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FOREST SERVICE HANDBOOK
ALASKA REGION (REGION 10)
JUNEAU, ALASKA
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Supplement No.: R-10 7709.59-2014-1
Effective Date: November 24,2014
Duration: This supplement is effective until superseded or removed.
Approved: /s/ BETH PENDLETON
Regional Forester
Date Approved: 11/24/2014
Posting Instructions: Supplements are numbered consecutively by Handbook number and
calendar year. Post by document; remove the entire document and replace it with this
supplement. Retain this transmittal as the first page(s) of this document. The last R-10
supplement to this Handbook was 7709.59-96-1 to chapter 20
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13 Pages
6 Pages
Digest: In order by code, summarize the main additions, revisions, or removal of direction
incorporated in this supplement.
24 – Specifies clauses to include in letters and references FSM for incidental costs.
24.1 – Revision to use the R10 Supplement Road Use Permit, Form R-10 7700-41, Exhibit 01
24.11 – Adds the Calculation of Road and Related Facility Use Rates for Southeast Alaska,
Exhibit 02, which includes the equivalency for hauling products other than timber, market rates
used in Southeast Alaska and clarifies insurance, maintenance specifications and performance
bond provisions.
24.22 – Clarifies long term permit opportunities.
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24 - PERMITS FOR ROAD USE. Use Form R-10 7700-41, Road Use Permit (see 24 - Exhibit
01), in Southeast Alaska where appropriate. This form includes references to Federal Land
Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) authorities. Use a letter of authorization where the use is
minor or the costs associated with the permit would be greater than the amount collected. Refer
to FSM 7731.16 – Permits R-10 Supplement 7700-2004-1 when the commercial user’s share of
the total maintenance is less than $1,000.
Include clauses 5, 6, 7, and 8 from Form R-10 7700-41, if a letter is used to authorize road use.
24 - EXHIBIT 01 IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT
24.1 - Road Use Permits. Use Form R-10 7700-41 to authorize non-Federal commercial use of a
National Forest System Road in Alaska.
Work with the applicant to assure they understand all the information needed in Form FS-770040, Application for Road Use Permit. Use Road Management Objectives for the road(s) being
permitted to guide the identification of the construction, rehabilitation, operation, and
maintenance work that can be done and possible work schedules.
Form R-10 7700-41, is available electronically on the R10 Sharepoint site http://fsteams.fs.fed.us/sites/r06-eng-cd/tra/opsmaint/SitePages/Region%2010%20Operations%20and%20Maintenance.aspx
24.11 – Instructions for Certain Clauses. The road use permit may be approved by Forest
Officers other than the Forest Supervisor, depending on delegations of authority. Change the
title block on page 1 of the permit form to match the delegations of authority for the Forest
Officer approving the permit. Follow the instructions in 24 – Exhibit 02 for the Calculation of
Road and Related Facility Use Rates for Southeast Alaska.
24 - EXHIBIT 02 IS A SEPARATE DOCUMENT
24.2 - Oversize and Overweight Permits. See the Regional Road Order for maximum vehicle
limits. The State of Alaska does have an Industrial Use Road designation with 179,000 GVW
load limits on several state highways.
Do not impose lower load limits on permits than are in place on connected state highways, unless
needed for protection of the National Forest System road.
24.22 - Long-term Permits. A user may request the use of a Forest Service road for continuous
commodity hauling in the Alaska Region, subject to the Regional Road Order, or such other road
orders in place.
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Authorize permits for neighboring landowners to use National Forest System Roads for land
management activities when similar access is granted to the Forest Service. Access by
contractors doing silvicultural work after timber harvest will be considered as a noncommercial
activity for access purposes. Access only by foot, pickups, and similar light vehicles is intended.
Permit by letter or agreement is appropriate for this use.
The market rate for long-term access across another's property of $5,000 per year for the roads in
a single geographic area has been set by Sealaska Corporation. This fee is intended to be a road
maintenance reimbursement cost, reimbursing for the expected costs of maintaining a road
system in a condition for use by cars and trucks during periods when commercial hauling is not
taking place, and the road would normally be in a closed condition.
The administrative access fees are not charged during periods (years) when the permittees
commercial hauling activity is taking place.
