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from the units may also be cut to firewood lengths or logs to 25 feet in length or less, and transported to the Process and Storage Area, and neatly stockpiled. Materials stockpiled in the

Process and Storage Areas are the property of the

Contractor until the Project is Final Accepted, at which time ownership transfers to the Forest

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Public to remove the materials at a later date.

The contractor may allow the public to remove materials from the units prior to Final

Acceptance if removal can be done safely. The

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Part 1 - The Schedule

Section B - Supplies or Services and Prices/Costs

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Item of Unit No. Description Meas. Quantity Unit Price Total

102 Unit 115 CQ 2.2 Acre $ $ Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal Cut Materials removed by Accepted Proposal Method Cut Material Processed by Chipping-on-Site or Removal

103 Unit 117 CQ 11.9 Acre

Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal Cut Materials removed by Accepted Proposal Method Cut Material Processed by Chipping-on-Site or Removal

104 Unit 146 CQ 23.0 Acre $ $ Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal Cut Materials removed by Accepted Proposal Method Cut Material Processed by Chipping-on-Site or Removal

105 Unit 147 CQ 1.4 Acre $ $ Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal Cut Materials removed by Accepted Proposal Method Cut Material Processed by Chipping-on-Site or Removal

106 Unit 180 CQ 20.2 Acre $ $ Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal Cut Materials removed by Accepted Proposal Method Cut Material Processed by Chipping-on-Site or Removal

107 Unit 214 CQ 5.9 Acre $ $ Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal Cut Materials removed by Accepted Proposal Method Cut Material Processed by Chipping-on-Site or Removal

108 Unit 263 CQ 12.1 Acre $ $ Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal Cut Materials removed by Accepted Proposal Method Cut Material Processed by Chipping-on-Site or Removal

501 Mobilization LS 1 Lump Sum $ $

Total Acreage 76.70

TOTAL COST: $

Schedule of Items

MIDDLE KYLE CANYON FIRE FUELS REDUCTION BY HAND METHODS

Method Item of Unit No. Description Meas. Quantity Unit Price Total

120 AQ *TBD Acre $ $

*TBD-- To Be Determined. As Stated in Sec C. Description.

Contractor may discover Acreage Which Cannot be Treated to Prescription i.e., Cut Materials Removed by Accepted Proposal Methods. Cut Materials Processed by Chipping on Site or Removed. Instead, Contractor will Cut Acre to Specification. Pile Cut Materials to Specification.

Acres in Units Treated by Cut and Pile Methods Only in Units 115, 117, 146, 147, 180, 214, 263

Part 1 – The Schedule

Middle Kyle Canyon Fire Fuels Reduction by Hand Methods

Section C Description and Specifications

C.1 Project Scope

a. This project involves the following work.

1.) The cutting to specifications of 76.7 acres of vegetation, including trees and shrubs, in preparation for treatment by Hand Treatment Methods. Trees and cut material over 1-inch in diameter and 3 feet in length, will be treated by Chip-in- Place methods, or removed from the unit and be further treated by chipping into bins and transported to a Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service. Materials removed from the units may also be cut to firewood lengths or logs to 25 feet in length or less, and transported to the Process and Storage Area, and neatly stockpiled. Materials stockpiled in the Process and Storage Areas are the property of the Contractor until the Project is Final Accepted, at which time ownership transfers to the Forest Service, which may issue permits allowing the Public to remove the materials at a later date. The contractor may allow the public to remove materials from the units prior to Final Acceptance if removal can be done safely. The Forest Service will write a Work Order stating the conditions of removal and the contractor can have the public attach the Work Order to the load prior to the materials leaving the Unit.

2.) The cutting, pruning, or limbing, of trees to specification and chipping into bins, or transported to a Process and Storage Area, unless Chipped-in-Place.

3.) The cutting to specification of Shrubs and their treatment by chipping-in-Place or Chipping into bins and transported to a Process and Storage Area. Shrubs not listed in preferred species specifications will require cutting to specification also.

4.) Specific Unit prescriptions follow in this project description.

5.) In Units selected by the Contractor to be treated as Chip-in-Place, all cut materials and materials scheduled for treatment, will be chipped-in-place using a chipper deemed most appropriate by the contractor and described in the Request for Proposal (RFP). If contractor proposes to take the chipper into the unit or off an existing road or skidtrail, the machinery must be of the Low Ground or Low Tire Pressure type. The specifications of these machines should be submitted with the RFP. In all units and acreage Skid Steers, Bobcats or similar equipment will be limited to ground slopes of 25% or less.

This type of equipment may be used on steeper slopes if used for limited entry to transport chipping machinery. No Skid Steers or Bobcats may be used to transport material to the chipping unit if the grade is greater than 25% or if the Forest Service observes excessive ground disturbance. The Forest Service reserves the right to decide when excessive ground disturbance is occurring.

