Common use of Conduct of Logging Clause in Contracts

Conduct of Logging. (1/18). 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 Conduct of Logging Contractor shall be allowed to operate in not more than one Payment Unit(s), Subdivisions or Cutting Unit(s) at any time. Contractor's Operations in a Payment Unit, Subdivision or Cutting Unit shall be completed and accepted prior to entry into the next Payment Unit, Subdivision or Cutting Unit. Equipment used in the operations of the timber sale or stewardship contract shall meet approved industry safety standards as required by OSHA. Trees shall be felled, insofar as safety permits, to angle in the direction of skidding. Trees designated for cutting and/or logs will be left as rub trees along skid trails (all skidding and yarding methods) as needed to protect young growth and leave trees. Tractor Units The location of tractor skid trails shall be designated on the ground by Contractor and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. Logs shall be tractor skidded with the leading end free of the ground. Tractor roads and tractor skid trails shall be no less than 80 feet apart, except where converging. Skidding shall only occur during dry soil conditions as determined by the Forest Service. OR Tractor Skidding is allowed only over 12 inches of settled snow or frozen ground. Cable/Skyline Units The location of all skyline corridors shall be designated on the ground by Contractor and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. Skyline corridors shall be constructed in advance of falling the adjacent timber within the cutting unit. Where topography will permit, skyline corridors shall be spaced not less than 100 feet apart nor more than 200 feet apart at the point of widest divergence within the cutting unit. Except for lateral yarding, logs shall be yarded with the leading end free of the ground. Skyline corridors shall have only those trees cut that are necessary to allow the safe free passage of the carriage and turn of logs. When rigging is attached to residual trees, tree plates or similar protective devices shall be used and removed when rigging is removed. When setting where it is not possible to suspend the leading end of the log during inhaul, an intermediate support will be required. The support must be sufficient to suspend the leading end of the turn as the carriage traverses the skyline. Mobile Tailholds The location of machine trails (excavated or overland) needed to access mobile tailhold locations shall be designated on the ground by Contractor and approved by Forest Service in advance of construction or use. C6.406# - SITE CONDITION (7/20). Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the following site condition is required: Where unmerchantable material is available, Contractor shall leave such material, (over 3 inches in diameter on the small end), (under N/A inches in diameter on the large end) scattered as much as practical throughout the following unit(s). Cutting Unit Existing Site Condition Required Site Condition Unmerchantable material consist of existing down material and/or ▇▇▇▇▇ or portions of trees NOT meeting Product specifications as listed in A2 of the contract. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, in Ground Based Cutting Units ALL, the following is required: If the minimum per acre leave requirement for unmerchantable material as specified above is not met, the Contractor shall, where available, return unmerchantable material from the landing area and disperse this material within the cutting unit as directed by Forest Service. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, in Skyline, ORSY and Ground Lead Cutting Units ALL, the following is required: If the minimum per acre leave requirement for unmerchantable material as specified above is not met Contractor shall remove limbs and tops prior to yarding as directed by the Forest Service.

