rocky_gulch_irsc_appendix_b_2008.doc

Solicitation No. XX-XXX-X-XX-XXXX

Rocky Gulch Stewardship: Appendix B

APPENDIX B

STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT TIMBER REMOVAL SPECIFICATIONS

BT.0 CONTRACT AREA

BT.1 Contract Area Map

BT.2 Claims

CT.0 TIMBER SPECIFICATIONS

CT.1 Included Timber

CT.1.1 Standard Timber

CT.1.2 Substandard Timber

CT.1.3 Damaged Timber

CT.1.3.1 Damaged by Contractor

CT.1.3.2 Negligent or Willful Damage

CT.1.3.4 Minor Damage by Natural Causes

CT.1.4 Unintentionally Cut Timber

CT.1.5 Construction Timber

CT.1.6 Other Material

CT.2 Utilization and Removal of Included Timber

CT.3 Timber Designations

CT.3.1 Clearcutting Units

CT 3.2 Construction Clearing

CT 3.2.1 Specified Road Clearings

CT 3.2.2 Other Authorized Clearings

CT.3.3 Overstory Removal Units

CT.3.4 Understory Removal Units

CT.3.5 Individual Trees

CT.3.7 Minor Changes

CT.4 Volume Estimate

DT.0 RATES OF PAYMENT

DT.1 Current Contract Rates

DT.4 Other Payment Rates

DT.4.1 Material and Quantities Not in Division AT DT.4.2 Timber Cut Through Mistake

DT.4.2.1 Designated Timber Cut But Not Removed

DT.4.3 Undesignated Timber Damaged Without Negligence

DT.4.4 Undesignated Timber Unnecessarily Damaged or Negligently or Willfully Cut

DT.4.5 Liquidated Damages

ET.0 PAYMENTS

ET.1 Amount Payable for Timber

ET.4.2 Integrated Resource Account

GT.0 OPERATIONS

GT.4 Conduct of Logging

GT.4.1 Felling and Bucking

GT.4.1.1 Felling in Clearings

GT.4.1.2 Stump Heights

GT.4.1.3 Limbing

GT.4.2 Skidding and Yarding

GT.4.2.1 Rigging

GT.4.2.2 Landings and Skid Trails

GT.4.2.3 Skidding on Roads

GT.4.2.4 Arches and Dozer Blades

GT.6.3 Temporary Roads GT.6.7 Erosion Control Structure Maintenance

GT.7 Slash Disposal

GT 8 Measuring

GT.8.1 Product Identification

IT.0 OTHER CONDITIONS

IT.1 Title and Liability

IT.1.1 Title Passage

IT.1.2 Liability for Loss

RO-KT-CT.2.1# - OPTIONAL REMOVAL. (11/06)

RO-KT-CT.3.0.1# - CUTTING UNIT BOUNDARIES. (11/06)

RO-KT-CT.3.5.5# - INDIVIDUAL TREES (CUT TREE MARKING). (11/06)

RO-KT-GT.4.2# - SKIDDING AND YARDING (SPECIAL OBJECTIVES) (11/06)

RO-KT-GT.7# - SLASH TREATMENT. (11/06)

RO-KT-GT.7.1# – CHANGE IN SLASH TREATMENTS. (11/06)

RO-KT-GT.8# - MEASURING. (11/06)

RO-KT-GT.8.1# - ACCOUNTABILITY. (11/06)

WO-KT-IT.6.8# USE OF TIMBER (Option 1) (9/04)

Division AT

Location and Area:

T.12S., R.72W., Section 25,26 and 36 Park County, CO

Volume Estimate and Utilization Standards

Quantity * Unit of

Measure Minimum Specifications

Diameter Breast High (d.b.h.)

