C_Attachment 2 Statement of Work Road Maintenance LPNF 127EAY26Q0044.pdf

East and West Cuesta Road Maintenance Santa Lucia Ranger District Los Padres National Forest

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

SCOPE OF CONTRACT

The purpose of this contract is to provide road and drainage maintenance for roads in the Sant Lucia Ranger District (SLRD) of the Los Padres National Forest.

This contract provides for the equipment, labor, and services necessary to perform work ordered by the Government for grading, spot surfacing and restoring existing drainage functions, in compliance with the terms, specifications, drawings and provisions of this contract. Locations of work will be directed by the Forest Service.

PROJECT LOCATION

The original project location is off Highway 101, 6 miles North of San Luis Obispo on the Sant Lucia Ranger District within San Luis Obispo County. The terrain varies and can be relatively flat in areas and moderately hilly and steep in others. Soil conditions vary as well, from soft and sandy to compacted and rocky. See Attachment 3 Vicinity Map. Los Padres National Forest maps are also available to assist in locating the individual roads and can be purchased at the Santa Lucia Ranger District Office. The office is open between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday. The office is located at: 1616 Carlotti Dr. Santa Maria, CA 93454

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Projected start date: July 1, 2025.

Time for completion: 90 calendar days from the issuance of the “Notice to Proceed”.

REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities to perform the Statement of Work/Specifications referenced below.

The Contractor shall minimize mechanical activity during rainy periods and the CO may shut down the operation if excessive soil disturbance and/or erosion problems occur.

The Contractor shall repair all associated damage on established roads, adjacent vegetation or other improvements caused by their operations or equipment prior to partial or final payment.

The Contractor shall provide technical submittals for all materials that may be furnished on this project for Forest Service review and approval prior to installation.

The Contractor shall dispose of all projects related trash and debris off of Forest lands prior to final payment.

Los Padres National Forest

The Contractor is responsible for contacting the Forest dispatch center to obtain the fire predicted Project Activity Level (PAL) each day and restrict work accordingly.

The Contractor shall adhere to the pertinent requirements addressed in the Fire Plan. Fire Plan restrictions may require work to cease at 1:00 pm or not be initiated at all on a high fire activity day.

The Contractor is responsible for traffic control and equipment staging requirements in work areas when working on National Forest System Lands.

The Contractor shall supply barriers, guards, signs, flag-persons or security personnel to ensure public safety throughout when operations may affect vehicular and pedestrian traffic flow. Traffic control devices must be in place during all periods of active operations and must be removed or covered during all periods of inactivity including end of shift. The contractor shall furnish and install, maintain and, upon completion of the work, promptly remove all signs, warning devices and other materials used in the performance of this work. All signs, signals, barricades, use of flag-persons, and other traffic control and public safety devices shall conform to the general requirements set forth in the Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and the latest edition of Standard Highway Signs and Standard Alphabets for Highway Signs and OSHA Construction Industry Standards (29CFR Part 1926), Subpart G, Signs, Signals, and Barricades.

Cultural resource surveys have been conducted within the contract treatment units. All identified areas of concern have been recorded and are incorporated into the Special Treatment Areas.

The Contractor is solely responsible for avoiding impacts to these, or any other control areas within the project units. During the performance of work under this contract, if previously unidentified archeological or historic sites are encountered, the Contractor shall discontinue work in the general area of the suspected site and contact the Government immediately. Work shall be suspended in that area until proper surveys have been completed by the Government.

There are some heritage resource areas that need to be monitored while working in the designated sensitive areas. If additional heritage resources are discovered during implementation, all project related work shall cease immediately and notification to the COR initiated.

The Contractor shall provide clean equipment for the project prior to driving on Forest and between project areas to prevent the introduction of invasive weeds to the Forest.

Within 15 days of the notice to proceed and prior to the commencement of the work, the Contractor will meet in conference with representatives of the Contracting Officer, at a time to be determined by the Government, to discuss and develop mutual understanding relative to scheduling and administering work

Avoidance and minimization measures:

1. Access to sites must be via pre-existing access routes to the greatest extent possible. If the use of a new access route is necessary, use will be approved by the project biologist prior to

Los Padres National Forest implementation. The extent of ground disturbance will be held to the minimum necessary to accomplish the job and restored to pre-project conditions when no longer needed.

