APPENDIX A 



STIPULATIONS AND SPECIRCATIONS 



INTRODUCTION 



The stipulations and specifications 

 for the Action Alternative were 

 identified or designed to prevent or 

 reduce the potential effects to the 

 resources considered in this 

 analysis. Stipulations and 

 specifications are, in part, a 

 direct result of identifying issues 

 and resource concerns. This section 

 is organized by resource. 



Stipulations and specifications that 

 apply to operations required by the 

 contract and occurring during the 

 contract period will be contained 

 within the Timber Sale Contract; as 

 such, they are binding and 

 enforceable. Project administrators 

 enforce stipulations and 

 specifications for all activities 

 relating to the project that may 

 occur during or after the contract 

 period. 



The following stipulations and 

 specifications are incorporated into 

 the action alternative to mitigate 

 the potential effects on resources. 



SPRUNGER-WHITNEY NATURE TRAIL 



• No equipment will operate within 

 50 feet of the trail, except where 

 the trail intersects with the "old 

 highway" . Logs will be winched 

 from one side of the trail, but 

 not across the constructed trail . 



• The trail's interpretive plaques 

 and signs and what they represent 

 would be protected from 

 disturbance. 



WATERSHED AND FISHERIES 



• Management standards of the SMZ 

 Law {75-5-301, MCA) are 

 implemented. Areas adjacent to 

 streams or lakes within or 

 adjacent to the harvest areas 



will have delineated SMZs to 

 protect and maintain water 

 quality. 



Brush will be removed from road 

 prisms to allow effective road 

 maintenance. Improved road 

 maintenance will reduce sediment 

 delivery. 



Equipment leaking fluids will not 

 be permitted to operate at 

 stream-crossing construction 



sites. 



The contractor will be 

 responsible for the immediate 

 cleanup of any spills (fuel, oil, 

 dirt, etc.) that would affect 

 water quality. 



Culvert sizing on roads will be 

 for a 50 -year flood event, as 

 recommended by a DNRC 

 hydrologist. 



Where culvert removals and 

 installations are planned, stream 

 crossings will have the following 

 requirements, as needed, to 

 protect water quality and meet 

 BMPs : 



- Filter- fabric fences will be 

 installed downstream prior to 

 and during culvert 

 installation. 



- Prior to any in- channel 

 operations, diversion channels 

 will be constructed and lined 

 with plastic to divert stream 

 flow. 



Planned erosion- control measures 

 include : 



- grade breaks on roads,- 



- surface-drainage devices on 

 roads ; 



- slash- filter windrows; and 



- grass seeding. 



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