(inches) Number of Minimum Pieces per Tree Length (feet) Diameter Inside Bark at Small End (inches) Merch. Factor

Timber Subject to Agreement under KT-CT.1.1#

Total Quantity

Timber Designations, acres are approximate:

Subdivision

Acres

Clearcutting Units (CT.3.1)

Overstory Removal Units (CT.3.3)

Understory Removal Units (CT.3.4)

Individual Trees (CT.3.5)

Incompletely Measured (CT.3)

Designation by Description or Prescription (KT-CT.3)

High Stumps

(inches)

Specified Roads

Name and Date of Governing Road Specifications:

Class Approx.

Length (mi./km.)

Sheet Numbers and Approval Date Performance Responsibility

Staking1/

N/A

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

Specification sheets with itemized construction codes also attached

AT – Schedule of Payment Units

Payment

Unit

Number Approx.

Acres To be Paid for at Flat Rates under AT

Total

Flat

Rate

Payment

Total

Required

Deposits For Slash

Disposal $

Measure

APPLICABLE REGIONAL PROVISIONS MAY BE ADDED

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

TIMBER REMOVAL SPECIFICATIONS

PROVISIONS 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 Provisions 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 Provisions also apply to Special KT Provisions with the same numbers. These provisions are applicable only to the timber removal portion of the Rocky Gulch stewardship Contract except where otherwise specifically referenced.

BT.0—CONTRACT AREA

BT.1 Contract Area Map. The boundaries of "Payment Units" and any subdivision thereof, are as shown on the attached "Contract Area Map," which is made a part hereof, and were, before advertisement, designated on the ground by Forest Service to meet the anticipated needs of the parties. The location of the Payment Units and its approximate acreage are stated in Division AT. Payment Units may be revised and additional ones may be established only by written agreement. Where applicable, the following are also identified on Contract Area Map:

(a) Identified claims limiting Contractor's rights;

(b) Subdivisions defined where timber is to be Measured or Marked after date of advertisement;

(c) Boundaries of cutting units;

(d) Areas where leave trees are Marked to be left uncut;

(e) Specified Roads listed

(f) Sources of base course, rock riprap and surface rock;

(g) Roads where log hauling is prohibited or restricted;

(h) Roads and trails to be kept open;

(i) Improvements to be protected;

(j) Locations of known historical sites;

(k) Maximum stump heights when more than one height is listed by areas;

(l) Skidding or yarding methods specified;

(m) Streamcourses to be protected; and

(n) Other features required by Division C.

BT.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.

CT.0—TIMBER SPECIFICATIONS

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

CT.1.1 Standard Timber. Live and dead trees and portions thereof that meet Utilization Standards and are designated for cutting.

CT.1.2 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.

CT.1.3 Damaged Timber.

CT.1.3.1 Damaged by Contractor. Undesignated live trees meeting Utilization Standards (a) within 200 feet slope distance from centerline of roads constructed hereunder which 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) which are damaged by Contractor in logging and are subsequently Marked before Contractor has completed skidding or yarding operations in the immediate area. By agreement, such trees may be left without charge if their removal would cause undue damage or be grossly uneconomic.

CT.1.3.2 Negligent or Willful Damage. Undesignated timber meeting Utilization Standards and unnecessarily damaged or negligently or willfully cut by Contractor, if included by Forest Service.

CT.1.3.4 Minor Damage by Natural Causes. Undesignated trees within Contract Area and meeting Utilization Standards, that become insect infested, windthrown, suffer serious damage, or die, as designated by agreement.

CT.1.4 Unintentionally Cut Timber. Live trees, within or immediately adjacent to Contract Area or to road construction or other authorized clearing outside Contract Area, not designated for cutting but that are cut through mistake by Contractor, when included by Forest Service.

CT.1.5 Construction Timber. Trees to be used for construction under this contract.

CT.1.6 Other Material. Species or products not listed in the contract, upon written approval of Forest Service.

CT.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 AT 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.

CT.3 Timber Designations. Timber designated for cutting shall be confined to Payment Units, except as otherwise provided. Contract Area Map indicates subdivisions, if any, where Marking is to be done after advertisement, except for construction clearing, minor changes, and damaged timber. The boundaries of cutting units were plainly marked on ground before advertisement and are shown on Contract Area Map. The number of units and approximate acreage of timber designations are stated in Division AT.