2. The removal of existing willows or other woody riparian species will be minimized.

3. No Treatment Areas (NTA) exist within the treatment units and project area. No entry is permitted in the NTA’s. The NTA’s for this project are too small to be mapped but will be flagged and identified on the ground for the contractor prior to operations in those areas

4. To minimize potential effects to water quality and aquatic wildlife, work will occur during periods of low or no flow.

5. Trash and micro trash associated with the project will be removed on a daily basis during project implementation.

6. If a California Condor is seen landing within the project area all operations shall cease within 0.5 miles of the bird, and the CO/COR shall be notified immediately.

7. All equipment used during maintenance and construction in this project should be cleaned prior to being used at the work site.

8. Ensure to the extent practicable, that road fill and gravel sources do not contain non-native invasive plant seeds.

9. Avoid placement of staging areas in non-native invasive plant infested areas, as identified by the Forest Service.

10. Rocking, straw mulch, hay bales, or waddles will be used as necessary, where the possibility of water spill or overflow would otherwise result in sediment being moved toward the creek.

11. No fueling or refueling of mechanical equipment will occur within 100 feet of any flowing watercourse or intermittent drainage.

12. Prior to the start of operations, the contractor shall prepare and provide in writing to the Government a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan detailing how fuel spills are to be prevented and addressed when total oil and oil products storage exceeds 1320 gallons in containers of 55 gallons or greater. The SPCP shall meet applicable EPA (40 CFR 112) and State requirements and be certified by a registered professional engineer. The contractor shall notify the CO of all reportable (40 CFR 110) spills on or in the vicinity of the contract area that are caused by Contractor operations.

13. The contractor shall provide in writing to the Government and maintain a Hazardous Substance Plan.

The plan shall include but is not limited to; listing any hazardous substances used on the project area and shall have Material Safety Data Sheets available for those materials. All such materials shall be labeled

Los Padres National Forest in accordance with Federal and State regulations, and this information shall be supplied to the Government responsible for supervising initial containment action for releases and subsequent cleanup.

14. The Contractor shall maintain all equipment operating on the project area in good repair and free of leakage of lubricants, fuel, coolant and hydraulic fluid. The Contractor shall take effective measures to prevent all leaking or spilled petroleum-based products from stationary equipment and equipment being serviced. Refueling and maintenance activities associated with equipment and machinery at landings shall be conducted within fuel containment basins capable of holding and containing any potential fuel spills emanating from refueling units, refueling cells or the machinery being refueled. The Contractor shall furnish oil-absorbing mats for use under all stationary equipment or equipment being serviced to prevent leaking or spilled petroleum-based products from contaminating soil and water resources.

15. The Contractor shall immediately notify appropriate agencies, including written notification to the Government of all spills, leaks or other releases of hazardous materials including petroleum products on or in the vicinity of NFS land caused directly or indirectly by the Contractor or Contractor’s employees.

The Contractor shall immediately take action to contain and clean up, without expense to the Government, all petroleum products spills caused directly or indirectly by the Contractor or Contractor’s employees. The Contractor shall properly transport and dispose of all contaminated soil, vegetation, debris, oil filters, oily rags, waste oil and any other materials in accordance with local, State and Federal regulations. Disposal of any such contaminated material on National Forest is prohibited. The Contractor shall be liable for all damages and costs deemed necessary by the Government for the spill containment and cleanup. When all materials have been properly disposed of, a receipt from a certified hazardous waste facility will be delivered to the Government.

16. Straw wattles, silt sediment fences, or straw bales, will be placed in the construction area as required to collect any storm water run-off carrying sediments.

17. Install erosion control measures on incomplete roads prior to precipitation events or the start of the winter period and in accordance with approved water pollution (or erosion) control plan.

18. Do not leave project areas for the winter with remedial measures incomplete.

19. Road drainage (ditches, culverts, dips) facilities will be kept in acceptable functioning condition during the life of the contract, so that additional resource damage does not occur.