6.) There may be polygons flagged in some units which require special treatment.

These polygons are flagged in red or other colors and will be designated on the ground and reviewed with the contractor by the Contracting Officer prior to work beginning in each unit. See Specific Unit prescriptions. Flagged polygons under 1/10 of an acre may be left untreated if flagged in red.

Flagged Polygons larger than 1/10 acre or flagged in colors other than red are to be hand treated. Hand treatment is hand cut, hand carry all cut materials outside the flagged polygon and treated as described in the Schedule of Items.

Contractor will not pile any materials inside of these polygons, but chipped materials may be chipped into the polygons if agreed to by the Contracting Officer.

7.) Polygons are shown on the unit maps provided in the contract or described in the Specific Unit Prescriptions, but others may only be flagged on the ground. There is no separate pay item in the Schedule of Items for these areas.

8.) Trees and Shrubs are defined in the Contract Specifications.

9.) Units which require cutting to specification if Quaking Aspen is present are identified in the Specific Unit Prescriptions.

10.) Units may contain one or more dry washes. In dry washes, avoid treating Riparian vegetation in and on the banks. No piling of cut vegetation is permitted in on the banks of dry washes. The Contracting Officer will walk units with the contractor prior to work beginning in units containing dry washes.

11.) Riparian Vegetation does not include Conifer Species.

12.) Residential Housing is present in many of the units in this project and:

H 4 Table 1. Specified defensible zone space distances are applicable to these areas.

13) Units will not be released for treatments all at one time, but instead will be released as previously worked in units have been completed. Contractor should indicate on the submitted work schedule the sequence of unit release and completion dates at the time of submission of the RFP.

14.) Unless otherwise agreed to by the Contracting Officer prior to award of this contract, contracts awarded on the Spring Mountain Natural Recreation Area will be considered concurrent with previously awarded contacts.

Awarded contracts will not be worked on consecutively. The Notice to Proceed will be issued shortly after award of contract and completion date will not be extended.

15) Units are bordering or are near Developed Recreational Areas. Contractor should be aware of need to work with Forest Service Recreation Workers and the Concessionaires to the extent that greater volumes of recreational users are expected on weekends, Holidays, and during the project work period. Traffic control will be needed in and outside of these Developed Recreational Areas and Safety is the responsibility of the Contractor. A Traffic Safety Plan and work schedule indicating how contractor plans on completing the work during the contract time period and how signage and personnel can be used to best eliminate conflicts between work and recreational users in the area.

16.) At the Prework meeting, the contractor will submit a work schedule. The work schedule will be reviewed weekly and updated. If the work schedule indicates that the project will not be completed on time, contractor will adjust the workforce or methodology to complete the project prior to the contract time.

ITEM 120

Acres in Units Treated by Cut and Pile Methods Only.

It is the intention of the Forest Service to chip-in-place, or remove to a Designated Storage Area any cut materials created by contractor operations. Units described in the Schedule of Items as: Acre Cut to Specification for Fuels Removal. Cut Materials Removed by Accepted Proposal Method. Cut Materials Processed by Chipping on Site or Removed, may contain acreage which cannot be treated successfully by the Contractors Proposed Method. The Forest Service recognizes that the Contractor may encounter acreage which can only be treated by the Cutting and Piling Treatment Method, in preparation for burning by the Forest Service at a later date. The Forest Service expects a minimum of 75% of the acreage in each unit, to be treated by the Proposed Method of the contractor. The contractor should therefore propose a price per acre to Cut and Pile the cut material and expect this bid price to be applied to any and all acreage that can only be Cut and Piled to specification. Contractor understands that the acreage that can be cut and piled cannot exceed 25% of each unit acreage.

The intent of this contract is to provide for the complete preparation of the area prior any remaining piles being burned by Forest Service Fire Personnel. Unless otherwise provided, the Contractor shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, transportation, and supplies and perform all work required to complete the project in accordance with drawings, specifications, and provisions of the contract.

Payment for work will ONLY be made for and under those pay items included in the Schedule of Items. ALL other work and materials will be considered as incidental to and included in the payment for items shown.

Specific Unit Prescriptions.

Unit 115

Unit contains a resource concern which prohibits Fuels Treatment or Removal of cut materials from the Unit Between the period November 1 and June 30. In this Unit the contractor may not begin fuels treatment until July 1.

Rabbitbrush within 50 feet either side of the top of bank on the main wash within Kyle Canyon will not be cut or removed. Contractor will walk Unit with the Contracting Officer Prior to Unit implementation and identify rabbitbrush.

There are no flagged in red polygons known in the unit. Flagged polygons may be present and will be treated to specification if found.