CT.3.1 Clearcutting Units. All trees that meet Utilization Standards within “Clearcutting Units” are designated for cutting.

CT.3.2 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. Such designation may be revised as part of agreed changes in road location.

CT.3.2.1 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. The quantities of dead or unstable trees designated outside the clearing limits are not included in Division AT.

CT.3.2.2 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.

CT.3.3 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.

CT.3.4 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.

CT.3.5 Individual Trees. All trees to be cut, other than in the units described in CT.3.1, CT.3.2, CT.3.3, and CT.3.4, 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.

CT.37 Minor 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.

CT.4 Volume Estimate. The estimated volumes of timber by species designated for cutting and expected to be cut under Utilization Standards are listed in Division AT. The estimated volumes stated are not to be construed as guarantees or limitations of the timber volumes to be designated for cutting under the terms of this contract.

DT.0—RATES OF PAYMENT

DT.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 and Schedule of Supplies/Services (Timber Products block 24) - Solicitation.

In the event Termination Date is adjusted, Current Contract Rates shall be continued in the same manner as immediately prior to the adjustment period.

DT.4 Other Payment Rates.

DT.4.1 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 from Clearcutting Units and construction clearings may be purposely removed in more than incidental amounts without charge subject to agreement on deposits for road maintenance and use. Such material from other than Clearcutting Units and construction clearings 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, upon written approval of Contracting Officer, be cut and removed without charge other than Required Deposits established by agreement. Timber for which the quantity is not included in the estimate, shall be paid for at Current Contract Rates and Required Deposits.

DT.4.2 Timber Cut Through Mistake. Undesignated timber meeting Utilization Standards, cut by Contractor through mistake and included by the Forest Service, shall be removed and paid for at Current Contract Rates, unless such material is not listed. In such event, Forest Service, in accord with standard Forest Service methods, shall establish rates to be paid.

DT.4.2.1 Designated Timber Cut But Not Removed. Standard timber shall be removed prior to acceptance of a Payment Unit for completion of logging. There shall be no charge when (a) leaving the incidental material is justified under existing conditions, or (b) Cut timber is left by option or requirement.

DT.4.3 Undesignated Timber Damaged Without Negligence. Undesignated timber meeting Utilization Standards, damaged without negligence by Contractor and designated by Forest Service, shall be cut, removed, and paid for at Current Contract Rates.

DT.4.4 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 shall be cut, removed, and paid for at Current Contract Rates that are in addition to liquidated damages. 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.

DT.4.5 Liquidated Damages. Unnecessary damage to or negligent or willful cutting of undesignated timber, 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 the Forest Service, Contractor shall remove such damaged timber.

ET.0—PAYMENTS

ET.1 Amount Payable for Timber. 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. Payment shall be in the form of Stewardship Credits or cash.

ET.4.2 Integrated Resource Account. “Integrated Resource Account” is an account 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) Cooperative work at rates established by specific agreement,

(d) Other charges provided in this contract.

Cash deposits and Stewardship Credits shall be recorded currently in such account. Charges for timber cut shall be made when Forest Service prepares and furnishes to Contractor periodic statements of quantity and value of such timber. Charges against Stewardship Credits shall be limited to timber value in excess of Base Rates and can not be used for required deposits.

GT.0—OPERATIONS

GT.4 Conduct of Logging. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, Contractor shall fell trees designated for cutting and shall remove the portions which meet Utilization Standards, except 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 provisions set forth requirements to meet special or unusual logging conditions:

GT.4.1 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.

GT.4.1.1 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 construction clearings and areas of regeneration cutting.

GT.4.1.2 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 shall be acceptable when necessary for safe and efficient conduct of logging. Except for acceptable high stumps stated above, 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 or as otherwise agreed. The stump heights shown in Division AT were selected with the objective of maximum reasonable utilization of the timber unless Contract Area Map shows special areas where stump heights are lower for aesthetic, land treatment or silvicultural reasons.