Conduct of Logging. (1/1810/82). 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 Conduct of Logging Contractor shall be allowed to operate in not more than one Payment Unit(s), Subdivisions or Cutting Unit(s) at any time. Contractor's Operations in a Payment Unit, Subdivision or Cutting Unit shall be completed and accepted prior to entry into the next Payment Unit, Subdivision or Cutting Unit. Equipment used in the operations of the timber sale or stewardship contract shall meet approved industry safety standards as required by OSHA. Trees shall be felled, insofar as safety permits, to angle in the direction of skidding. Trees designated for cutting and/or logs will be left as rub trees along skid trails C6.6 - EROSION PREVENTION AND CONTROL (all skidding and yarding methods) as needed to protect young growth and leave trees. Tractor Units The location of tractor skid trails shall be designated on the ground by Contractor and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. Logs shall be tractor skidded with the leading end free of the ground. Tractor roads and tractor skid trails shall be no less than 80 feet apart, except where converging. Skidding shall only occur during dry soil conditions as determined by the Forest Service. OR Tractor Skidding is allowed only over 12 inches of settled snow or frozen ground. Cable/Skyline Units The location of all skyline corridors shall be designated on the ground by Contractor and approved by Forest Service in advance of falling. Skyline corridors shall be constructed in advance of falling the adjacent timber within the cutting unit. Where topography will permit, skyline corridors shall be spaced not less than 100 feet apart nor more than 200 feet apart at the point of widest divergence within the cutting unit. Except for lateral yarding, logs shall be yarded with the leading end free of the ground. Skyline corridors shall have only those trees cut that are necessary to allow the safe free passage of the carriage and turn of logs. When rigging is attached to residual trees, tree plates or similar protective devices shall be used and removed when rigging is removed. When setting where it is not possible to suspend the leading end of the log during inhaul, an intermediate support will be required. The support must be sufficient to suspend the leading end of the turn as the carriage traverses the skyline. Mobile Tailholds The location of machine trails (excavated or overland) needed to access mobile tailhold locations shall be designated on the ground by Contractor and approved by Forest Service in advance of construction or use. C6.406# - SITE CONDITION (7/2010/04). Unless otherwise agreed in writing, the following site condition is required: Where unmerchantable material is availablePurchaser shall complete erosion prevention and control work required in section B6.6, Contractor shall leave such materialincluding Streamcourse protection, (over 3 inches in diameter within 15 calendar days after completion of skidding and/or yarding operations for each landing. Designation of on the small endground work shall be done as promptly as feasible unless it is agreed that the location of such work can be established without marking on the ground. During periods of accelerated water runoff, especially during the spring runoff and periods of heavy rainfall, Purchaser shall inspect and open culverts and drainage structures, construct special cross ditches for road runoff, and take other reasonable measures needed to prevent soil erosion and siltation of streams. When operations are active outside the Normal Operating Season defined in A16, erosion control work will be kept current and will be completed as soon as practicable. C6.601# - EROSION CONTROL SEEDING (1/18). Following completion of skidding and yarding operations in an area, (under Purchaser shall seed and fertilize all exposed areas of raw soil on skid trails, landings, firebreaks, slides, slumps, Temporary Roads and traveled ways of National Forest system roads scheduled for stabilization by Purchaser after operations. Special Provision C5.419# - SYSTEM ROAD STABILIZATION contains a list of the roads requiring seeding and fertilizing. Soil on areas to be seeded shall be left in a roughened condition favorable to the retention and germination of the seed or as specified in Special Provision C6.633# - TEMPORARY ROAD, SKID TRAIL/SKID ROAD AND LANDING SCARIFICATION. Seed and fertilizer shall be spread evenly at the rate of 23.42 pounds of seed and N/A inches pounds of fertilizer per acre. When fertilizer and seed are applied in diameter on separate operations, the large end) scattered as much as practical throughout the following unit(s). Cutting Unit Existing Site Condition Required Site Condition Unmerchantable material consist of existing down material and/or ▇▇▇▇▇ or portions of trees NOT meeting Product specifications as listed in A2 second operation shall be carried out within 72 hours of the contractfirst. Application shall be during the period JUNE 1 to JUNE 30 and SEPTEMBER 1 – OCTOBER 15 and under the above specified conditions unless otherwise approved. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, in Ground Based Cutting Units ALLagreed, the following is requiredkinds and amounts of seed to be sown in terms of pure live seed (PLS) shall be: If the minimum per acre leave requirement for unmerchantable material as specified above is not met, the Contractor shall, where available, return unmerchantable material from the landing area and disperse this material within the cutting unit as directed by Forest Service. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, in Skyline, ORSY and Ground Lead Cutting Units ALL, the following is required: If the minimum per acre leave requirement for unmerchantable material as specified above is not met Contractor Purchaser shall remove limbs and tops prior provide to yarding as directed by the Forest Service.: