lefthand_task.order.pdf

1 –Task Order Number: XX LEFTHAND Task Order

Task Order # XX

Date of Order: XX

Master Contract Number: XX

Ranger District: Pagosa Ranger District

Issuing Office: San Juan National Forest, 15 Burnett Court, Durango, CO 81303

Contractor: XX

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 70 Calendar Days

Notice To Proceed: To be issued separately

Normal Operating System: May 15 thru November 15

Accounting and Appropriation Data: Jobcode: WFHF XX

Total Amount of Appropriated Funds: $ XX

Cost of Service Work: $ XX

Total Estimated Timber Value: $ 3,743.46

Weekly Retail Diesel (On-Highway) price (Rocky Mountain): $ XX Percentage of Adjustment: . XX

Billing Instructions: send invoices to the contracting officer and contracting officer’s representative concurrently via email.

Attachment 1: Lefthand Contract Map

Attachment 2: Lefthand Log Plan Map

Attachment 3: Vicinity Map, Echo Canyon and Lefthand Canyon

Contractor Date

Contracting Officer Date

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PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Objectives for this project are to reduce hazardous fuels, restore forest conditions to ensure long-term sustainability and resilience, and to improve forest health.

Work required by this contract includes all of the requirements outlined herein and in the attachments, and includes, but is not limited to:

1. Cutting of sawtimber-sized and POL– sized trees, and removal from treatment area of approximately 95% of the cut-tree material, including boles, limbs, and tops.

2. Maintenance of all National Forest System Roads used to accomplish work item 1, above, including, as needed, pre-use, during-use, and post-use maintenance.

3. Construction and maintenance of temporary roads, and decommissioning of such roads following use.

4. Erosion control of temporary roads, skid or forwarder trails, and landings, as needed.

5. Miscellaneous Items: a) felling of damaged trees, and b) slash treatment.

PROJECT LOCATION

The Lefthand Stewardship project is located on the San Juan National Forest, Pagosa Ranger District, in the Lefthand Canyon area. The two treatment units are found in Township 34 North, Range 1 West, Section 1; T35N, R1W, S 36; T34N, R1E, S 6; and T35N, R1E, S 31, NMPM, Archuleta County, Colorado.

SCHEDULE OF ITEMS: SERVICE WORK AND PRICES:

Project Specifications for Cutting Unit: 5 & 5B

STEWARDSHIP WORK ACTIVITY

ITEM

NO

REQUIRED WORK ACTIVITY

QUAN

TITY

UNIT

UNIT

PRICE

AMOUNT

1B

Cutting and removal of designated trees from 5.0- 9.9” DBH, (including boles, limbs, tops) from Forest, plus removal from Forest of limbs and tops from designated trees 10.0” DBH and greater, and specific activities tied to system road maintenance, temporary road maintenance, erosion control, and miscellaneous work, in Ponderosa Pine stands.

Estimated haul from Project Area to Biomass disposal site ranges from 21 to 35 miles.

Green tons

$ XX $ XX

16 Temporary road decommissioning 0.4 mile $ XX $ XX

OPTIONAL: WORK ACTIVITY

There is no Optional service work associated with this Task Order.

Timber Removal Price Schedule

Species Product Green Tons Bid Rate Total Value

Ponderosa pine (PP) Sawtimber 4172 $ $

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All Conifer (AC) POL 271 $ $ All Misc. biomass 1499 $ $

Total 5942 $

Weighted Average Rate/Ton----------> $

All material will be paid for at the Weighted Average Rate/Ton.

Division A Location and Area:

This Contract Area of 320 acres more or less is located in: Township 34 North, Range 1 West, Section 1, T35N, R1W, Sec. 36, T34N, R1E, Sec. 6, T35N, R1E, Sec. 31, NMPM, in Archuleta County, State of Colorado.

Volume Estimate and Utilization Standards (See Appendix B, IRSC)

Species Group Product Estimated Quantity

Unit of Measure

Minimum Specifications Merchantable Tree Piece Required to be Removed

Diameter Breast High

(d.b.h.)