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24 - Exhibit 01
Road Use Permit
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
ROAD USE PERMIT
(Re: FSM 7730)
R10-FS 7700-41 (6/94)
Authority: Acts of October 13, 1964 and October 21, 1976
(16 U.S.C. 532-38 and 43 U.S.C. 1761-71)
of
(Name)
(Address & Zip Code)
(hereafter called the permittee) is hereby granted use of the following road(s) or road segments,
and/or related transportation facilities:
on the
page(s)
through
, subject to the provisions of this permit including clauses
for the purpose of hauling
through
, on
The exercise of any of the privileges granted in this permit constitutes acceptance of all the
conditions of the permit.
1. ROAD USE PERMIT FEES. The rate for sharing under this permit is
.
(per traffic unit, MBF, cu.yd. - specify)
Permittee's share of investment will be met as provided for in Clause 2.
Rate for sharing maintenance is shown in Clause 9.
2-1. WORK REQUIRED TO ACCOMMODATE PERMITTED USE. In accordance with
this use, the permittee shall perform the work described below and in accordance with plans and
specifications attached hereto:
WORK PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE. (Construction of required improvements or reconstruction
will be completed within
months and before hauling commences.)* (Work shall be performed in
accordance with the attached schedule. In no case will haul be allowed to exceed the value of
completed work.)* Credit will be allowed in the total of $
, which is the engineering estimate
for the cost of the work, to be credited to the share to be borne by this permitted use. In the event
that permitted use will exceed the value of required work performed, the difference between the
value of permitted use and work performed will be deposited in cash as provided in clause 2-3.
2-2. COOPERATIVE WORK. Although not required to accommodate the use herein
permitted, it is desirable to the Forest Service and the permittee to have certain construction or
reconstruction work accomplished coincident to use of the road.
The permittee shall perform the work described below in accordance with plans and
specifications attached hereto.
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Upon satisfactory performance, credit will be allowed in the total of $
borne by the permittee.
to the share to be
2-3. CASH DEPOSITS REQUIRED IN LIEU OF WORK PERFORMANCE. The
permittee will deposit $
with the Forest Service on or before
. The amount
deposited will be credited to the share to be borne by the permittee.
2-4. ROAD USE FEE. In consideration for this use, the permittee shall deposit with the
Forest Service, the sum of $
(and thereafter in individual deposits, equivalent to estimated
charges before next payment is made, as called for by the Forest Service in advance of current road
use).* When preferred by a permittee, a payment guarantee may be furnished in lieu of advance
deposits.
This permit is accepted subject to all of its terms and conditions.
Date
ACCEPTED
Permitee (Name and Signature)
Date
APPROVED
Issuing Officer (Name, Title, and Signature)
PAYMENT GUARANTEE. Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 1, if the permittee furnishes
and maintains an acceptable payment bond in a penal sum of not less than $
guaranteeing
payments for road use up to this amount, or in lieu thereof deposits in a Federal depository, through
the Regional Fiscal Agent, and maintains therein negotiable securities of the United States having a
market value in like sum and agreement authorizing the bond approving officer to sell or collect such
securities if payment is not made within
( ) days of request therefor, the Forest Service
shall permit road use in advance of cash payment up to the penal sum of such bond, or market value
at time of deposit of negotiable securities; provided that regardless of penal sum of such payment
bond, or the value of such deposited securities, the permittee shall pay cash within
( ) days of
request therefor, for all performed road use. If any payment is not received within _______ ( ) days
of request therefor, the Forest Service may suspend all hauling under this permit until payments
due are received, and may take such action as is necessary to collect such payments from the
payment guarantee surety, or by sale or collection of securities guaranteeing payments. In the event
the permittee fails to make payment and collection is obtained from the surety, or from the sale or
collection of the deposited securities, the Forest Service may thereafter require the permittee to
make payments in advance of road use.
3. USE PLANS. Prior to
each year this permit is in effect, permittee shall notify
the
in writing of the approximate time when such use will commence, the anticipated
duration of such use, the names and addresses of permittee's contractors or agents who will use the
road on behalf of permittee, the estimated extent of use, and such other information relative to
permittee's anticipated use as the Forest Service may from time to time reasonably request. If and
when during the year there is any significant change with respect to the information so supplied by
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permittee, the permittee will notify the
changes will be approved by the
promptly in writing of such change. Plans and
before use may commence.
