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AG-03R6-S-10-0051

South Fork Fish Creek Stewardship IRSC / Lolo NF

Appendix A-5, Page 1 of 20

LOLO NATIONAL FOREST

SOUTH FORK FISH CREEK

STEWARDSHIP IRSC

APPENDIX A-5

THINNING & SLASHING, PILING,

FIRELINE SERVICES

Appendix A-5, Page 2 of 20

APPENDIX A-5

ITEMS B.1.13 – B.1.16: THINNING AND SLASHING, PILING, AND FIRELINE

Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Contracting Officer, the Contractor shall perform services according to the following requirements:

STEWARDSHIP PROJECTS

. Performance of stewardship projects shall be in accordance with the following specifications.

Project # Stewardship Projects

Acres/Miles

M an da to ry

O pt io na l

B.1.14 Hand Fireline Construction (chains) Units: 0 Units: 1, 2, 3, 90, 91, 93, 94, 95 5.4 MI

B.1.13 Machine Fireline Construction (chains) Units: 0 Units: 12, 14, 23, 26, 92 4.3 MI

B.1.15 Thinning and Slashing (acres) Units: 0 Units: 2, 3, 12, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 435 AC

B.1.16 Hand Piling (acres) Units: 0 Units: 2,3,12, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95 435 AC

GENERAL SPECIFICATIONS

1.1 HAND FIRELINE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

Fireline shall be constructed around the perimeter or portions of the perimeter of Units 1, 2, 3, 90, 91, 93, 94 and 95 as designated on the South Fork Fish Stewardship Service Contract Map by the symbol H. Unless otherwise agreed in writing firelines shall be constructed using hand tools.

Clear a fuelbreak of all brush and woody debris for a minimum of 4 feet. On the exterior edge of the fuelbreak, a continuous fireline of not less than 24 inches in width shall be scraped to mineral soil using hand tools. Cup-trenching roughly 8 inches deep is required on slopes greater than 30%.

The minimum overall width of the fuelbreak plus the mineral soil fireline is 6 feet.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, material removed from the fireline shall be scattered within the cutting area and not windrowed or otherwise concentrated

Appendix A-5, Page 3 of 20 adjacent to the fuel break. Do not mix slash with side cast material. Unless otherwise agreed in writing firelines shall be constructed using hand tools.

1.2 MACHINE FIRELINE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS

Machine fireline shall be constructed around the perimeter or portions of the perimeter of Units 12, 14, 23, 26 and 92 as designated on the South Fork Fish Stewardship Service Contract Map by the symbol XXX.

A fuelbreak shall be cleared of all brush and debris for a minimum width of 7 feet.

On the exterior edge of the fuelbreak, a continuous fireline not less than 24 inches wide shall be dug to mineral soil. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, material removed from the fireline shall be scattered within the unit and not windrowed or otherwise concentrated adjacent to the fireline.

Slash shall not be mixed with sidecast material.

Where the cutting unit lies upslope from the fireline, all material over 3 inches in diameter that is cast into the unit will be laid parallel to the line of the slope to prevent it from rolling when the unit is burned. The fire line will be trenched and cupped to the specification shown in Exhibit 2, G.2.

1.3 HAZARDOUS FUELS REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS

A. Scope of Service Work for Hazardous Fuels Reduction

Hazardous Fuels Reduction Service work requires tree thinning, tree slashing, treatment of slash, and related work in compliance with its terms, specifications, and provisions. Methods of accomplishing thinning and slash work include hand felling, bucking and lopping with powersaws and hand slash piling. Service work includes furnishing all labor, equipment, supervision, transportation, operating supplies, and incidentals.

B. Thinning and Slashing Requirements

. Units: 2, 3, 12, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95

In all units except 2, 3, 12, thin live tress less than 8” diameter at breast height (dbh) and greater than 4’ in height or greater to 15’ x 15’ spacing.

Include live overstory trees greater than 7” dbh in the spacing allocation spacing. Do not include LP with less than 20% live crown ratio in the spacing allocation. In unit 2, 3, 12, thin live tress less than 7” diameter at breast height (dbh) and than 4’ in height or greater to 15’ x 15’ spacing.

Include overstory trees greater than 7” dbh in the spacing allocation.

