on National Forest land or lands administered by the Forest Service any camp, quarry, borrow pit, storage area, detour, or bypass site, other than AS�SHOWN�ON�THE�DRAWINGS.

A camp is interpreted to include the campsite or trailer parking area of any employee or subcontractor working on the project for the Contractor. Such approval, if granted, will be without charge to the Contractor.

(b) Sanitation Facilities. The Contractor shall provide and maintain the following facilities for the work force at the camp, unless provided otherwise in this contract.

(1) Drinking water meeting State of Alaska drinking water regulations 18 AAC 80 regarding potable water supplies for drinking, washing and cooking.

(2) Wastewater disposal complying with State of Alaska wastewater disposal regulations 18 AAC 72 for domestic sewage.

(3) Solid waste systems, the design, operation, and maintenance of which meet all federal, state, and local requirements, and meet State of Alaska solid waste management regulations (18 AAC 60) and federal regulations contained in 40 CFR 243, 40 CFR 245, 40 CFR 257, and 40 CFR 258. The Contractor shall remove solid wastes and/or residues and dispose of in approved commercial landfills.

(4) Fuel storage meeting the requirements of 40 CFR 112 (Oil Pollution Prevention) for fuel storage and 33 CFR 150 and 33 CFR 154 for facilities transferrring oil or hazardous materials in bulk.

(c) The Contractor shall not begin any camp development, either land-based or floating, until it has submitted a plan for development, occupation, and cleanup and obtained approval of the plan from the Contracting Officer. The plan shall include—

(1) Location and size of the proposed camp development, including a map.

(2) Wastewater system.

(3) Number of people who will use the site and proposed dates of occupancy.

(4) Power supply system.

(5) Water supply system.

(6) Building layout, shop area, living quarters.

(7) Road and trail layout.

(8) Clearing limits and slash disposal locations.

(9) Borrow areas.

(10) Dock and access location.