GT.4.1.3 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 uncut those limbs that cannot be cut with reasonable safety.

GT.4.2 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.

GT.4.2.1 Rigging. Insofar as practicable, needed rigging shall be slung on stumps or trees designated for cutting.

GT.4.2.2 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.

GT.4.2.3 Skidding on Roads. Products may be skidded on permanent roads authorized for hauling only by prior written agreement.

GT.4.2.4 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.

GT.6.3 Temporary Roads. As necessary to attain stabilization of roadbed and fill slopes of Temporary Roads, Contractor shall employ such measures as outsloping, 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, outslope 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.

GT.6.7 Erosion Control Structure Maintenance. During the period of this contract, Contractor shall provide maintenance of soil erosion control structures constructed by Contractor until they become stabilized, but not for more than 1 year after their construction. Contractor shall not be responsible for repair of such structures damaged by other National Forest users whose activities are not a part of Contractor’s Operations.

GT.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 in KT-GT.7 and are in addition to Required Deposits for slash disposal.

GT.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 GT.8.1 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, removed, 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.

IT.0—OTHER CONDITIONS

IT.1 Title and Liability.

IT.1.1 Title Passage. All right, title, and interest in and to any Included Timber shall remain in Forest Service until it has been cut, 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 Solicitation 13 Timber Payment Guarantee, shall be considered to be paid for. Title to any Included Timber that has been cut, scaled 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.

IT.1.2 Liability for Loss. If Included Timber is destroyed or damaged by an unexpected event that significantly changes the nature of the 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 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 said 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.

RO-KT-CT.2.1# - OPTIONAL REMOVAL. (11/06) Notwithstanding the requirements of CT.2, all products meeting utilization specifications in AT shall be removed with the exception that material meeting specifications in the following schedule may be left at sites designated by the Forest Service at the option of the Contractor. Treatment of Optional Material will be subject to the conditions listed in KT-GT.7# - Slash Treatment and Appendix A.

Specifications of Material

Cutting Unit Species/Product

Subject to Optional Removal

All

POL

Per Appendix A

RO-KT-CT.3.0.1# - CUTTING UNIT BOUNDARIES. (11/06) The boundaries of cutting units are designated as shown in the following table. The trees used for boundary designation are not to be cut.

Cutting Unit Boundary Designation Table Cutting Unit Paint Color

Designation All Orange Orange Streaks of paint on three sides of the cutting unit boundary tree extending below stump height to a height of four feet or more. The middle streak of paint faces the area to be cut.

RO-KT-CT.3.5.5# - INDIVIDUAL TREES (CUT TREE MARKING). (11/06) Notwithstanding CT.3.5, individual trees are designated for cutting only if marked above and below stump height as show in the table below

Cut Tree Marking Table

Cutting Unit

Paint Color

1,3,4,5,6,7,8,16

Blue

RO-KT-GT.7# - SLASH TREATMENT. (11/06) Slash is defined as logs, tops, limbs, and other woody material, exclusive of stumps, which is created by the logging operation and remaining on the ground after logging. In areas where Contractor-created slash is intermingled and inseparable from pre-existing slash, slash disposal requirements shall apply to the pre-existing slash as well as the Contractor-created slash. Such areas are designated in the Contractor Slash Responsibility Table herein.

Slash created in the construction of Specified Roads shall not be considered as logging slash in this Section.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, Contractor shall perform the following work described below and/or as shown on the Contract Area Map and/or Slash Disposal Map.

Forest Service and Contractor shall jointly develop a schedule for completion of slash treatment on the various portions of the Contract Area.

Contractor's Slash Responsibility Table

Description of Unit(s)

Type of Slash Disposal

All

Landing Cleanup

A landing is considered a place where any logs or products are gathered for loading. Logs not meeting utilization standards accumulated at landings shall be decked as agreed to in writing by the Forest Service. All slash accumulated at landings shall be piled, unless it is agreed in writing that slash can be thrown back into an area that is planned to be broadcast burned.