In all units, slash all trees between 1.5’ and 3.9 feet in height except PP and WL. Lop and scatter slash not required to be piled to a maximum height of 2 feet. In all units, the spacing shall be varied by 25% to select the best

Appendix A-5, Page 4 of 20 leave trees based on the prescription and characteristics of desirable trees.

Dead trees less than 8 inches dbh must be felled for later piling.

1. Selecting Leave Trees:

Desirable leave trees shall generally be those of the tallest height, largest crown, and straightest stems without forking that are free of damage due to insects, disease, physical, or mechanical causes. Leave tree priorities are as follows:

1) Straight stem

2) Good coloration

3) Well-formed crown

4) Free or limited presence of insect or disease damage and/or symptoms; damage or symptom does not affect growth or survival

5) Crown ratio is 40% or larger

6) Vigorous annual terminal growth (especially in last 1 to 3 years)

7) Small branch diameter

8) Branches horizontal or slightly angled to bole

9) Crown class of dominant or co-dominant

Characteristics of trees that are not desirable for leave trees:

1) Multiple tops

2) Poor crown form

3) Crook or sweep in bole

4) Dead or broken tops

5) Poor coloration

6) Presence of insect or diseases

7) Physical or mechanical damage

8) Suppressed

9) Poor annual growth

10) Large branch diameter

11) Branches more than 45 degrees from horizontal

12) Sucker limbs

a. Leave all live conifer trees that exceed specified maximum DBH cut limit of 8”. Trees which exceed the specified maximum DBH cut limit are considered leave trees and will be included in spacing allocation. There will be some areas where most trees present are larger than the maximum DBH cut limit resulting in no treatment areas within units.

b. If desirable trees (see above) are not present and supports that the specified spacing shall be maintained, and not materially increased or decreased, select the best available tree according to the leave tree priorities listed

Appendix A-5, Page 5 of 20 above. Spacing shall be varied up to 25 percent to select the most dominant and desirable leave trees. (While a variable spacing is required to leave the best trees, the overall average spacing specified shall be maintained, and not materially increased or decreased in all units)

2. Additional Leave Tree Specifications

a. Preferred Leave Tree Species: Leave tree species preference priority in descending order is: WL, PP, DF, LP, ES, AF, GF. Do not cut aspen, cottonwood or cedar.

b. Leave all trees within 50 feet (as measured from the stream bank) along all perennial and intermittent streams designated on the Contract Maps.

c. Leave all trees within wetland or riparian exclusions designated on the ground with Orange paint and designated on the Contract Maps.

d. In isolated tree patches where only 2 to 3 acceptable leave trees will exist, spacing shall be as close as 6 feet to select the best trees, if trees are free to grow on 2 sides or more.

3. Cut Tree and Associated Slash Treatment Requirements:

1. All trees other than leave trees shall be cut below the lowest live limb, except when prevented by natural obstacles. All live limbs below the cutting point shall be removed. For inspection purposes a limb must exceed 3 inches in length before it will be considered a live limb. Trees shall be completely severed from the stump.

Stump height shall not exceed 6 inches above ground level as measured on the uphill side or 4 inches above natural obstacles.

2. Stumps shall be cut to an angle of less than 30 degrees from the horizontal. Trees shall be completely severed from the stump.

3. All hang-up trees shall be pulled down and be made to lie on the ground.

Portions of severed trees shall not be left entwined with standing leave trees.

4. Cut trees shall be felled away from or removed from the following: unit boundaries, traveled roads, designated trails, stock driveways, established fire-breaks, fence lines, gates, designated leave trees, culverts, and drainage ditches, perennial and intermittent streams channels. Exceptions: Cut trees may be felled outside unit boundaries (on National Forest land only) where adjacent stand areas are not forested, or adjacent openings are large enough to accommodate all other cut tree and slash treatment requirements.

Appendix A-5, Page 6 of 20

5. All slash created by operations performed under this contract shall be removed at least 15 feet above all culvert intakes.

6. All slash created by operations performed under this contract shall be pulled back at least 5 feet from the top of road cuts and at least 5 foot beyond the traveled surface of the road prism on the fill side, for all roads as shown on the Contract Maps.