Contractor will be required to prune trees to specification. Contractor will be required to cut shrubs to specification. Contractor will be required to cut trees to specification.

Contractor will be required to chip-in-place all cut materials or remove all cut materials to the Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service.

During the contract the contractor may allow removal of cut trees and chips by the public or choose to remove cut trees from Government lands.

Quaking Aspen may be present in this Unit. Quaking Aspen clones will not be thinned.

All conifers up to 14-inches DBH and within 30 feet of Aspen clones will be treated to specification by cutting, chipping, or removal.

Unit is near or has Utility Lines in it. Contractor is cautioned that no piled materials will be placed within 50 feet of Utility Lines, should it become necessary to pile materials.

Chipped materials may be placed near and under Utility Lines when meeting all other specifications.

Unit 117

There is no Resource Concern restricting unit implementation before July 1.

Contractor may work in the unit prior to July 1.

Rabbitbrush within 50 feet either side of the top of bank on the main wash within Kyle Canyon will not be cut or removed. Contractor will walk Unit with the Contracting Officer Prior to Unit implementation and identify rabbitbrush.

There are no flagged in red polygons known in the unit. Flagged polygons may be present and will be treated to specification if found.

Contractor will be required to prune trees to specification. Contractor will be required to cut shrubs to specification. Contractor will be required to cut trees to specification.

Contractor will be required to chip-in-place all cut materials or remove all cut materials to the Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service.

During the contract the contractor may allow removal of cut trees or chips by the public or choose to remove cut trees and chips from Government lands.

Quaking Aspen may be present in this Unit. Quaking Aspen clones will not be thinned.

All conifers up to 14-inches DBH and within 30 feet of Aspen clones will be treated to specification by cutting, chipping, or removal.

Unit is near or has Utility Lines in it. Contractor is cautioned that no piled materials will be placed within 50 feet of Utility Lines, should it become necessary to pile materials.

Unit 146 materials from the Unit Between the period November 1 and June 30. In this Unit the contractor may not begin fuels treatment until July 1.

Rabbitbrush within 50 feet either side of the top of bank on the main wash within Kyle Canyon will not be cut or removed. Contractor will walk Unit with the Contracting Officer Prior to Unit implementation and identify rabbitbrush.

The Unit contains five or more polygons, flagged in red. One is 2.2 acres and each of the remainder is between 0.2 and 0.6 acres in size. Chipped materials may be placed within the polygons but no machinery will be permitted within the polygons unless written permission from the Contracting Officer is obtained prior to entry in the polygon.

Contractor will be required to prune trees to specification. Contractor will be required to cut shrubs to specification. Contractor will be required to cut trees to specification.

Contractor will be required to chip-in-place all cut materials or remove all cut materials to the Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service.

During the contract the contractor may allow removal of cut trees and chips by the public or choose to remove cut trees and chips from Government lands.

Quaking Aspen may be present in this Unit. Quaking Aspen clones will not be thinned.

All conifers up to 14-inches DBH and within 30 feet of Aspen clones will be treated to specification by cutting, chipping, or removal.

Unit is near or has Utility Lines in it. Contractor is cautioned that no piled materials will be placed within 50 feet of Utility Lines, should it become necessary to pile materials.

Unit 147 materials from the Unit Between the period November 1 and June 30. In this Unit the contractor may not begin fuels treatment until July 1.

Rabbitbrush within 50 feet either side of the top of bank on the main wash within Kyle Canyon will not be cut or removed. Contractor will walk Unit with the Contracting Officer Prior to Unit implementation and identify rabbitbrush.

There are no flagged in red polygons known in the unit. Flagged polygons may be present and will be treated to specification if found.

Contractor will be required to prune trees to specification. Contractor will be required to cut shrubs to specification. Contractor will be required to cut trees to specification.

Contractor will be required to chip-in-place all cut materials or remove all cut materials to the Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service.

During the contract the contractor may allow removal of cut trees and chips by the public or choose to remove cut trees and chips from Government lands.

Quaking Aspen may be present in this Unit. Quaking Aspen clones will not be thinned.

All conifers up to 14-inches DBH and within 30 feet of Aspen clones will be treated to specification by cutting, chipping, or removal.

Unit is near or has Utility Lines in it. Contractor is cautioned that no piled materials will be placed within 50 feet of Utility Lines, should it become necessary to pile materials.

Unit 180 materials from the Unit Between the period November 1 and June 30. In this Unit the contractor may not begin fuels treatment until July 1.

Rabbitbrush within 50 feet either side of the top of bank on the main wash within Kyle Canyon will not be cut or removed. Contractor will walk Unit with the Contracting Officer Prior to Unit implementation and identify rabbitbrush.

There are no flagged in red polygons known in the unit. Flagged polygons may be present and will be treated to specification if found.