(inches)

Number of

Minimum Pieces per Tree

Length

(feet)

Diameter Inside

Bark at Small End

(inches)

1/

Ponderosa pine and Other Species, Live & Dead

Sawtimber 4172 Green Tons

10.0 1 8 6.0 10.67

ALL, Live & Dead POL 271 Green Tons

5.0 1 6.5 4.0 8.0

ALL 2/ Misc Biomass

1499 Green Ton n/a n/a 6 1.0 n/a

Total Quantity 5942 Timber Designations, acres are approximate:

Acres Clearcutting Units Overstory Removal Units Understory Removal Units Individual Trees (H.10.7) 159

Designation by Description or Prescription

High Stumps

Species Product Maximum Stump Height (inches)

All Sawtimber 12

All POL 8

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

2/ This product includes topwood, and limbs, from the trees cut for sawtimber and POL, noted above.

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Technical Specifications for Service Work Activities

1. Cutting and removal of cut-tree material

2. Road Maintenance

3. Temporary roads: construction, maintenance, and decommissioning

4. Erosion Control

5. Miscellaneous items

1. Cutting and removal of cut-tree material

The treatment area, comprised of two cutting units, has been marked as “cut-tree” units – i.e., live and dead trees marked with blue paint are trees to be cut and removed.

Quantities of timber products are estimated based on cruise information that is available on file.

Contractors are urged to examine the contract area and make their own estimates.

For this Task Order, the cruise method used was sample tree.

2. Road Maintenance / Maintenance of National Forest System roads

This work item does not include required work associated with temporary roads.

T-Specifications T-800, T-802, T-803, T-805, and T-808 shall be included in the Lefthand Stewardship Project. See the following tables for During-Use and Post-Use Maintenance on the applicable roads.

(There is no Pre-Use Road Maintenance required with this project.)

Contract Road Maintenance Requirements Summary

Road Termini

Miles Applicable During-Use Road Maintenance Specifications

From To T-800 T-802 T-803 T-805 T-808

024 CR326 MP 2.0 2.0 P P P P P

024H 024 MP 0.2 0.2 P P P P

P = Contractor Performance Item, D = Deposit to Forest Service, D3 = Deposit to Third Party

Road Termini

Miles Applicable Post-Use Road Maintenance Specifications

From To T-800 T-802 T-803 T-805 T-808

024 CR326 MP 2.0 2.0 P P P P P

024H 024 MP 0.2 0.2 P P P P

P = Contractor Performance Item, D = Deposit to Forest Service, D3 = Deposit to Third Party

See IRSC, Appendix C, for specific requirements, per T-specifications listed above.

3. Temporary roads: construction, maintenance, and decommissioning

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Tentative locations (alignment and length) have been flagged by the Forest Service. Actual temporary road construction, maintenance, use, and decommissioning will be agreed to by Contractor and Forest Service.

TEMPORARY ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND USE SPECIFICATIONS

The following specifications tie to Temporary Road Use, including construction, maintenance, or decommissioning. Other specifications/provisions can be found in the IRSC, Appendix D.

See attachment 2, Log Plan Map, for location of Forest Service-suggested temporary roads.

Temporary Road Construction Information unit tmp# lngth excavation & construction clearing recon avg grd

5 T1 0.3 common, 5-15% light n/a 6% 5 T2 0.1 common, 0-4% light n/a 3%

[unit = cutting/treatment unit; tmp# = temp road #; lngth = length, in miles; excavation/construction = soil/rock category, range of slope in percent; clearing = degree of clearing of vegetation; recon = length of existing road to be reconstructed; avg grd = % average grade; excavation/construction and clearing are averaged for temporary road segment]

No drainage structures (culverts or rock crossings) or closure gates will be required on temporary roads.

4. Erosion Control

Specifications or provisions detailing erosion control requirements can be found in H.12.5 and H.12.6, or in special provisions below.

5. Miscellaneous Items

This work involves the following:

a. Felling of Damaged Trees: See H.13.1 for details.

b. Slash Treatment: See H.13.1 for details, or in special provisions below.