4. USE RECORDS. The permittee shall
, or at other Forest Service approved intervals
when the permittee is hauling over this road, furnish the
scale records, or other records
satisfactory to the
which give the volume of road use in terms related to rates in clause 1
under the authority of this permit.
5. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND REGULATIONS. The Permittee, in exercising the
privileges granted by this permit, shall comply with the regulations of the Department of Agriculture
and all Federal, State, county and municipal laws, ordinances or regulations which are applicable to
the area or operations covered by this permit.
6. USE NONEXCLUSIVE. The privileges granted in this permit to use this road are not
exclusive. The Forest Service may use this road and authorize others to use it at any and all times.
The permittee shall use said road in such manner as will not unreasonably or unnecessarily interfere
with the use thereof by other authorized persons, including Forest Service.
7. RULES GOVERNING USE. The permittee, its agents, employees, contractors or
employees of contractors, shall comply with all reasonable rules prescribed by the Forest Service for
control and safety in the use of this road and to avoid undue damage to the road. Such rules will
include:
(1) Closing the road or restricting its use when, due to weather conditions or the making of
alterations or repairs, unrestricted use would in Forest Service judgement, cause excessive
damage, or create hazardous conditions;
(2) Closing the road during periods when, in Forest Service judgement, there is extraordinary
fire danger;
(3) Traffic controls, which in Forest Service judgement, are required for safe and effective use of
the road by authorized users thereof;
(4) Prohibiting the loading of logs on trucks while such trucks are standing on the roadway
surface, except to recover lost logs; and
(5) Prohibiting the operation on this road of any vehicles or equipment having cleats or other
tracks which will injure the surface thereof;
(6) Prohibiting the operation of log-hauling vehicles (of a width in excess of
and a gross
weight of vehicles and load in excess of
)* (not in excess of limits established by Regional
Road Order or lower limits established by Forest Supervisor's Road Order)
(7) Regulating the number of vehicles so as to prevent undue congestion of this road.
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(8) Prohibiting the use of an "active ingredient" as defined in Section 2 of the Federal
Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended (86 Stat. 973), in violation of said act
on the Land described in this permit.
(9) Other - Specify (Optional)
8. INSURANCE. Permittee or his contractors and assigns shall be required to carry public
liability and property damage insurance for the operation of vehicles in the amounts established by
applicable state laws, cooperative agreements, or easements issued on the subject road or roads. In
any event, the permittee must carry liability insurance and property damage insurance of not less
than $250,000 for injury or death to one person, $500,000 for injury or death to two or more persons,
and $250,000 for damage to property. The permittee itself shall be responsible for furnishing to the
proof of satisfactory insurance when said insurance is to be furnished by other than the permittee.
Proof of satisfactory insurance may be required by the
prior to hauling over the road(s)
and will be for the duration of the permit and such insurance policy shall bear an endorsement
requiring the issuing company to give 10 days prior written notice to the
,
of cancellation or material change.
9. MAINTENANCE. The permittee shall bear the expense of maintenance proportionate to
his use. This expense will be borne by
When deposit or payments are required in lieu of performance of maintenance the rate will be
which is agreed to be the cost of such works; the deposits or payments to be made at such times and
in such amounts as requested by the
; Provided, however, that the rate shall be
revised upward or downward on
of each year hereafter, based on estimated costs and uses
anticipated; Provided further, that payment shall not relieve the permittee from liability for repair of
damages due to carelessness or negligence on its part or on the part of its contracts or agents.
Maintenance shall be performed in accordance with Forest Service specifications or
requirements for maintenance as hereinafter listed, or as may be mutually agreed upon from time to
time and shall consist of (1) current maintenance as necessary to preserve, repair, and protect the
roadbed, surface and all structures and appurtenances, and (2) resurfacing equivalent in extent to
the wear and loss of surfacing caused by operations authorized by this permit.
9a. MAINTENANCE AND RESURFACING REQUIREMENTS AND SPECIFICATIONS.