Contractor will be required to prune trees to specification. Contractor will be required to cut shrubs to specification. Contractor will be required to cut trees to specification.

Contractor will be required to chip-in-place all cut materials or remove all cut materials to the Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service.

During the contract the contractor may allow removal of cut trees and chips by the public or choose to remove cut trees and chips from Government lands.

Quaking Aspen may be present in this Unit. Quaking Aspen clones will not be thinned.

All conifers up to 14-inches DBH and within 30 feet of Aspen clones will be treated to specification by cutting, chipping, or removal.

Unit is near or has Utility Lines in it. Contractor is cautioned that no piled materials will be placed within 50 feet of Utility Lines, should it become necessary to pile materials.

Unit 214

There is no Resource Concern restricting unit implementation before July 1.

Contractor may work in the unit prior to July 1.

Rabbitbrush within 50 feet either side of the top of bank on the main wash within Kyle Canyon will not be cut or removed. Contractor will walk Unit with the Contracting Officer Prior to Unit implementation and identify rabbitbrush.

There are no flagged in red polygons known in the unit. Flagged polygons may be present and will be treated to specification if found.

Contractor will be required to prune trees to specification. Contractor will be required to cut shrubs to specification. Contractor will be required to cut trees to specification.

Contractor will be required to chip-in-place all cut materials or remove all cut materials to the Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service.

During the contract the contractor may allow removal of cut trees and chips by the public or choose to remove cut trees and chips from Government lands.

Quaking Aspen may be present in this Unit. Quaking Aspen clones will not be thinned.

All conifers up to 14-inches DBH and within 30 feet of Aspen clones will be treated to specification by cutting, chipping, or removal.

Unit is near or has Utility Lines in it. Contractor is cautioned that no piled materials will be placed within 50 feet of Utility Lines, should it become necessary to pile materials.

Unit 263 materials from the Unit Between the period November 1 and June 30. In this Unit the contractor may not begin fuels treatment until July 1.

Rabbitbrush within 50 feet either side of the top of bank on the main wash within Kyle Canyon will not be cut or removed. Contractor will walk Unit with the Contracting Officer Prior to Unit implementation and identify rabbitbrush.

The Unit contains one or more polygons, flagged in red. One is slightly larger than 0.1 acres. Other Polygons maybe found during the implementation of the unit prescription and will be treated to specification if found. Chipped materials may be placed within the polygons but no machinery will be permitted within the polygon.

Contractor will be required to prune trees to specification. Contractor will be required to cut shrubs to specification. Contractor will be required to cut trees to specification.

Contractor will be required to chip-in-place all cut materials or remove all cut materials to the Process and Storage Area provided by the Forest Service.

During the contract the contractor may allow removal of cut trees and chips by the public or choose to remove cut trees and chips from Government lands.

Quaking Aspen may be present in this Unit. Quaking Aspen clones will not be thinned.

All conifers up to 14-inches DBH and within 30 feet of Aspen clones will be treated to specification by cutting, chipping, or removal.

Unit is near or has Utility Lines in it. Contractor is cautioned that no piled materials will be placed within 50 feet of Utility Lines, should it become necessary to pile materials.

b. Location

The project area is located on the Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest; Clark County, Nevada. The Project is approximately 21 Air Miles Northeast from Las Vegas on Highway 157. The Project starts at approximately 0.5 miles east of the intersection of Highways 157 and 158 then East for approximately 1.25 miles East on Highway 157. The project can be reached by motor vehicle by leaving Las Vegas on Highway 95 North to the intersection with Highway 157 East. Highway 157 leads to Highway 158.

C.2 Specifications

SECTION H-SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

The requirements contained in these specifications are hereby made a part of this solicitation and any resultant contract.

MIDDLE KYLE CANYON FIRE FUELS REDUCTION BY HAND

METHODS

SECTION H—SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS

H 1A

ORDER OF PRECEDENCE

Any inconsistency in this solicitation or contract may be resolved by giving precedence in the following order.

1) Schedule of Items

2) Section C Description and Specifications-- Specific Unit Prescriptions

3) Section H-Special Contract Requirements.

H 1 Species preference for trees to retain, in descending order is: quaking aspen, limber pine, bristlecone pine, cottonwood, ponderosa pine, single-leaf pinyon pine, gambel oak, mountain mahogany, Utah juniper, white fir, and subalpine fir. This order of preference may be modified for individual stands to take into account site specific factors and that order of preference given in design criteria, or stand/unit prescriptions supersedes this order. Forest Service Contract Administration personnel may assist in species identification but will not direct contractor’s personnel in selection of vegetation to be removed or retained.

H 2 Quaking aspen clones will not be thinned; all conifers up to 14 inches in diameter at breast height (dbh) within 30 feet of aspen shall be removed.