SPECIAL CONTRACT PROVISIONS

The following special provisions, and site-specific requirements, are included in this Task Order.

F.3 PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE:

The Contractor shall complete the work under this Task Order within the contract time specified herein. Contract time will run concurrently on all items awarded to any specific contractor. Contract Time is 70 calendar days from date of the start-work order.

F.4.1.b. PROJECT OPERATION RESTRICTIONS -- Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, project

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Project Operation Restriction Schedule

Subdivision/ Cutting Unit

Restriction Purpose

5B

No operations from March 1 through August 15 within unit.

To avoid disturbance of goshawks during breeding season.

G.6.6 Current Operating Areas. (See IRSC, Appendix B, Timber Removal Specifications). 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 October 31, 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 November 1 through May 31, inclusive, Contractor shall keep such work on any additional disturbed areas as up to date as practicable.

G.10.2 Temporary Road Construction, and Closure/Obliteration Cost Allowance Rates

The following cost allowances are applicable to this contract:

Temporary Road Excavation temp rd site conditions* rate/unit** # of units total cost

T1 5-15%; common soil $510 0.3 $153 T2 0-4%; common soil n/a n/a -0-

*side slope % range; common or rocky soil, or rippable rock;

**unit = miles.

Temporary Road Clearing temp rd site conditions* rate/unit** # of units total cost

T1 light $1697 .3 $509 T2 light $1697 .1 $170

*degree of clearing of vegetation/debris;

**unit = acres.

H.9 - UNIT BOUNDARIES (04/07) The boundaries of work units are designated as shown in the following table. The trees used for boundary designation are not to be cut.

Unit Boundary Designation Table

Unit Paint Color Designation ALL ORANGE Two orange streaks of paint extending from below stump height to approx. eye level on either side of tree facing along boundary. One shorter orange streak facing into unit, with unit number painted on every fourth or fifth tree.

H.10.11 - INDIVIDUAL TREES (CUT-TREE MARKING) – Notwithstanding H.10.7, in units shown as ITM on the

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Contract Area Map, individual trees are designated for cutting only if marked above and below stump height as shown in the table below:

Cut Tree Marking Table Cutting Unit Paint Color

ALL Blue

H.11.6 STREAMCOURSE PROTECTION “Stream courses” that are subject to provisions of this Section are shown on Contract Area Map. Unless otherwise agreed, the following measures shall be observed to protect Streamcourses:

(a) Contractor’s Operations shall be conducted to prevent debris from entering Streamcourses, except as may be authorized under paragraph (d). In event Contractor causes debris to enter Streamcourses in amounts that may adversely affect the natural flow of the stream, water quality, or fishery resource, Contractor shall remove such debris as soon as practicable, but not to exceed 48 hours, and in an agreed manner that will cause the least disturbance to Streamcourses.

(b) Culverts or bridges shall be required on Temporary Roads at all points where it is necessary to cross Streamcourses. Such facilities shall be of sufficient size and design and installed in a manner to provide unobstructed flow of water and to minimize damage to Streamcourses. Trees or products shall not be otherwise hauled or yarded across Streamcourses unless fully suspended.

(c) Wheeled or track-laying equipment shall not be operated in Streamcourses, except at crossings designated by Forest Service or as essential to construction or removal of culverts and bridges.

(d) Flow in Streamcourses may be temporarily diverted only if such diversion is necessary for Contractor’s planned construction and Forest Service gives written authorization. Such flow shall be restored to the natural course as soon as practicable and, in any event, prior to a major storm runoff period or runoff season.

H.11.12 PROTECTION OF IMPROVEMENTS

So far as practicable, Contractor shall protect Specified Roads and other improvements (such as roads, trails, telephone lines, ditches and fences):

(a) Existing in operating area,

(b) Determined to have a continuing need or use, and

(c) Designated on Contract Area Maps.