7. Where slash (created under this contract) is not required to be hand plied, all individual cut trees selected from among a clump of trees shall be directionally felled away from the clump into the surrounding open area to eliminate the accumulation of slash among the remaining leave trees. All cut trees shall be directionally felled in a scattered pattern and out into the open as much as possible to promote rapid drying of the slash, and to maximize the distance between the felled tree crowns and adjacent leave trees. All slash not required to be hand piled shall be lopped and scatter to within 2 feet of the forest floor.

8. Slash treatment shall be concurrent and progressive with stewardship thinning and tree slashing.

C. Hand Piling Slash Requirements. Units: 2, 3, 12, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95

1. Slash to be Hand Piled: All logging, slashing, and thinning Slash created by Contractor, that is greater than 1 inch in diameter and less than 8 inches in diameter on the large end, and having a minimum length of 3 feet, shall be hand piled. Existing downed wood (see definitions) and standing dead less than 8” dbh is also required to be piled see (Construction and Size of Piles) below. Butt portions of stems larger than 8 inches may be left unpiled providing that the butt is on the ground and green limbs are removed and smaller portions/crown of the tree is piled.

2. Location of Piles: Unless otherwise approved by the COR, piles shall be located according to the following requirements. Piles shall be located in natural openings. No piles shall be made on roads or trails as shown on the Contract Map, drainage ditches, or within channel bottoms above a culvert intake. Hand piles shall be constructed at least 50 feet from all perennial and intermittent streams as designated on the Contract Maps. Hand piles shall not occur within wetland or riparian exclusions designated on the ground with Orange paint and designated on the Contract Maps.

3. Construction and Size of Piles: All hand piles shall be a minimum of 4 feet in height and reasonably compact. Hand piles shall not exceed 10’ in width or 6' in height. All material in excess of 6 feet in length shall be bucked before placing in the pile. Material protruding more than 3 ft.

Appendix A-5, Page 7 of 20 beyond the compact portion of the pile shall be bucked off and added to the pile.

4. Pile Covering: All hand piles located in all units shall be covered with burnable water-repellant paper. Cover piles with burnable water-repellent paper. Paper shall be placed within the pile such that ¾ the diameter of the pile is covered and held firmly in place by heavy slash on top of it.

D.

Definitions

The following definitions are provided to aid in understanding:

Average Spacing

- The average of the distances between all leave trees necessary to provide the desired number of leave trees per acre.

Buffer

- A strip of uncut trees bordering streams or riparian zones.

Co-dominant Tree

- Trees that are not as tall as dominants, with crowns receiving overhead light. They may be confined laterally by dominants and usually make up the main canopy with the dominants.

Conifer

- A cone-bearing tree with needles.

Created Slash

- Debris created from work under this contract, including all cut trees and shrubs (tops, trunks, branches).

Crook

- A defect in trees, consisting of an abrupt curvature or bend in the bole of the tree.

Crown

- That portion of a conifer tree, which has green-needled branches.

Cut Tree

- Trees designated to be removed from a stand.

Cup Trench

– A fireline trench on the downhill side of fire burning on steep slopes that is supposed to be built deep enough to catch rolling firebrands that could otherwise start fire below the fireline. A high berm on the outermost downhill side of the trench helps the cup trench catch material. Also called gutter trench.

DBH

(Diameter Breast Height) - Diameter of the trunk measured at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground level on the uphill side of a tree.

Damage

- Includes any defect or deformity of a tree resulting from agents such as wind, snow, animals, insects, disease, and equipment, and evidenced by such things as dead or broken tops or trunks, crooks, and deep scars.

Deficiency (or discrepancy) - Trees that are unsatisfactory either because they were

Appendix A-5, Page 8 of 20 cut and met the requirements for a leave tree or were not cut and should have been.

There are three categories of deficiencies described in the Inspection procedure (Section J).

Category A deficiencies - cutting trees that should not be cut or damaging selected leave trees. These are non-correctable errors.

Category B deficiencies - leaving trees that should be cut. These are excess trees and are correctable errors.

Category C deficiencies - other types of errors such as not completely severing trees from stumps, leaving small trees, and other errors as described on the inspection form.

Dominant Tree

- Trees that are somewhat above the general level of the canopy and are exposed to full sunlight from above and to a certain extent laterally.