H 3 No trees over 14 inches diameter breast height, measured at 4.5 feet from the low side of the tree, shall be cut unless they are considered a safety hazard tree.

In mixed conifer sites retain snags, where possible, that do not pose a threat to public safety, fire danger, or pose a threat to safe working conditions in the project area. Snags are trees which have a height over 40 feet in height and a DBH over 30 inches. Trees less than 14 inch DBH which have ½ or more of the crown dead or dying shall be cut and treated as per the unit prescription.

Safety Hazard Trees.

Safety Hazard Trees will be removed consistent with the snag retention above. A dead or dying green tree would be considered a hazard if all or a portion of the tree has the potential to fall or roll onto a roadway, trail, utility line, structure, facility or improvement. Safety hazard trees include trees which present a danger to personnel working in any area of the project area. This would include trees which lean more than 20 degrees from vertical and are leaning toward an area to be protected, trees within reach of areas to be protected with 1/3 or more of their supporting roots exposed, rotten, or damaged, and trees within reach of areas to be protected which have evidence of stem rot. This applies to trees of all sizes and species.

H 4 Within the structure defense zone space, trees shall be thinned to a 30-foot horizontal spacing from the edge of one tree crown to the edge of the next tree crown. Defense zone space distance (Table 1) is determined by slope percentage and vegetation type.

Table 1. Specified defensible zone space distances1.

Percent Slope

Grass Shrub and Pinyon- Juniper

Timber2

Level to 20%

30 feet 100 feet 100 feet

21% to 40%

100 feet 200 feet 100 feet

Greater than 40%

100 feet 200 feet 200 feet

¹ As measured from the foot print of the structure.

2 Use shrub thinning values for shrub understories.

H 5 Outside of structure defense zones, trees shall be thinned to a minimum horizontal space from the edge of one tree crown to the edge of the next tree crown based upon slope, unless otherwise stated in stand or unit prescriptions and marking guidelines. Or as directed by the CO. Tree crown is defined as the Dripline of the foliage of the tree.

Table 2. Tree spacing guidelines.

Slope (%)

Spacing (ft)

0-20

20-40

Greater than 40 30

H 6 Tree Pruning All trees over 10ft in height will be pruned up to 15 feet from the ground or no higher than one-third of the tree height, whichever is lowest, unless otherwise stated in stand or unit prescriptions and marking guidelines, or as directed by the CO. This guideline would not apply to mountain mahogany. Trees under 10 feet in height will be pruned such that low growing branches which would be used as a ladder fuels, allowing fires to get into larger trees would be removed or as directed by the Contracting Officer. Trees in units where the average height of trees are 10 to 15 feet, all trees will be pruned one-third the height of the tree.

H 7 Shrub Thinning In stands/units where reducing shrubs is prescribed, shrubs would be thinned to an average horizontal distance between individual shrubs or small clumps of shrubs depending upon slope. Shrubs will be removed under trees to the edge of the tree drip-line.

Slope (%)

Average Horizontal Space Between Edges of Shrub

0-20

2 times the average height of the shrubs

20-40

4 times the average height of the shrubs

Greater than 40

6 times the average height of the shrubs

Table 3. Average horizontal space between edges of shrub.

Small clumps is defined as a grouping of shrubs averaging 4-6ft in diameter.

H 8 In stands with shrub thinning, resulting stands would favor the following species where possible:

Forest Service contract administration personnel may assist in identification of shrubs but will not direct contractor personnel in the selection of shrubs to be cut or selected for retention.

Acer glabrum Rocky mountain maple Amelanchier spp. Serviceberry Atriplex canescens Saltbrush Betula spp. Birch Cornus sericea Red-osier dogwood Ephedra spp. Mormon Tea Ericameria spp. Charleston goldenbush Holodiscus microphyullus Ocean spray Lonicera spp. Honeysuckle Penstemon thompsoniae v jaegeri Charleston beardtongue Prunus emarginata Bitter cherry (small tree) Prunus fasciculate Desert almond Rhamnus spp. Buckthorn Rhus trilobata Sumac, skunkbush Ribes spp. Gooseberries, currants Rosa woodsii Hardy roses Salix spp. Willow Salvia dorrii Clokey Mountain Sage Sambucus mexicana Elderberry Symphoricarpos spp. Snowberry

H 9 Where mastication or chip on site is the specified method of disposal, chipped debris depth will not exceed two inches and not be distributed over more than 50% of treated area. Chips or masticated material will not exceed two-inches in any dimension. Chipped or masticated material covering in excess of 50% of the area will be removed and disposed of off of government lands or as directed by the Contracting Officer.