Contractor shall keep roads and trails needed for fire protection or other purposes and designated on Contract Area Maps reasonably free of equipment and products, slash, and debris resulting from Contractors Operations. Contractor shall make timely restoration of any such improvements damaged by Contractor’s Operations and when necessary because of such operations shall move such improvements as specified.

Additional protection required is as follows: NONE.

H.12.1 AVERAGE AND MAXIMUM SKID DISTANCES

Average, and Maximum, skid distances for this Task Order are 507 feet, and 1900 feet, respectively.

H.12.3 - FELLING AND BUCKING (SPECIAL OBJECTIVES). (11/06) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, silvicultural prescriptions and land management objectives shall be conducted and accomplished by the following requirements, methods and procedures:

Cutting Unit Special Objectives ALL Fall included timber away from large, mature gambel oak (i.e., greater than 6-inch diameter at root crown) to meet objectives for retaining large oak component.

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ALL Fall included timber away from ponderosa pine saplings or small poles that are of good form, exhibit little or no dwarf mistletoe infection, and reflect good overall health

ALL Pre-settlement ponderosa pine will not be cut unless necessary for safety or approved by Forest Service.

ALL Ponderosa pine snags 15.0 inches DBH and greater will not be cut unless required by OSHA safety standards.

H.12.4 - SKIDDING AND YARDING (SPECIAL OBJECTIVES). (11/06) Unless otherwise agreed in writing, silvicultural prescriptions and land management objectives shall be conducted and accomplished by the following requirements, methods and procedures:

Cutting Unit Special Objectives ALL Skid trails will be located to minimize cutting or clearing of large, mature (i.e., over 6 inch diameter at root crown) Gambel oak or pre-settlement ponderosa pine. Removal must be approved by the Forest Service in advance of cutting.

ALL Skid trails will be located to minimize damage to ponderosa pine saplings or small poles that are of good form, exhibit little or no dwarf mistletoe infection, and reflect good overall health.

ALL To reduce soil erosion skidding equipment is prohibited from operating on sustained slopes (minimum of approx. 100 feet slope distance) of 35 percent or more unless otherwise approved by Forest Service.

ALL To reduce soil erosion, equipment operation will cease when ruts 4 inches or deeper for 10 feet or longer are created. Soil disturbance (exposure of mineral soil) will be limitted to less than 15% of each treatment unit. Operations can resume when the ground dries or becomes frozen.

ALL To reduce soil erosion: do not cross drainages if banks exceed 30 percent unless otherwise approved by Forest Service.

H.12.6 EROSION CONTROL SEEDING (04/07) Following completion of operations in an area, Contractor shall seed and fertilize all exposed areas of raw soil as designated by the Forest Service on skid trails, landings, firebreaks, slides, slumps, Temporary Roads and traveled ways of Specified Road NONE following closure. Soil on areas to be seeded shall be left in a roughened condition favorable to the retention and germination of the seed. Scarification of traveled ways on Specified Roads listed above shall be to a minimum depth of 1 inches and a maximum depth of 3 inches.

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Seed and fertilizer shall be spread evenly at the rate of 21 pounds of seed and N/A pounds of fertilizer per acre.

When fertilizer and seed are applied in separate operations, the second operation shall be carried out within 72 hours of the first.

Seeding shall be done during the period AUGUST 1 to SEPTEMBER 20TH and under the above specified conditions unless otherwise approved.

The kinds and amounts of seed to be sown in terms of pure live seed (PLS) shall be:

Species of Seed PLS Pounds Per Acre western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) 10 slender wheatgrass (Elymus trachycaulus) 8 Junegrass (Koeleria macrantha) 1 blue gramma (Chondrosum spp.) 1 Arizona fescue (Festuca arizonica) 1

The Pagosa Ranger District Ecologist will be consulted, if the above seed species are not available, for appropriate substitute seed species.

All seed purchased will be certified to be free of the noxious weed seeds from weeds listed on the current "All States Noxious Weeds List." Test results from a certified seed analyst and seed analysis labels attached to the bags will be provided to the Forest Service.