Down Wood

- Woody debris not meeting the definition of slash (i.e. Contractor created) that is 8 inches or less in diameter on the large end and 3 feet or greater in length. Rotten wood which is partially buried in the soil or is decayed 75% is not considered downed wood.

Excess Trees

- Uncut trees that do not meet specifications and should have been cut. Excess trees are considered a Category B deficiency in the inspection procedure; these are generally correctable.

Excessive Damage

- Contractor-caused damage to leave trees in excess of contract specifications. Excessive damage will include damage to the bole of the tree where the wood is exposed, broken out tops, root damage as evidenced by lean or splitting of the bole, and any tree pushed out of the soil.

Existing Slash

- Debris created prior to work under this contract (both natural and as a result of previous operations).

Hang-up Tree

- Any tree suspended more than 3 feet off the ground.

Healthy Conifer

- Trees that are growing well, exhibited by good leader growth, green foliage, and at least 40 percent crown ratio (ratio of crown to overall length), has upright growth form, absence of forking or broken tops, absence of mortality causing diseases or insects in the terminal buds.

Improperly Cut Tree

- A tree that was cut that should have been a leave tree based on contract specifications. This is considered a Category A deficiency and is not a correctable deficiency.

Appendix A-5, Page 9 of 20

Intermediate Tree

- Trees that are definitely subordinate in position receiving direct sunlight only through holes in the canopy. All trees of this class are subject to strong lateral competition.

Leave Trees

- Any tree that is selected or required to be left standing as provided in the specifications.

Live limb

- A woody stem with green needles growing from the trunk or main stem of a tree that exceeds 3 inches in length.

Lopping

- Cutting limbs and boles of trees to reduce depth of slash created by felled trees.

Minor Damage –Trees with damage, however, the crooks in the trunk are offset less than 3 inches from the long axis and within 13 feet of the ground, or bark damage to less than one-fourth the circumference of the tree. Trees with forks or broken tops are not considered to have minor damage.

Missing Leave Trees

- Those trees cut that should have been left.

Non-Merchantable Trees

– Conifer trees less than 7” DBH. except lodge pole pine less than 6 inches DBH.

Pullback

- Pulling slash, by hand methods, back into unit to clear a roadway or protect a leave tree.

Riparian

- Vegetation bordering watercourses, lakes, bogs, and seeps.

Roads

- The area between the outside edges of the fill slope and back slope.

Sanitation

- The felling, pruning, or girdling of disease infected or disease susceptible trees to protect residual trees from infection.

Sapling

- A tree at least 4.5 feet tall, but less than 5 inches DBH.

Seedling

- A tree less than 4.5 feet tall.

Shrub

- A woody plant with no main stem, which does not usually grow higher than seven feet (i.e., brush).

Slash

- Limbs and trunks of downed trees and brush created by the Contractor’s operations.

Spacing

- The horizontal distance from the trunk of one leave tree to the trunk of the next nearest leave tree.

Appendix A-5, Page 10 of 20

Stream Course - The area along a stream with riparian vegetation and other riparian characteristics. Stream courses are noted on the project maps. They typically require special treatment, which may include alteration to the tree cutting, slash treatment, vehicle travel or fueling of saws.

Suppressed Tree

- Trees that are or were definitely overtopped, receiving almost no free overhead sunlight. These trees are generally weak, slow growing, and exhibit very small and thin live crowns.

Sucker Limbs

- Trees with excessive limbing generating from the base or near the base of a tree.

Surplus Tree - A tree that is left in the unit that is in addition to the other satisfactory leave trees and is larger than those defined as small trees. It is not counted in the acceptable tree per acre calculation but does contribute to the total trees per acre on the unit. A surplus tree is coded as S3 or S4 trees in the inspection procedure.

Sweep

- Curve at base of tree.

Thinning

- The removal of excess trees in order to accelerate growth on selected residual trees by reducing competition for soil moisture, nutrients, and sunlight.

Unsatisfactory Tree - A tree that fails to meet contract standards; includes but is not limited to:

(1) Cutting the wrong tree, failure to cut a correct tree, failure to completely sever a live limb, etc.

(2) Failure to prune a tree or pruning that is not in contract.