Contractor may choose to Chip-in-Place where mastication is the prescription. Masticator or Chipper must not damage Private Property. Contractor is responsible for damage done by equipment and expected to choose appropriate equipment. The Chipper machine and/or equipment used to transport the chipper will be limited to existing roads or trails unless it is considered to be a low ground pressure or low tire pressure machine. In the proposal submitted for the contract, contractor will submit chipper machine specifications with their proposal. When using the chipper inside units scheduled for the materials to be chipped-in-place, ground disturbance will be monitored by the Contacting Officer. If ground disturbance is observed to be more than is stated in the proposal submitted for the contract, the machine will be limited to existing roads and trails and any ground disturbance will be treated as specified for areas over 100 square feet.

H 10 Dead and Down Material All sound dead and downed material greater than 1 inch diameter and 3 feet in length will be treated.

H 11 Hand piles would range from about 10 feet in diameter, 6 feet high to 15 feet in diameter, 8 feet high or higher, and would be located away from residual trees and shrub patches to minimize crown and bole scorch. Hand piles will not be placed, or piled such that when burned, fire damage to residual trees would result. If piles are not able to be constructed such that the residual trees are protected, then vegetation will be removed from the unit, or chipped-in-place, if chipping is permitted. Hand piles should be consolidated and not be composed of multiple small piles adjacent to each other. No hand piles are to be placed within 100 feet of designated drainages. Designated drainages will be flagged on the ground or shown on unit and /or project maps.

H 12 Protection of Yucca and cacti.

Locate burn piles at least 15 feet from Joshua tree or yucca occurrences where treatments are deemed necessary in desert environments. Maximum pile height is 6ft. The distance between piles should be maximized to reduce the number of piles necessary. No Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) or any Yucca species should be removed. Minimize removal of cactus species. Maximum pile width is 6ft diameter.

Modifications of this standard may be made on site at the time of implementation by direction of the CO.

H 13 Cut stumps of all size classes of trees 6 inches or less from the surface of the ground and of shrubs 6 inches or less from the surface of the ground. This measurement is from the ground up on the high side of the tree or shrub.

H 14 All equipment operating off roads will be cleaned (pressure washed) and inspected before moving into the project area to reduce the risk of spreading noxious weed seeds onto disturbed areas.

Equipment inspection will be arranged with the Contracting Officer and conducted at a location not on the Project Area

H 15 Ground based fuels removal equipment will be restricted to 35% or less slopes, existing trails, and 100-foot or less pitches up to 45% inclusions in some ground based treatment units.

H 16 Ground based equipment will be restricted to designated trails spaced no more than 60 feet apart except where trails converge at junctions or at landings.

H 17 All ground or soil disturbed areas on project sites including skid trails will be reclaimed. Areas disturbed will be recontoured, drainage restored where needed, ripped or scarified where soils are compacted.

Disturbed areas are those with an extent of at least 10 X 10 feet square or 100 square feet. Disturbed areas shall be treated by placing chipped material from the unit site in a two-inch layer over entire area. This shall occur after the areas have been reclaimed, ripped or scarified. If seeding is needed, a mix approved by the Forest Biologist will be required.

H 18 Skid trails will be restored and closed to motorized travel with earth barriers, large trees, cull logs or rocks after operations are complete, or as directed by the CO.

H 19 Cable yarding units will require a tractor or skidder equipped with a cable or winch, or a cable yarding machine capable of line skidding trees or logs up to 300 feet from an existing trail or road with the tractor or yarder operating from less than 35% slope ground.

H 20 Skyline yarding units will require a skyline yarder capable of yarding 850 feet and equipped with a carriage capable of maintaining a fixed position on the skyline while lateral yarding. This specification may be modified in the Unit Description in Section C of the contract.

H 21 Skyline corridors will be kept to a minimum width, not exceeding 10 feet.

H 22 Skyline units will be yarded to parallel landings located along existing roads at each skyline corridor or set, spaced about 100 feet apart, except where terrain dictates fan sets such as on ridge points.

H 23 Nylon straps or similar protective devices may be required for rigging tail and anchor trees and (intermediate support trees, if used) to prevent residual tree damage.

H 24 Landing slash will be chipped-in-place, chipped into bins and removed to a designated Process and Storage area if the Specific Unit Prescription permits it. Skid trails, landings, processing and storage areas will be restored after operations have been completed. Parking areas and existing clearings used for landings, processing and storage area will be restored to pre-operation condition.

H 25 Prior to the Pre-Work meeting, the Contractor will obtain an Approved Traffic Safety plan from the Clark County Development Services. This is in addition to all safety plan requirements required in other contract clauses. Operation areas, fuel treatment areas and roads used for project implementation may be temporarily closed to public use. Where road closures are required, all unit work will be completed prior to another unit work beginning. Closures will be by signs, travel barriers or temporary gates. Some roads or areas cannot be closed to traffic.