The following kinds and amounts of standard commercial fertilizer shall be used with guaranteed analysis of contents clearly marked on containers:

Type of Fertilizer Pounds Per Acre

N/A N/A

H.12.8 OBLITERATION AND CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR SKID TRAILS AND LANDINGS.

Unless otherwise agreed in writing, skid trails and landings associated with the cutting unit(s) listed in the following table shall be closed using the method described.

Unit(s) Type of Facility Closure Method ALL Skid trails and landings Scarify a minimum of 1”, seed, & spread debris evenly across.

H.13.1 - 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.

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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 Lopping/slashing: lop and scatter all activity-generated slash to less than two feet above ground.

ALL Landing cleanup: slash accumulations at landings shall be spread back evenly over landing areas and adjacent segments of skid trails, to less than two feet above ground, to retard erosion and preclude vehicular travel.

ALL Fell Damaged Trees: Purchaser shall fell all live trees over 2 inches DBH and not meeting minimum specifications for included timber that are damaged through contractors operations. A damaged tree is one that:

1) has the top knocked out, or 2) leans more than 10 degrees, or 3) has less than one-half of its original limbs, or 4) has lost half or more its bark (as measured in circumference). Damaged trees are considered slash.

ALL Chips or mulch, resulting from operations, that are not removed from contract area must be distributed on ground surface and must not exceed 4 inches in depth.

H.14.7 USE OF ROADS BY CONTRACTOR

Except as provided herein, Contractor is authorized to use existing National Forest roads and Specified Roads, when such use will not cause damage to the roads or National Forest resources and when hauling can be done safely. If Contractor’s use of an existing temporary or National Forest system road cannot be satisfactorily accommodated without reconstruction, Contractor shall be authorized to use such road upon agreement as to the minimum reconstruction work that Contractor shall perform before hauling.

The Contract Area Map shows existing temporary or permanent roads that for such reasons as limitations in structural capacity, safety, and protection of soil, water, and roads:

(a) cannot be used for log hauling or,

(b) may be used only under the restrictive limitations stated therein.

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

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P Use prohibited A Public use restriction W Regulation waiver

Roads coded A will be signed by the 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 Termini Map Description of Number Road Name From To Legend Restrictions

NFSR 024.F, .G,

.I, .J

Lefthand Canyon Rds.

junction with

NFSR 024

any point beyond 024 junction

X Hauling prohibited

County Rd 326 Blanco Basin junction with

NFSR 024

any point east of 024 junction

X Hauling prohibited

H.13 FIRE PRECAUTIONS AND CONTROL

Fire Precautionary Period: April 1 through October 31.

Plans: Prior to initiating Contractor’s Operations during Fire Precautionary Period, Contractor shall file with Forest Service a Fire Prevention and Control Plan providing for the prevention and control of fires on Contract Area and other areas of Contractor’s Operations. Such Plan shall include a detailed list of personnel and equipment at Contractor’s disposal for implementing the Plan. This requirement may be met by preparing a single Plan for more than one contract.

Fire Precautions: Specific fire precautionary measures shall be applicable during Contractor’s Operations in “Fire Precautionary Period”. Contracting Officer may change the dates of Fire Precautionary Period by advance written notice, if justified by unusual weather or other conditions.

Required tools and equipment shall be kept in serviceable condition and immediately available for fire suppression at all times during Contractor’s Operations in Fire Precautionary Period.

Substitute Precautions: Forest Service may authorize substitute measures or equipment, or waive specific requirements by written notice, if substitute measures or equipment will afford equal protection or some of the required measures and equipment are unnecessary.

Emergency Precautions: Forest Service may require the necessary shutting down of equipment on portions of Contractor’s Operations, as specified by the emergency fire precautions schedule.

Under such conditions, after Contractor ceases active operations, Contractor shall release for hire by Forest Service, if needed, Contractor’s shutdown equipment for fire standby on Contract Area or other areas of Contractor’s Operations and personnel for fire standby or fire patrol, when such personnel and equipment are not needed by Contractor for other fire fighting or protection from fire.

Equipment shall be paid for at fire-fighting equipment rates common in the area or at prior agreed rates and, if Contractor requests, shall be operated only by personnel approved by Contractor.