20. C.19.6 Limited Operating Periods (LOPs) for this project include:

*Goshawk: 3/1-9/30 *California Spotted Owl: 2/1-8/15 *Pond Turtle 5/15 to 7/15 *If completed surveys by the Forest determine that either of these species are absent operations may

Los Padres National Forest occur during this time period. Not operations shall occur during this time period unless the CO or COR provide the contractor with written verification that work can commence during these time periods.

Labrea Rattlesnake Road Maintenance

Los Padres National Forest

DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/STATEMENT OF WORK

SCOPE OF CONTRACT

The purpose of this contract is to provide road and drainage maintenance for roads on the Santa Lucia Ranger District (SLRD) of the Los Padres National Forest due flood damages.

This contract provides for the equipment, labor, and services necessary to perform work ordered by the Government for restoring 4 existing low water crossings and brushing and grubbing the 4 miles of road, in compliance with the terms, specifications, drawings and provisions of this contract. Locations of work will be directed by the Forest Service.

The 4th water crossing has running water , so only the approaches can be restored on that one.

Rip Rap shall be Class 1 (FP-14)

PROJECT LOCATION

The original project location is off Highway 166 east of Santa Maria on the Sant Lucia Ranger District within San Luis Obispo County. The Modification for repairs from the Lake Fire is due Southeast 8 miles. The terrain varies and can be relatively flat in areas and moderately hilly and steep in others. Soil conditions vary as well, from soft and sandy to compacted and rocky. A general vicinity map is included. Los Padres National Forest maps are also available to assist in locating the individual roads and can be purchased at the Santa Lucia Ranger District Office. The office is open between the hours of 8:00 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

The office is located at: 1616 Carlotti Dr. Santa Maria, CA 93454

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE

Projected start date: July 01,2026

Time for completion: 90 calendar days from the issuance of the “Notice to Proceed”.

REQUIREMENTS

The Contractor shall furnish the necessary personnel, material, equipment, services and facilities to perform the Statement of Work/Specifications referenced below.

The Contractor shall minimize mechanical activity during rainy periods and the CO may shut down the operation if excessive soil disturbance and/or erosion problems occur.

The Contractor shall repair all associated damage on established roads, adjacent vegetation or other improvements caused by their operations or equipment prior to partial or final payment.

Los Padres National Forest

The Contractor shall provide technical submittals for all materials that may be furnished on this project for Forest Service review and approval prior to installation.

The Contractor shall dispose of all project related trash and debris off of Forest lands prior to final payment.

The Contractor is responsible for contacting the Forest dispatch center to obtain the fire predicted Project Activity Level (PAL) each day and restrict work accordingly.

The Contractor shall adhere to the pertinent requirements addressed in the Fire Plan. Fire Plan restrictions may require work to cease at 1:00 pm or not be initiated at all on a high fire activity day.

The Contractor is responsible for traffic control and equipment staging requirements in work areas when working on National Forest System Lands.

There are some heritage resource areas that need to be monitored while working in the designated sensitive areas. If additional heritage resources are discovered during implementation, all project related work shall cease immediately and notification to the COR initiated.

The Contractor shall provide clean equipment for the project prior to driving on Forest and between project areas to prevent the introduction of invasive weeds to the Forest.

Avoidance and minimization measures:

1. Boundaries of crossing work areas will be clearly defined in the field. Upstream and downstream limits of disturbance on either side of a stream will be clearly marked in the field and reviewed by the project biologist prior to initiation of work. Areas of disturbance will be minimized as feasible.

2. Access to sites must be via pre-existing access routes to the greatest extent possible. If the use of a new access route is necessary, use will be approved by the project biologist prior to implementation. The extent of ground disturbance will be held to the minimum necessary to accomplish the job and restored to pre-project conditions when no longer needed.

3. The removal of existing willow or other woody riparian species will be minimized.

4. Project sites will be surveyed to determine the presence of listed species. Surveys will be conducted by a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service)-approved biologist using Service-approved protocols with modifications allowed so that the surveys coincide with road and low-water crossing maintenance timing.