H 26 Consistent with required Traffic Safety plans and requirements, areas used for Landings, Storage, Processing, Fueling, and fuel haul routes or other high traffic areas would be signed to indicate presence of truck traffic, and equipment. A signing plan will be submitted to the CO prior to work beginning in any area.

H 26A The Contractor is authorized to use roads, trails, and other access areas under jurisdiction of the Forest Service for all activities necessary to complete this contract, subject to the limitations and authorizations SHOWN ON THE DRAWINGS, designated in ROAD ORDERS, or described in the Special Project Specifications, H Clauses, Section C or Unit Descriptions, when such use will not damage roads, trails, or national forest resources, and when traffic and Public Safety can be accommodated safely.

As stated in H Clause 25, contractor will obtain permits from the Clark County Developmental Services when traffic control is necessary on County Roads.

For Traffic Control on Highway 156, Highway 157, or on any and all roads under control of the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT), the contractor will obtain, prior the prework meeting, a Temporary Traffic Control Permit. This permit can be obtained by contacting:

Kent Sears or Karim Yousuf NDOT District 1 123 East Washington Las Vegas, NV 89125

(702) 385-6500

For contracts which do not have a pay item in the Schedule of Items for Project Traffic Control, traffic control and all activities items, personnel, signage, etc., are considered incidental to other pay items.

For contracts which have a separate pay item in the Schedule of Items, Project Traffic Control, the Forest Service considers traffic control to be a major activity to which the contractor will be required to obtain permits prior to the prework meeting, submit a Traffic Control Plan at the prework meeting, follow and update the Traffic Control Plan as necessary during the contract.

H 26B

PUBLIC TRAFFIC

This work consists of controlling and protecting public traffic adjacent to and within the project. See FAR Clause 52.236-13 Accident Prevention.

Conform to H 26C

Accommodating Traffic During Work: Accommodate traffic according to the control traffic control plan, MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devises (for Streets and Highways), Section H26C, and this section.

Perform work in a manner that ensures the safety and convenience to the public and protects the residents and property adjacent to the project. Accommodate public traffic on roads adjacent to and within the project until the project is accepted.

Maintaining Roadways During Work: Perform roadway maintenance as follows:

a) Maintain intersections with trails, roads, streets, businesses, parking lots, residences, garages, farms, and other features.

b) Snow removal to facilitate the work is the Contractor’s responsibility. Snow removal to provide public access is the responsibility of the maintaining agency and will be performed at the maintaining agency’s discretion. Allow the maintaining agency access to perform snow removal.

c) Maintain a dust-free traveled way such that visibility and air quality are not affected and a hazardous condition is not created.

d) Remove accumulations of soil and other materials from the traveled way.

e) Maintain the roadway, detours, and diversions in a safe and acceptable condition. If corrective action is requested and the corrective action is not taken immediately, the condition may be corrected and the cost of the corrective action deducted from the monies due the contractor.

Maintaining Roadways During Non-Work Periods. Maintain roadways and traffic control for public traffic during all periods when work is not in progress. Snow removal is the responsibility of the maintaining agency. This applies to when cut materials pose a danger of being transported by wind or other agencies onto the travelway and which disrupts traffic when the contractor is not working on the project.

Limitations on Construction Operations. When the roadway is open to public traffic, restrict operations as follows:

a) Operate equipment in the direction of traffic, where practical.

b) Provide minimal lane widths of 10 feet. Use barricades, drums, or other acceptable devices to delineate traffic lanes through areas where the edge of pavement or intended path has been obliterated by chipping and removal operations.

c) Locate staging areas at least 30 feet from the traveled way or behind acceptable traffic barriers. Obtain approval of the location and access to staging areas. Store unused traffic control devices at staging areas.

d) Provide two-way radio communications between flaggers and also between flaggers and pilot cars unless flaggers are able to see each other and communicate. Citizen band radios are not acceptable. Make radio equipment available to the CO as necessary.

e) Limit operation-caused delays to public traffic to a maximum of 15 minutes per passage through the project.

Nighttime Operations. Perform fuel removal operations during the hours of daylight (½ hour after sunrise to ½ hour before sunset.

Where night operations are permitted, submit a night lighting system for approval. Include the light types, locations, and the manner in which the lights will be moved. Submit the proposed system at least 14 days before use. Use an independent source other than vehicle headlights. Do not use incandescent lights.

Furnish and install the approved system to illuminate the entire work area. Position the lights so they do not shine directly at motorists traveling from any direction. If the operation is moving, move the lighting with the operation. Provide lighting at each flagger location. Equip all vehicles with an exterior flashing yellow dome light.