Personnel so hired shall be subject to direction and control by Forest Service and shall be paid by Forest Service at fire-fighting rates common in the area or at prior agreed rates.

Fire Control: Contractor shall, both independently and in cooperation with Forest Service, take all reasonable and practicable action to prevent and suppress fires resulting from Contractor’s Operations and to suppress any forest fire on Contract Area. Contractor’s independent initial fire suppression action on such fires shall be immediate and shall include the use of all necessary personnel and equipment at Contractor’s disposal on Contract Area or within the distance of Contract Area.

Contractor’s Reinforcement Obligations: Whenever an Operations Fire or Negligent Fire, whether on or off Contract Area, or any other forest fire on Contract Area, has not been suppressed by initial

12 –Task Order Number: XX action, and appreciable reinforcement strength is required, Forest Service may require further actions by Contractor until such fire is controlled and mopped up to a point of safety. Such actions may include any or all of the following as necessary to fight such fire:

a. Suspend Operations, b. Release Personnel, or c. Equipment Availability.

Suspend Operations: To suspend any or all of Contractor’s Operations.

Release Personnel: To release for employment by Forest Service any or all of Contractor’s personnel engaged in Contractor’s Operations or timber processing within the distance of Contract Area. Any organized crew so hired shall include Contractor’s supervisor, if any. Personnel so employed shall be paid at Forest Service standard emergency fire-fighting rates.

Equipment Availability: To make available for Forest Service rental at fire-fighting equipment rates common in the area or at prior agreed rates any or all of Contractor’s equipment suitable for fire fighting and currently engaged in Contractor’s Operations within the distance of Contract Area.

Equipment shall be operated only by personnel approved by Contractor, if so requested by Contractor.

Fire Suppression Costs: Contractor’s obligations for cost of fire suppression vary according to three classifications of fires as follows:

a. Operations, b. Negligent, or c. Other Fires in Contract Area.

Operations Fire: An “Operations Fire” is a fire caused by Contractor’s Operations other than a Negligent

Fire. The Forest Service shall use cooperative deposits to perform fire suppression activities on Operations Fires. Contractor agrees to reimburse Forest Service for such cost for each Operations Fire, subject to a maximum of the dollar amount stated elsewhere herein. The cost of Contractor’s actions, supplies, and equipment on any such fire, or otherwise at the request of Forest Service, shall be credited toward such maximum. If Contractor’s actual cost exceeds Contractor’s obligation, Forest Service shall reimburse Contractor for the excess.

Negligent Fire: A “Negligent Fire” is a fire caused by negligence or fault of Contractor’s Operations, including, but not limited to, one caused by smoking by persons engaged in Contractor’s Operations during the course of their employment, or during rest or lunch periods; or if Contractor’s failure to comply with the contract requirements results in a fire starting or permits a fire to spread.

Damages and the cost of suppressing Negligent Fires shall be borne by Contractor.

Other Fires in Contract Area: Forest Service shall pay Contractor, at fire fighting rates common in the area or at prior agreed rates, for equipment or personnel furnished by Contractor, or otherwise at the request of Forest Service, on any fire on Contract Area other than an Operations Fire or a Negligent Fire.

State Law: Contractor shall not be relieved by the terms of this contract of any liability to the United States for fire suppression costs recoverable in an action based on State law, except for such costs resulting from Operations Fires. Amounts due Contractor for fire-fighting expenditure shall not be withheld pending settlement of any such claim or action based on State law.

Performance by Contractor: Where Contractor’s employees, agents, contractors, Subcontractors, or their employees or agents perform Contractor’s Operations in connection with fire responsibilities, Contractor’s obligations shall be the same as if performance was by Contractor.

Smoking and Lunch Fires: Smoking is prohibited except inside a building, developed recreation site, vehicle, or while seated in an area of at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials (36 CFR 261.52(d)). The building of camp, lunch, warming and other fires within the sale area and vicinity is prohibited, except at established camps or at other safe places where all flammable material has been cleared away sufficiently to prevent the start and spread of wildfires. Forest Service may, upon written request of Contractor, designate specific places where campfires may be built for purposes of heating lunches.