(Specify)
10. PERFORMANCE BOND. In the event the permittee is to perform its proportionate share
of road maintenance, road resurfacing, or betterment, as determined and within time periods
established by the Forest Supervisor, the Forest Service may require as a further guarantee of the
faithful performance of such work that the permittee furnish and maintain a surety bond
satisfactory to the Forest Service in the sum of
dollars ($
), or in lieu of a surety bond ,
deposit into a Federal depository, as directed by the Forest Service, and maintain therein cash in the
sum of
dollars ($
), or negotiable securities of the United States having market value
at time of deposit of not less than
($
). As soon as security for the performance of
road maintenance (and betterment) requirements or the settlement of claims incident thereto is
completed, unencumbered cash guarantees or negotiable securities deposited in lieu of surety bond
will be returned to the permittee.
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11.
FIRE PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION. The permittee shall take all reasonable
precautions to prevent and suppress Forest fires. No material shall be disposed of by burning in
open fires during the closed season established by law or regulation without a permit from the Forest
Service.
12.
DAMAGES. The permittee shall exercise diligence in protecting from damage the land
and property of the United States covered by and used in connection with this permit, and promptly
upon demand shall pay the United Sates for any damage resulting from negligence, or from violation
of the terms of this permit or of any law or regulation applicable to the National Forests, by the
permittee, or by his agents, contractors, or employees of the permitee acting within the scope of their
agency, contract, or employment.
13.
OFFICIALS NOT TO BENEFIT. No Member of or Delegate to Congress or Resident
Commissioner shall be admitted to any share or part of this agreement or to any benefit that may
arise herefrom unless it is made with a corporation for its general benefit.
14.
OUTSTANDING RIGHTS. This permit is subject to all outstanding rights.
15.
SUSPENSION. Upon the failure of the permittee, its agents, employees or contractors
to comply with any of the requirements of this permit, the officer issuing the permit may suspend
operations in pursuance of this permit.
16.
TERMINATION. This permit shall terminate on
unless extended in writing
by the Forest Service. It may be terminated upon breach of any conditions herein.
17.
CLAUSE CONTROL. In the event of any conflict between any of the preceding printed
clauses or any provision thereof and any of the following clauses or any provisions thereof, the
following clauses will control.
18.
SAFETY. Unless otherwise agreed in writing, when Permittee's Operations are in
progress adjacent to or on Forest Service controlled roads and trails open to public travel, Permittee
shall provide the use with adequate warning of hazardous or potentially hazardous conditions
associated with Permittee's Operation. A specific traffic control plan for each individual project shall
be agreed to by Permittee and Forest Service prior to commencing operations. Devices shall be
appropriate to current conditions and shall be covered or removed when not needed. Except as
otherwise agreed, flager and devices shall be as specified in the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control
Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD), and in specifications attached hereto.
19.
DRIVER'S COPY. Drivers of all vehicles hauling logs shall have a copy of page 1 of
this agreement in their possession. This copy will be presented, on request, to any Forest Officer.
20.
LOAD MARKING. Unless stated otherwise in writing by the District Ranger, all wood
products shall be painted with a blue letter "P" on each log across the top layer on the front and back
of the load.
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21.
SNOW REMOVAL. Snow removal shall be done in a manner to preserve and protect
the roads, to the extent necessary to ensure safe and efficient transportation of materials, and to
prevent excessive erosion damage to roads, streams, and adjacent lands. Permittee shall:
(1) Remove snow from the entire road surface width including turnouts.
(2) Remove snow slides, earth slides, fallen timber, and boulders that obstruct normal road
surface width.
(3) Remove snow, ice, and debris from culverts so that the drainage system will function
efficiently at all times.
(4) Perform all items of snow removal currently to ensure safe, efficient transportation. Work
shall be done in accordance with the following minimum standards of performance:
(5) Deposit all debris, except snow and ice, removed from the road surface and ditches at agreed
locations and away from stream channels.
(6) Not undercut roadbanks nor remove gravel or other selected surfacing material off the
roadway surface.
(7) Assure that ditches and culverts are kept functional during and following roadway use.
(8) Not leave snow berms on the road surface. Berms on the shoulder of road shall be removed
and/or drainage holes shall be opened and maintained. Drainage holes shall be spaced as
required to obtain satisfactory surface drainage without discharge on erodible fills.