5. The final site survey will be conducted by a Service-approved biologist the night before that start of project work. During these surveys, if found, adult California red-legged frogs or arroyo toads will be relocated to suitable habitat outside the project area by a qualified biologist. Where feasible, woody vegetation that would have to be disturbed by project work may be removed by hand to facilitate the detection of listed species.

6. If arroyo toads or California red-legged frogs are found in the project area during pre-work surveys, additional surveys will be conducted once a week throughout the duration of the project to ensure that individuals are not re-entering the work area where they may be injured or killed.

Los Padres National Forest

7. Proposed activities will not occur during breeding season if pre-work surveys detect arroyo toad or California red-legged frog eggs or larvae within the project area.

8. To minimize potential effects to water quality and aquatic wildlife, work will occur during periods of low or no flow.

9. A water pollution control plan will be developed by the Forest Service or its contractors specifying details related to control of sediment and hazardous materials, dewatering or diversion structures, fueling and equipment management practices, and other factors deemed necessary by Forest Service engineers and resource specialists responsible for water quality and biological resource protection.

10. The Forest Service will coordinate with the Fish and Wildlife Service’s (Service) Condor Recovery Program within one week prior to project implementation to determine if any California condors are known to be in the vicinity of the project area.

11. Trash and microtrash associated with the project will be removed on a daily basis during project implementation.

12. If a California Condor is seen landing within the project area all operations shall cease within 0.5 miles of the bird and the CO/COR shall be notified immediately.

13. All equipment used during maintenance and construction in this project should be cleaned prior to being used at the work site.

14. Ensure to the extent practicable, that road fill and gravel sources do not contain non-native invasive plant seeds.

15. Avoid placement of staging areas in non-native invasive plant infested areas.

16. Road maintenance activities will occur during the normal operating season from April 15 to October 15 unless otherwise approved by the Contracting Officer or Contracting Officer’s Representative.

17. Rocking, straw mulch, hay bales, or waddles will be used as necessary, where the possibility of water spill or overflow would otherwise result in sediment being moved toward the creek.

18. No fueling or refueling of mechanical equipment will occur within 100 feet of any flowing watercourse or intermittent drainage.

19. Prior to the start of operations, the contractor shall prepare and provide in writing to the Government a Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasures Plan detailing how fuel spills are to be prevented and addressed when total oil and oil products storage exceeds 1320 gallons in containers of 55 gallons or greater. The SPCP shall meet applicable EPA (40 CFR 112) and State requirements and be certified by a registered professional engineer. The contractor shall notify the CO of all reportable (40 CFR 110) spills on or in the vicinity of the contract area that are caused by Contractor operations.

Los Padres National Forest

20. The contractor shall provide in writing to the Government and maintain a Hazardous Substance Plan. The plan shall include, but is not limited to; listing any hazardous substances used on the project area and shall have Material Safety Data Sheets available for those materials. All such materials shall be labeled in accordance with Federal and State regulations and this information shall be supplied to the Government responsible for supervising initial containment action for releases and subsequent cleanup.

21. The Contractor shall maintain all equipment operating on the project area in good repair and free of leakage of lubricants, fuel, coolant and hydraulic fluid. The Contractor shall take effective measures to prevent all leaking or spilled petroleum based products from stationary equipment and equipment being serviced. Refueling and maintenance activities associated with equipment and machinery at landings shall be conducted within fuel containment basins capable of holding and containing any potential fuel spills emanating from refueling units, refueling cells or the machinery being refueled. The Contractor shall furnish oil-absorbing mats for use under all stationary equipment or equipment being serviced to prevent leaking or spilled petroleum-based products from contaminating soil and water resources.