Spark Arrester and Mufflers: Operating or using any internal combustion engine, on any timber, brush, or grass covered land, including trails and roads traversing such land, without a spark arrester, maintained in effective working order, meeting either (I) Department of Agriculture, Forest Service standard 5100, "SPARK ARRESTERS FOR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES," (current edition); or (II) the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) recommended Practices J335, "MULTIPOSITION SMALL ENGINE EXHAUST SYSTEM FIRE IGNITION SUPPRESSION,"

(current revision) and J350, 36 CFR 261.52(j), is prohibited. Passenger carrying vehicles, pickups, 13 –Task Order Number: XX medium and large highway trucks (80,000 GVW) will be equipped with a factory designed muffler system which is specified for the make and model of the respective vehicle/truck or with a muffler system that is equivalent or that exceeds factory specifications. Exhaust systems shall be properly installed and continually maintained in serviceable condition.

Fire Extinguishers and Tools on Equipment: While in use, each internal combustion engine including tractors, trucks, yarders, loaders, welders, generators, stationary engines, or comparable powered equipment shall be provided with at least the following:

(a) One fire extinguisher, at least 5#ABC with an Underwriters Laboratory (UL) rating of 3A - 40BC, or greater.

(b) One shovel, sharp, size O or larger, round-pointed with an overall length of at least 48 inches.

(c) One axe, sharp, double bit 3-1/2#, or one sharp pulaski.

Extinguishers, shovels, axes, and pulaskis shall be mounted so as to be readily available from the ground. All tools shall be maintained in a serviceable condition.

Power Saws: Each gasoline engine power saw shall be provided with one chemical-pressurized fire extinguisher of not less than 8-ounce capacity by weight, and one size O or larger, round-pointed shovel with an overall length of at least 48 inches. The extinguisher and shovel shall be maintained in good working order. The extinguisher shall be with the power saw operator and immediately available for use at all times. The extinguisher shall not be affixed to the saw. The shovel shall be readily available to the operator of the saw at all times. Having the shovel with the gas can used to refuel the saw may be considered "readily available" if not more than 200 feet from the saw. During periods of critical fire danger, Forest Service may prescribe other precautionary measures.

Any fueling or refueling of a power saw shall be done in an area which has first been cleared of material which will carry fire. The power saw shall be moved at least 10 feet from the place of fueling or refueling before starting.

Blasting and Welding: The use of fuses in blasting shall not be permitted except near power lines where the danger of accidental detonation is present, and then only by special written permission of Forest Service. Whenever the relative humidity falls below 50 percent, Contractor shall place a watchman at each point where blasting is done who shall remain on duty for at least one hour after blasting is finished, and who shall be equipped with a shovel and a water-filled backpack can equipped with hand pump. During periods when the relative humidity falls below 20 percent, blasting shall be discontinued unless authorized, with special provisions, in writing by Forest Service. Blasting shall not be permitted in any area not cleared to mineral soil without advance written approval of Forest Service and with such special precautions as may be required.

Prima Cord shall not be used in clearing operations, and in other areas where timber has been felled and slash not burned.

Unless otherwise directed in writing by Forest Service, all flammable material shall be cleared for

10 feet around any piece of equipment being welded. In addition, Contractor shall provide a fire extinguisher of a size and type designed to extinguish a fire in the flammable materials surrounding the spot being welded.

In order to determine the relative humidity, Contractor shall either (a) provide and maintain weather instruments, that will measure relative humidity, in the area where blasting will occur; or (b) provide communications to obtain weather data from Forest Service.

Explosives shall be stored at all times in a locked box marked "Explosives”. Powder and blasting caps shall be stored in separate boxes.

Storage of Flammables: Gasoline, oil, grease and other highly flammable material shall be stored either in a separate building, or at a site where all debris is cleared within a radius of 25 feet. Storage buildings or sites shall be a minimum distance of 50 feet from other structures. Storage buildings shall be adequately posted to warn of the flammables and to prohibit smoking in or around the building.