Traffic and Safety Supervisor. Provide a traffic and safety supervisor who is certified by a State highway agency or other acceptable certification program. Do not designate the job superintendent as the traffic safety supervisor. Furnish the traffic safety supervisor’s name address, and a 24-hour telephone number(s) at the prework meeting. At all times during the contract, including periods of suspensions and work stoppages, perform all of the following:

a) Implement the traffic control plans.

b) Coordinate traffic control operations.

c) Ensure the condition, position, and applicability of traffic control devices in use.

d) Immediately correct traffic control deficiencies.

e) Coordinate traffic maintenance operations with the CO.

f) Ensure unused traffic control devices are properly handled and stored.

g) Conduct weekly traffic safety meetings for workers and invite the CO to these meetings.

h) Furnish a weekly certification that inspections and reviews were conducted and that the traffic control devices meet contract requirements. Include the number and types of devices in use.

Report with the weekly certification, all changes or corrective actions taken to ensure the safe passage of public traffic through the project.

Acceptance. Public traffic work will be evaluated based on visual inspection of the work for compliance with the contract and prevailing industry standards.

H 26C TEMPORARY TRAFFIC CONTROL

This work consists of furnishing, maintaining, relocating, and removing temporary traffic control devices and services as ordered for the control and protection of public traffic through the project

All Temporary traffic control devices will conform to the MUTCD. (Manuel on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (for Streets and Highways)).

Project Requirements

General. Install and maintain temporary traffic control devices adjacent to and within the project as required by the submitted traffic control plan, H 26B, and the Temporary Traffic Control Plan approved by NDOT.

Install and maintain traffic control devices as follows.

a) Furnish and install traffic control devices before the start of fuels removal contract operations.

b) Install only those traffic control devices needed for each stage or phase.

c) Relocate temporary traffic control devices as necessary.

d) Remove devices that no longer apply to the existing conditions.

e) Immediately replace any device that is lost, stolen, destroyed, or inoperative.

f) Keep temporary traffic control devices clean.

g) Furnish and maintain traffic control devices that meet the “acceptable” standard described in

Quality Standards for Work Zone Traffic Control Devices published by American Traffic Safety Services Association. Amend the ATSSA standards as follows:

1) Repair or remove and replace “marginal” devices within 48 hours; and

2) Repair or remove and replace “unacceptable” devices immediately.

h) Remove all temporary traffic control devices upon contract completion or when approved.

i) Furnish temporary traffic control devices that meet the industry standards for crashworthiness standards as applicable.

Use 28-inch cones or tubular markers.

If drums are used, use drums that are approximately 36-inches high and a minimum of 18-inches in diameter.

Flaggers. Use flaggers certified by the American Traffic Safety Services Association, the National Safety Council, the International Municipal Signal Association, a state agency, or other acceptable organization.

The Flaggers must meet the standards contained in the Temporary Traffic Control Permit obtained from

NDOT.

Pilot Cars. Use pilot car operators meeting the minimum qualifications of a flagger according to the Temporary Traffic Control Permit obtained from NDOT. Mount a rotating amber beacon on the roof of each pilot car. Do not use strobe light beacons.

Acceptance of Temporary Traffic Control Devices. Materials for temporary traffic control devices will be evaluated by visual methods if no certification is required, and by reviewing the certification if certification is required. Vehicles used for pilot cars will be evaluated by visual inspection.

Placement of temporary traffic control devices will be evaluated by visual inspection.

Payment.

Payment for Project Traffic Control will be paid for under the pay item in the Schedule of Items. Payment will be full compensation for the work prescribed in H26C Temporary Traffic Control, including any and all permits required by NDOT, the Forest Service, the State of Nevada, and this contract.

Progress payments for Project Traffic Control will be made as follows:

a) Up to 25% of the pay item price will be paid upon completion of 10% of the total of the other pay items in the Schedule of Items.

b) Up to 50% of the pay item price will be paid upon completion of 50% of the total of the other pay items in the Schedule of items.

c) Payment of the remaining portion of the Pay Item price will be paid when the project is completed and the Final Payment is submitted for payment.

H 27 Roads accessing units to be treated may require the contractor to perform minor road repairs to facilitate equipment access, performance of required fuels reduction and the removal, transportation, processing and storage of removed materials. Roads accessing project area may be oversteepened, narrow, contain small radius horizontal curves and need surface material treatment. Contractors are expected to reviews roads prior to submitting bids.

H 28 All material removed from units or scheduled to be removed from units will remain the property of the contractor. Storage and Processing areas are designated on unit maps and/or on project area maps.

Contractor may utilize these areas to store and/or process removed materials until such time as the material can be safely removed to an area off of government land. Removed unit materials remain the possession of the contractor at all times until disposed of off of government lands, or until Final Acceptance of the unit, project, or when a…