22. The Contractor shall immediately notify appropriate agencies, including written notification to the Government of all spills, leaks or other releases of hazardous materials including petroleum products on or in the vicinity of NFS land caused directly or indirectly by the Contractor or Contractor’s employees. The Contractor shall immediately take action to contain and cleanup, without expense to the Government, all petroleum products spills caused directly or indirectly by the Contractor or Contractor’s employees. The Contractor shall properly transport and dispose of all contaminated soil, vegetation, debris, oil filters, oily rags, waste oil and any other materials in accordance with local, State and Federal regulations. Disposal of any such contaminated material on the National Forest is prohibited. The Contractor shall be liable for all damages and costs deemed necessary by the Government for the spill containment and cleanup. When all materials have been properly disposed of, a receipt from a certified hazardous waste facility will be delivered to the Government.

23. Isolate construction sites from stream flow before removing a culvert and performing work inside the stream channel. The work site may be completely dewatered or in some circumstances, the stream may be rerouted within the channel.

24. When activities are proposed within a stream channel that may cause significant disturbance to steelhead, a biologist will be onsite and survey the work area to look for individuals prior to dewatering to encourage them to move out of the area and to estimate the number of individual steelhead potentially affected.

25. A water pollution control plan shall be developed by the Forest Service or its contractors, and approved by the Forest Service, specifying details related to control of sediment and hazardous materials, dewatering or diversion structures, fueling and equipment management practices, and other factors deemed necessary by Los Padres National Forest engineers and resource specialists with a background in water quality and biology.

26. Straw wattles, silt sediment fences, or straw bales, will be placed in the construction area as required to collect any storm water run-off carrying sediments.

Los Padres National Forest

27. Install erosion control measures on incomplete roads prior to precipitation events or the start of the winter period and in accordance with approved water pollution (or erosion) control plan.

28. Do not leave project areas for the winter with remedial measures incomplete.

29. Road drainage (ditches, culverts, dips) facilities will be kept in acceptable functioning condition during the life of the contract, so that additional resource damage does not occur.

30. No work shall occur on more than two low water crossings at any one time.

31. To avoid effects to southwestern pond turtles, project activities will not occur within 0.25 mile of known southwestern pond turtle occurrences or suitable aquatic habitat (streams or ponds below 5,000 feet in elevation) from May 15 to July 15. Pre-implementation breeding season surveys for southwestern pond turtle nesting activity are required for project sites in the aforementioned areas if work would occur from May 15 to July 15. The limited operating period may be lifted by a wildlife biologist if surveys indicate the site is unoccupied, or if a wildlife biologist determines that the project would not affect southwestern pond turtles.

32. If southwestern pond turtles are known to occur in the vicinity of the work site, install silt fencing to prevent turtles, including nesting females, from entering the work zone.

33. To avoid effects to foothill yellow-legged frogs, project activities that involve instream or near stream work when surface water is present will not occur within 165 feet of known foothill yellow-legged frog occurrences or suitable aquatic habitat (streams below 5,000 feet in elevation) from December 1 to May 1. Pre-implementation surveys are required for project sites within 165 feet of suitable habitat or known occurrences if instream or near stream work would occur when surface water is present. The limited operating period may be lifted by a wildlife biologist if surveys indicate the site is unoccupied, or if a wildlife biologist determines that the project would not affect foothill yellow-legged frogs.

34. To avoid effects to western spadefoots, project activities on the south zone of the Los Padres National Forest will not occur within 500 feet of known occurrences or suitable aquatic habitat (temporary ponds and pools in grasslands, mixed chaparral, and foothill hardwood habitats below 4,500 feet in elevation) from January 1 to June 1. Pre-implementation surveys are required for project sites within 500 feet of suitable aquatic habitat or known occurrences if work would occur from January through May. The limited operating period may be lifted by a wildlife biologist if surveys indicate the site is unoccupied, or if a wildlife biologist determines that the project would not affect western spadefoots.

35. No fueling or refueling of mechanical equipment such as chainsaws will occur within 100 feet of any flowing watercourse or intermittent drainage. Fueling and servicing of vehicles used for proposed activities will be done outside of riparian conservation areas in accordance with best management practice 2-12

36. When activities are proposed within a stream channel that may cause significant disturbance to steelhead, a biologist will be onsite and survey the work area to look for individuals prior to dewatering to encourage them to move out of the area and to estimate the number of individual steelhead potentially affected