Camp Fire Protection: The grounds around all trailers, buildings, other facilities constructed or placed on or near Contract Area, as authorized under H.7, shall be kept free of flammable material for a

14 –Task Order Number: XX distance of at least 20 feet from the wall of such structure. Burning of such flammable material shall be as prescribed by Forest Service in writing.

Stovepipes of all wood burning stoves shall be equipped with suitable roof jacks and serviceable spark arresters. Stovepipes shall be no closer than 2 feet from any wood or other flammables unless adequately protected by metal or asbestos shield.

K-F.3.5# - CLOSURE OF TEMPORARY ROADS (11/06). Unless otherwise agreed to in writing, temporary roads associated with the cutting unit(s) listed in the following table shall be closed using the closure method described.

Unit Closure Method

5 Temp Roads T1 & T2: Decommission, by specifications found in Appendix D, IRSC.

1. TEMPORARY ROAD EXCAVATION, CLEARING, CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, AND

EROSION CONTROL [from Appendix D, Temporary Road Specifications].

Construction

1.3. Clearing & Disposal. Protect construction stakes and construction control markers. Remove or treat all trees, snags, downed timber, brush, and stumps within the clearing limits according to the following specifications:

A. All timber within the road clearing limits which contains a product meeting the minimum piece specifications stated in Appendix B (Division A) shall be felled (not pushed over) and bucked in advance of road construction. All timber shall be felled within the clearing limits whenever it is feasible to do so.

B. Timber within the clearing limits not meeting minimum piece specifications in Appendix B (Division A) and other debris from the clearing and grubbing operations more than _TWO_ inches in diameter and _SIX_ feet in length shall either be

(a) utilized and removed from Contract Area, (b) burned within the right-of-way, (c) removed to designated locations shown on Contract Area Map for burying or later burning, (d) buried, (e) processed through a chipping machine, (f) scattered in such a manner as to avoid concentrations of slash and without damaging other trees or resource values, (g) windrowed (h) decked, or (i) a combination thereof.

C. All material to be treated or disposed of shall be bucked into lengths not to exceed _SIX_ feet before being piled or buried.

D. If debris is to be burned, burning shall be complete and shall be done at such times and in a manner approved in writing by Forest Service. Residual construction slash from burning shall be buried, scattered or removed to agreed locations.

E. Debris to be buried shall be placed in prepared holes, benches, or trenches at agreed locations and covered with not less than _THREE_ feet of native soil or rock. Slash and debris may be buried in the roadway providing hauling can be supported and providing there is little probability or hazard of slope failure.

F. If debris is to be chipped, the chips shall be spread over the surface of the ground in such a manner that their loose depth does not exceed _FOUR_ inches. Chips may be mixed with soil within roadway.

G. Slash and debris may be scattered in those situations where the volume of slash or residual slash is relatively light and the adjacent stands of timber are sufficiently open to accommodate the scattering without damage.

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H. When slash is to be windrowed, the windrow area shall be cleared. Windrows shall be placed parallel to and along the embankment toe. Windrows shall not be placed against trees.

I. If material is decked, logs not meeting Utilization Standards that are _EIGHT_ inches or more in diameter shall be bucked into lengths not to exceed _EIGHT_ feet and piled at agreed locations.

K‐G.8.2.4# – SCALING AS PRESENTED – CONTRACT BY WEIGHT. (11/06) Notwithstanding criteria in G.8.2, all material presented for measurement will be weighed and paid for at rates listed in A.4 on a predetermined weight factor of 70.21 pounds per cubic foot for ponderosa pine sawtimber, and 65.79 pounds per cubic foot for POL.

In the event any live products are severed from the stump for a period of 90 days or more without being weighed, the Forest Service, at its discretion, may 100 percent sample, sample load scale, sample weight scale, or use any other valid and acceptable method to determine the volume. Contractor shall bear any additional scaling costs as a result of the delay in removing the products.