Piles shall be reasonably compact and free of soil to facilitate burning. Piles will not be more than 20 feet in height or _20_feet in width. Piles shall be of a size and location which will not impair road use or result in damage to residual timber. Piles shall be located at least 20 feet from residual timber and 100 feet fromprotected stream courses. Piles shall not be more than 75 feet long.

Lopping and Scattering Prior to skidding operations, Contractor shall cut all exposed limbs from Included timber. Such limbing shall be done to a top diameter of approximately 6’-sawtimber, 4”-POL inches diameter inside bark, at which point the top will be cut from the remainder of the stem. Limbs shall be severed from the remaining top and all limbs cut from the top and boles will not extend over 2 feet above the ground. No slash material shall be concentrated around the boles of reserve trees.

Leave Tops All Included Timber shall have tops and limbs cut from stems prior to skidding. These tops and limbs shall be left in the cutting units where the timber is felled according to the Machine Slash Piling specifications.

Limb and Top Removal Contractor has the option for all Included Timber of leaving tops and limbs of felled trees attached and yarding them to landings within the entire cutting unit as shown on the Contract Area Map.

Tops and limbs which are lost on the way to the landing site due to normal felling, skidding and/or yarding operations are not required to be yarded but to be slashed to within 2 feet above the ground.

All

Machine Slash Piling Contractor has the option of machine piling all slash meeting the following specifications in cutting units or portions of cutting units as shown on the Contract Area Map. Piles shall be compact, free of soil and of sufficient size to facilitate burning. Piles will be a maximum height of 10 feet and maximum width of 15 fee and maximum length of 15 feet t and shall be placed no closer than 50 feet from the outside perimeter of the unit, system roads, wet areas, or other areas designated on the ground by the Forest Service. No pile or windrow shall be closer than 20 feet from any standing reserve trees live crown. All material extending more than 4 feet beyond the outside perimeter of the pile shall be trimmed off and returned to the pile.

RO-KT-GT.7.1 – CHANGE IN SLASH TREATMENTS. (11/06) Slash treatment measures required in KT-GT.7# may be changed upon written agreement. The Forest Service shall determine the current cost of performing the work to be deleted and the work to be added. When the cost of work deleted exceeds the cost of work added, the agreement shall provide for a lump sum payment to the Forest Service for the amount of the difference. When the cost of work added exceeds the cost of work deleted, the change may be made only if the Contractor agrees to making the change with no cost adjustment.

RO-KT-GT.8# - MEASURING. (11/06) The estimated quantity of timber in AT has been determined by standard procedures described in FSH 2409.12, Timber Cruising Handbook.

The following table describes the type of cruising method used to determine quantities:

Payment Unit/Cutting Unit Cruising Method

Sample Tree with Individual Tree Marking1/

Estimated quantities of timber subsequently included under CT.1.3, CT.1.4, CT.3.1, CT.3.2, CT.3.3, CT.3.4, CT.3.5 or CT.3.7 not previously measured will be determined using the standard cruise methods as described in FSH 2409.12, Timber Cruising Handbook, or, if attached, using the Additional Volume Calculation Table based on information generated from the timber cruise.

Additional Volume Calculation Table

ROCKY GULCH STEWARDSHIP CONTRACT

Unit #: ________ Date:___________ Measured by:________________________

Note: Volumes in this table are taken from a local volume table generated for the Rocky Gulch Stewardship using cruise data specific to this sale per RO-KT-GT.8# - MEASURING. (11/06).

This table is not valid for any other sale.