(3) Failure to girdle a tree that meets the specifications is also an unsatisfactory tree.

Unsatisfactory trees are considered a deficiency or discrepancy in contract inspection and may be either a Category A, Category B or Category C deficiency.

SECTION B - INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

B.1 INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

A.

Inspections

Acceptance of fire line construction

Acceptance for Fireline construction shall be determined by an inspection of the treatment areas and shall be based on adherence to the specifications for Fireline construction. Nonconformance with any of the specifications

Appendix A-5, Page 11 of 20 shall classify the treatment as unsatisfactory and rework is required to bring the treatment up to specification standards.

Acceptance of Hazardous Fuels Reduction Work

Acceptance of Hand Piling Treatment Acceptance for hand piling treatment shall be determined by an inspection of the treatment areas and shall be based on adherence to the specifications for hand piling. Nonconformance with any of the specifications shall classify the treatment as unsatisfactory and rework is required to bring the treatment up to specification standards.

Acceptance of Thinning Treatment

1. The Government will initially make visual inspections of all work to determine adherence to the specifications.

2. If the visual inspection for thinning/slashing indicates unsatisfactory work, then a series of plots, as outlined below in section B, will be taken to determine the quality of the work performed. The Contractor or designated representative is encouraged to observe the inspection and will receive inspection summaries upon request.

3. Each unit as designated on the Contract Area Map will be inspected as a separate unit and will not be averaged with any other area for acceptance or Stewardship Credit.

B.

Inspection Plot Size and Sample

Each unit as designated on the contract map will be inspected as a separate unit and will not be averaged with any other area for acceptance or payment. The inspections for thinning work, not hand piling, pile cover and fireline construction, will be made of 1/20th acre plots on a systematic grid over the entire area on units where thinning is specified. Sufficient plots will be taken to total at least 2 percent of the unit being inspected.

This will constitute the minimum number of plots. Plot centers will be marked and numbered on the ground. The corresponding number will be entered on the inspection report form used to record data for the plot.

C.

Inspection Quality Evaluation

Each plot shall be examined to record findings on Form 2400-4 (Section G, Attachment G.4, Thinning Inspection Plot Form) for the items listed below:

1. ACCEPTABLE TREE AND TREES ABOVE MAXIMUM DBH

(Columns 3 and 4) - Includes acceptable leave trees and trees above the

Appendix A-5, Page 12 of 20 maximum DBH designated for not cutting. The total of Columns 3 and 4 must not exceed the maximum acceptable trees per plot. (S1 and S2).

2. CREDIT FOR NONSTOCKED SPOTS (Column 4)

- Includes the number of spots nonstocked on individual plots that are not stocked due to insufficient original stocking or a missing tree cut because of insects and disease. (S3 and S4).

3. SURPLUS TREES AND TREES SPECIES IGNORED (Column 5)

Includes surplus of acceptable trees above the maximum allowable trees per plot. (S2 and **).

4. CATEGORY "A" TREES (Columns 6 and 7)

- Includes leave trees cut and leave trees left not meeting contract specifications. (A1-A5).

5. CATEGORY "B" TREES (Column 8)

- Includes excess trees that should have been cut and stumps with live limbs. (B and B1).

6. CATEGORY "C" TREES (Column 9)

- Includes trees not completely severed from stump, hang-up trees, high stumps, trees left with excess damage and disease, trees not girdled, and trees improperly girdled).

(C1-C7).

D.

Thinning Quality Calculation

Upon inspection of all plots for a unit, the quality of thinning shall be calculated as follows:

1.00 - ((Col. 6 + Col. 7 + Col. 8)/ (Col. 3 + Col. 4)) X 100 = Percent Quality

E.

Category "B" Trees

When inspection results are below 90 percent and CATEGORY "B" TREES constitute any part of the deficiency, payment shall not be made until excess tree deficiency has been corrected. Inspections after rework will be made in the same manner as the first inspection but on different plot lines. The Contractor shall pay for inspections necessitated by the rework.

F.

