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Some road sections will be repaired to upgrade the roads to design standards to reduce erosion 

 potential and maintenance needs. 



Applications of certified weed-free grass seed and fertilizer will be applied in a timely manner 

 to all newly-constructed road surfaces and cut-and-fill slopes. Applicafions will also be applied 

 to any existing disturbed cut-and-fill slopes and landings immediately adjacent to open roads. 

 This will be done to stabilize soils and reduce or prevent noxious-weed establishment. This will 

 include: ^, . ^ -• ■ ,. . , . 



Seeding all road cuts and fills concurrent with construcfion. 



^ - Apply "quick-cover" seed mix within 1 day of work completion at wet-culvert installafion 



sites. 

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£iir.v<f Seeding all road surfaces and reseeding culvert installation sites when the final blading is 



completed for each specified road segment. 



• As directed by the Forest Officer, water bars, logging-slash barriers, and, in some cases, tempo- 

 rary culverts will be installed on skid trails where erosion is anticipated based on ground and 

 weather conditions. These erosion-control features will be maintained and periodically in- 



„ spected throughout the contract period or extensions thereof. 



AIR QUALITY 



The first item is designed to prevent individual or cumulative effects during burning operations. 

 The next 2 items are designed to reduce effects from burning operations. 



• Burning operation will be in compliance with the Montana Airshed Group reporting regulations 

 and any burning restrictions imposed in Airshed 2. This will provide for burning during ac- 

 ceptable ventilation and dispersion conditions. - - -, ; 



• Dozer, landing, and roadwork debris piles will be covered to allow ignition to occur during 



^ spring when ventilation is good and surrounding fuels are wet. Covered piles are drier, ignite 

 easier, burn hotter, and extinguish sooner due to higher relative humidity during spring. This 

 will reduce dispersed (unentrained) smoke. 



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Maximize the amount of woody debris left on site. Fuels not burned do not produce smoke. If 

 possible, larger fuels should be left and smaller fuels should be piled. 



Consider other debris disposal methods for road construction and road-improvement projects, 

 including lopping and scattering, trampling, hand piling, chipping, etc. Road right-of-way piles 

 tend to be shaded by surrounding timber stands and do not dry out as well as piles in harvest 

 units. 



Dust abatement will be applied on the segments of roads in the Beaver Lake Project area that are 

 used during hauling and will benefit most from dust abatement. 



An alternative disposal method for slash produced oy road right-of-way work, otner than piling 

 and burning, will be encouraged. 



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