Class Diameter

Range Net CF

Volume

Per Tree Total #

Trees in

Diam. Class

(DC)

Expanded DC

Volume

(# Trees x

Tree Volume) Tree Tally/Comments

Total

NOTE: “Cruise Processing Program” version 20060320 was used. Table developed by S. Tiffner 3/14/2007 Unit #: ________ Date:___________ Measured by:________________________

Note: Volumes in this table are taken from a local volume table generated for the Rocky Gulch Stewardship using cruise data specific to this sale per RO-KT-GT.8# - MEASURING. (11/06).

This table is not valid for any other sale.

Class Diameter

Range Net CF

Volume

Per Tree Total #

Trees in

Diam. Class

(DC)

Expanded DC

Volume

(# Trees x

Tree Volume) Tree Tally/Comments

Total

NOTE: “Cruise Processing Program” version 20060320 was used. Table developed by S. Tiffner 3/14/2007 RO-KT-GT.8.1# - ACCOUNTABILITY. (11/06) The following requirements are applicable to Product Removal Permits:

1. Forest Service will issue to Contractor or designated representative(s) serially numbered Product Removal Permit books for use only on this contract. Product Removal Permit books, whether used or unused, shall be accountable property of Forest Service and shall be returned to issuing Forest Service Office in accordance with instructions contained in each book. Each book, which is not returned to the Forest Service, will be considered a lost book and liquidated damages of $100 will be assessed.

2. Contractor shall require all permits be completed in accordance with the instructions contained on the inside cover of each book.

3. Each load will have the last three digits of the load receipt number painted on both ends of three logs with Black paint. All loads that consist of a truck and pup(s) must have the last three digits of the load receipt painted on both ends of three logs on all subunits of the combination.

Contractor shall require vehicles hauling Included Products to stop at agreed upon locations for purposes of monitoring accountability. The parties shall agree upon the haul route prior to operations.

WO-KT-IT.6.8# – USE OF TIMBER. (4/04) (a) This contract is subject to the Forest Resources Conservation and Shortage Relief Act of 1990, as amended (16 USC 620, et seq.).

(b) Except for 1/___None_______ determined pursuant to public hearing to be surplus, unprocessed Included Timber shall not be exported from the United States nor used in direct or indirect substitution for unprocessed timber exported from private lands by Contractor or any person as defined in the Act (16 USC 620e).

(c) Timber in the following form will be considered unprocessed:

(i) Trees or portions of trees or other roundwood not processed to standards and specifications suitable for end product use;

(ii) Lumber, construction timbers, or cants intended for remanufacturing not meeting standards defined in the Act (16 USC 620e); and

(iii) Aspen or other pulpwood bolts exceeding 100 inches in length.

(d) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, unprocessed Included Timber shall be delivered to a domestic processing facility and shall not be mixed with logs intended for export.

(e) Prior to award, during the life of this contract, and for a period of 3 years from Termination Date, Contractor shall furnish to Forest Service, upon request, records showing the volume and geographic origin of unprocessed timber from private lands exported or sold for export by Contractor or affiliates.

(f) Prior to delivering unprocessed Included Timber to another party, Contractor shall require each buyer, exchangee, or recipient to execute an acceptable agreement that will:

Identify the Federal origin of the timber;

(ii) Specify domestic processing for the timber involved;

(iii) Require the execution of such agreements between the parties to any subsequent transactions involving the timber;

(iv) Require that all hammer brands and/or yellow paint must remain on logs until they are either legally exported or domestically processed, whichever is applicable; and

(v) Otherwise comply with the requirements of the Act (16 USC 620d).

(g) No later than 10 days following the execution of any such agreement between Contractor and another party, Contractor shall furnish to Forest Service a copy of each such agreement. Contractor shall retain, for 3 years from Termination Date, the records of all sales, exchanges, or dispositions of all Included Timber.

(h) Upon request, all records dealing with origin and disposition of Included Timber shall be made available to Contracting Officer.

For breach of this Subsection, Forest Service may terminate this contract and take such other action as may be provided by statute or regulation, including the imposition of penalties. When terminated by Forest Service under this Subsection, Forest Service will not be liable for any Claim submitted by Contractor relating to the termination.