HOW PROPOSED FINAL VALUE CLASS ASSIGNMENTS WERE MADE FROM AGENCY RATINGS 

 Rules ; 



1. If any agency rated the segment as I (Outstanding), that was 

 the proposed final value class. 



2. If only one agency rated the segment, that was the final 

 class; if more than one agency agreed (no dissents), their 

 class was proposed as the final. 



3. If two agencies differed by one class, the higher class was 

 chosen. If two agencies were more than one class apart, the 

 class between them was chosen. 



Example: DFWP Value Class: 2 

 BLM Value Class: 3 

 Proposed Value class: 2 



BLM Value Class: 2 

 FS Value Class: 4 

 Proposed Value Class: 3 



4. If three agencies disagreed and two differed from the third 

 by more than one class, a class in between was chosen. If two 

 differed from the third by one class, the final class 



was whichever was chosen by the two agencies that agreed. 

 If all three disagreed, the middle class was chosen. 



Example: DFWP Value Class: 2 

 BLM Value Class: 4 

 FS Value Class: 2 

 Proposed Value Class: 3 



DFWP Value Class: 4 

 BLM Value Class: 4 

 FS Value Class: 3 

 Proposed Value Class: 4 



DFWP Value Class: 2 

 BLM Value Class: 3 

 FS Value Class: 4 

 Proposed Value Class: 3 



5. Unclassified ratings (5) did not count in ties or splits. 



Example: DFWP Value Class: 3 

 BLM Value Class: 5 

 Proposed Value Class: 3 



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