Category "C" Trees

The total number of CATEGORY "C" TREES shall not exceed 5 trees per acre, exception for disease (C5 - C7) where all trees shall be cut or girdled. Payment will not be made until the deficiency has been corrected and thinning quality is above the minimums. The Category "C" Trees are not included in the thinning quality calculation because these deficiencies are critical to the primary stocking and disease sanitation objectives for the thinning project.

Appendix A-5, Page 13 of 20

G.

Rework and Reinspection

If the original inspection results are unacceptable to the Contractor and a second inspection is requested without rework, the same inspection procedure shall be used. However, the inspection pattern will be shifted. If the second inspection shows less than 5 percent variance from the first inspection, the Contractor shall pay the cost of the second inspection, and the result of the first inspection shall be used in determining payment. Requests for reinspection must be made in writing within 5 calendar days.

SECTION C - DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE

C.1

CONTRACT TIME

The Contractor shall maintain progress at a rate, which will assure completion of work within the calendar time specified in the Stewardship Sale Contract.

The Normal Operating season is defined as July 1 through October 15. Approval to operate outside the Normal Operating season must be approved by the Contracting Officer (CO).

C.2 - Contractor Quality Control

The Contractor, not the Government, is responsible for management and quality control actions to meet the terms of this contract. The role of the Government is quality assurance to ensure contract standards are met.

Records of quality inspections shall be kept and made available to the Government throughout the performance period and for the period after contract completion until final settlement of any claims under this contract.

A description of the site-specific quality control inspection plan shall be provided within thirty (30) days of contract award. The plan shall include; (1) control procedures for security of Government-provided items such as keys, and lock combinations; (2) location of the inspection documents; (3) corrective or preventive actions that will be taken to meet quality standards; and (4) a customer comments feedback system.

D.1

MEASUREMENT

A. Acreages for thinning units and distances for fireline as have been estimated from a combination of on the ground measurements using GPS (global positioning systems) methods and GIS (geographical information systems).

Acreage based units (thinning and hand piling) will be flagged and GPSd prior to ordering the item. Where a portion of a unit is listed below they

Appendix A-5, Page 14 of 20 were estimated using GIS (geographical information systems) and GPS methods.

B. The Contractor may at any time after inspection request remeasurement of any treatment. The request must be made in writing. Remeasurement must be made within the established boundaries. If remeasurement indicates a variance of 5 percent or less, the Contractor shall pay for the actual cost of remeasurement, and no adjustment shall be made in the acreage or distance. If remeasurement indicates a variance greater than 5 percent, payment shall be based on the remeasured acreage and distance, and the government shall pay for the remeasurement.

SECTION E--INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE

E.1 Quality Assurance Inspections

A. The Government will perform periodic review of the Contractor's Quality Control Procedures, Plan, Inspection Reports, and customer comments.

B. Quality Assurance Inspections will be made by random sampling or entire inspection of the work, and follow up of customer comments. When validating customer comments, the possible cause of unacceptable performance will be determined. If any Government action or lack of action was the cause, the complaint is not valid and deficiencies shall not be counted against the Contractor.

C. Periodic means one (1) review each month, but may be done more frequently if necessary.

D. Work that does not meet the contract requirements will be brought to the Contractor's attention. Repetitive or continuous failure to meet contract requirements may result in a quality adjustment to payment or the Contractor's right to proceed may be terminated.

E.2

Stewardship Credit Determination

A. After inspection and acceptance of completed work, the Government will calculate the Stewardship credit.

1. The credit must be calculated by multiplying the number of acres times the stewardship credit price per acre when the quality of the work is accepted or equal to or greater than 90 percent. If the quality is below 90 percent but not less than 80 percent a reduced credit will be awarded at a rate calculated by multiplying the number of acres times the actual quality times the stewardship credit price. No payment will be made if quality is below 80 percent.

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B. Credits shall be awarded on a completed unit basis only, unless otherwise approved in writing by the Contracting Officer.

SECTION F - SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

F.1

PREWORK MEETING

Prior to commencement of work, the Contracting Officer shall arrange a meeting with the Contractor to discuss the contract terms and work performance requirements. Also at this meeting, such things as work progress schedule and fire prevention and suppression plans shall be developed and established in writing.

SECTION G - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER

ATTACHMENTS

G.1 LIST OF ATTACHMENTS

G.1 QUALITY ASSURANCE SURVEILLANCE PLAN / PERFORMANCE

REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

G.2 EXHIBIT 1: CROWN POSITION CLASSIFICATION

G.3 EXHIBIT 2: MACHINE FIRELINE

G.4 THINNING INSPECTION PLOT FORM

Appendix A-5, Page 16 of 20

Attachment G.1

QASP ATTACHMENT, PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS SUMMARY

The following describes the major items in the contract with the incentives and deductions for the work described. Items below are included here as requirements.

Work Statement Performance Standard

Government Method of

Assessment Incentive/Deduction

Thinning, Quality meets or exceeds performance standard of 90% when considering Satisfactory selected leave trees, and Category A and Category B deficiencies as described in the Inspection Procedure.

AND

The number of Category C deficiencies does not exceed the maximum stated in Section Appendix A-5, B.1.F, acceptance and rework.

COR or Inspector conduct periodic monitoring of operations and random plots consistent with Thinning Inspection Method described in Appendix A-5, Section B.1.

• The Contractor’s quality will be reflected in the performance assessment either as positive or negative incentive.

• If Contractor achieves 90% or greater quality AND Category C deficiencies are below the maximum allowable, the Contractor will receive unit price as incentive.

• If Contractor exceeds the maximum allowance for Category C deficiencies, the Contractor is required to rework as per Appendix A-5 Section E.1 prior to payment for other thinning work.

• If Contractor does not achieve at least 90% quality, deductions as per Appendix A-5 Section E.2 and adverse performance assessment.

Slash Treatment

Meets slash treatment requirements.

COR or Inspector conduct periodic monitoring

• Rework is required if Contractor fails to meet standard.

Fuel break/ Fireline Construction

Meets fuel break and fire line construction requirements.

COR or Inspector conduct periodic monitoring.

• Rework is required if Contractor fails to meet standard.

Quality Control

Contractor maintains good quality control on all aspects of operation Actions not consistent with contract specifications are corrected as per the Quality Control Plan.

COR or Inspector randomly sample and observe operations.

• The quality of Quality Control provided by the Contractor will be reflected in the performance assessment as either positive or negative incentive.

• If the Contractor fails to meet standards, work may be suspended or put in Default for failure to take corrective action immediately. Result in adverse performance assessment.

Contractor’s plot inspections are +/-5% of Government’s quality.

Inspection completed to meet timeframes. Inspection forms are complete and accurate.

COR or Inspector randomly observe Contractor inspection.

Review Contractor inspection sheets.

• The ability of the Contractor to meet the standard will be reflected in the performance assessment as either positive or negative incentive.

• When Contractor’s plot inspections meet standards, no deduction.

• If quality does not meet standard, pay deduction (and/or additional costs to the Government will be assessed

Work Plan and Schedule

Work meets schedule as per the accepted work plan.

COR and inspector conduct periodic monitoring.

• The Contractor’s ability to maintain the work schedule and complete work on schedule will be reflected in the performance assessment as either positive or negative incentive.

• Work not completed on schedule is subject to Default and may result in assessment of actual costs.

Appendix A-5, Page 17 of 20

Attachment G.2

Crown Position Classification

Crown classification in a stand: D, Dominant; C, Co-dominant; I, Intermediate;

S, Suppressed

Dominant Tree

- Trees whose crowns are somewhat above the general level of the canopy and are exposed to full sunlight from above and to a certain extent laterally.

Co-dominant Tree

- Trees that are not as tall as dominants, with crowns receiving overhead light. They may be confined laterally by the dominants. They are usually as thrifty as dominants and with them comprise the main canopy of the stand.

Intermediate Tree

- Trees that are definitely subordinate in crown position, receiving direct sunlight only through holes in the canopy. All trees of this class are subject to strong competition, and growth and vigor is generally declining.

Suppressed Tree

- Trees that are (or were) definitely overtopped by the main canopy, receiving almost no free overhead sunlight. They exist by virtue of sunlight that filters through the canopy. These trees are generally very weak, slow growing, and exhibit very small and thin live crowns. They are not desirable trees.

Appendix A-5, Page 18 of 20

Attachment G.3

Machine Fireline

Upslope -------> /*********** |<-width->| /********************

"A" /********\ /***********************************

SLOPE % "A"

0-20 6 inches 20-40 8 inches 40-60 10 inches 60+ 12 inches

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Attachment G.4

Thinning Inspection Form

USDA - FOREST SERVICE

R4-2400- (2/99)

ID CONTRACT CONTRACT SPECIFICATIONS

STAND SUM.

FOREST CONTRACTOR ACCEPT.MIN/MAX TC/AC TO TARGET ACTUAL

DISTRICT NUMBER PRIORITY SP. PREF. TREES LEFT/AC

INSPECTOR ITEM PLOT SIZE CATEGORY "C"/AC/

DATE SUB-ITEM ACCEP. TREES/PLOT TO **TREES/AC IGNORED

REMARKS COMP/STD(S) VARIATION OF SPACING % OR ± FT TREES/AC. BELOW

ACRES SPECIES IGNORED** MIN.HT

WORK ACCOMPLISHED % MIN. CUT TREE HEIGHT FT

CONTRACT TIME REMAINING % MAX. CUT TREE DBH. IN TOTAL TREES/ ACRES

ACCEP. CAT "C" PER AC.

Plot No.

(1)

TREE EVALUATION

(see back) (2)

TREES LEFT:

(INCL.SAT., TREES

ABOVE MAX DBH. &

EXCLUDES**)

CREDIT

NONSTK.

SPOTS

SURPLUS

S2 AND

CAT. "A"

IMPROPER LEAVE

TREE SELECTION

UNCORRECTABLE

CAT. "B"

EXCESS TREES

CORRECT ABLE

CAT. "C"

CORRECTABLE

S1,S2 (3)

S3, S4 (4)

(5)

A1,A2, A3 (6)

A4,A5 (7)

B, B (8)

1 C1-C7 (9)

TOTAL ALL PLOTS

TOTAL PER ACRE

Quality Thinning Calculations : NOTES: 1. ** = Species of trees ignored in thinning activity.

1.00 - [ ]

COL. (6) + COL. (7) + COL.

(8) x 100 = % Quality Thinning

2. If species of trees is needed, record species for each tree tallied in Column (2).

COL. (3) + COL. (4)

TOTAL PER ACRE CALCULATIONS: TREES PER ACRE = "TOTAL ALL PLOTS" in column divided by total of plots, then multiplied by reciprocal of plot size.

1.

Appendix A-5, Page 20 of 20

TREE EVALUATION CODING AND INSTRUCTIONS

ACCEPTABLE TREES and CREDITS FOR NON STOCKED SPOTS (3-5) CATEGORY "C" TREES (9)

S1 - Meets all specifications and species preference C1 - Not completely severed from stump S2 - Tree meeting maximum d.b.h. cut limit C2 - Hang-up tree S3 - Credit leave tree due to insufficient origianl stocking C3 - High stump S4 - Credit for missing tree cut due to insects and disease C4 - Tree left with excess damage C5 - Tree left fith excess disease C6 - Tree not girdled C7 - Tree improperly girdled

CATEGORY "A" TREES (6) AND (7)

A1 - Improper spacing relationship or too many cut A2 - Tree cut exceeds the maximum d.b.h. cut limit A3 - Leave tree damaged excessively by salvage or felling operations A4 - Improper tree selection (does not meet specification) A5 - Wrong tree cut

CATEGORY "B" TREES (8)

B - Improper spacing or too few trees cut (Excess Trees) B1 - Stump with live limbs

INSTRUCTIONS: 1. The sum of Columns (3) and (4) cannot exceed maximum acceptable trees per plot.

2. If the total of Col. (3) and Col. (4) is less than the minimum acceptable trees per lot and there are no improperly cut trees (Col. 6 and 7 -Category A), Column 4 must be increased to the extent the total of Col. ((3) and Col. (4) equals the average number of acceptable trees per plot. If trees are improperly cut (Category A) the total of Columns 3 and 4 must not exceed the sum of maximum acceptable trees per plot minus the n;umber of Category A trees (Columns 6 and 7).

ADDITIONAL

NOTES:

Add C8 – small trees Add local codes such as Trees not pruned (B2 or /C9), Trees improperly pruned (C__), describe pruning deficiency ex. 0.25/deficiency

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