(9) Not use dozers to plow snow on system roads without written approval of the Forest Service.
(10) Leave a minimum of 2-inches of snow depth to protect the roadway.
(11) Restore any damage resulting from the snow removal in a timely manner.
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24 – Exhibit 02
CALCULATION OF ROAD AND RELATED FACILITY USE RATES
for Use with Alaska Region R10 FS Form 7700-41 Road Use Permit (6/94)
R10-FS 7700-41 - Clause 1 - Road and Related Facility Use Permit Fees. Use these rates
unless local market rates for similar road uses can be demonstrated to be different. These rates
will be adjusted for inflation every five years using actual costs or the consumer price index for
the future five years and may be subject to recalculation by the Forest Service if economic
conditions warrant
a. When roads are in a condition for commercial haul.
When roads to be used currently meet Commercial Haul Standards or have been restored to
such standards, the current replacement value for roads shall be $230,000 per mile. The
road permit rate shall be calculated according to the following formula:
Road Permit Rate/MBF/Mile = 0.0075* X $230 = $1.725/MBF/Mile
* The road permit rate is based on a formula established and used by the State of
Washington, Department of Natural Resources (WDNR). The WDNR rate is 3/4 of a
percent of the current replacement value of the road in thousands of dollars.
b. When related facilities are in a condition for commercial haul.
When related facilities such as sortyards, log transfer facilities (LTF) or marine access
facilities (MAF) which currently meet Commercial Haul Standards or have been restored to
such standards the following facility use fees as follows:
Use of a sortyard: $0.75/MBF plus allocated maintenance costs.
Use of LTF/MAF: $3.25/MBF, plus allocated maintenance costs.
An annual fee of $10,000 per calendar year shall be assessed and paid by the timber sale
purchaser when the timber sale purchaser makes commercial use of a related facility. The
annual fee is not required for the intermittent loading and unloading of equipment or such
other uses as may be agreed upon in advance. The annual fee includes the ownership costs
associated with LTF/MAF monitoring and permit requirements. The NFS will maintain for
all related facilities permits, leases, licenses, monitoring dives, reports and any other
processes associated with governmental authorization required by law with respect to those
related facilities.
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c. When roads or related facilities to be used are not in a condition for commercial haul.
(1) If the roads or facilities are not in a condition suitable for commercial haul, and the
permitee will improve the roads or facilities as a part of the permit process, include the
description of the work to be performed in section 2-1. Use the same formulas as shown
above but use the current replacement value of the roads or facilites in current condition
(value of road in commercial haul condition less the cost of work to bring the road to
commercial haul condition).
(2) If the roads have been closed and need only maintenance or pre-haul maintenance
work to open them up for use (no improvement will be made to the road), the permittee
will be expected to perform the maintenance work to open and reclose the road.
d. Other conditions for permitted use and fees. The term of a road use permit should not
normally be longer than that of a single timber offering/sale. Balance the cost of permit
processing with the expected use. Road use permits should not exceed a period of 10 years
without re-examination of all the terms in the permit. Annual review and renewal of permits
may also be done.
(1) When the period of use will be longer than 5 years, recalculate the fees at least every
5 years.
(2) Calculate current replacement value on construction rates without allowances for
overhead costs, or use the values in a. of this section.
(3) Costs associated with pre-engineering, contract administration, and other overhead
costs will be excluded from replacement value calculations.
e. Use of log transfer facilities or marine access facilities for commercial use other than log
transfer. Log transfer facilities (LTF) or Marine Access Facilities (MAF) are sometimes
used for loading or unloading equipment and materials. Some uses include loading barges
with rock, loading/unloading scrap iron and junk vehicles, loading and unloading
construction equipment.
Use the formula in 1.a of this section, to calculate rates based on estimated construction
costs for the portion of the facility used. Use the equivalency of 16,500 pounds gross
vehicle weight (gvw) per thousand board feet in calculations.
Example: A hauler is moving 80,000 gvw vehicles across an LTF or MAF and loading a
barge. The construction cost estimate for the portion of the site used is $150,000.
The equivalent mbf for the truck is 80,000/16,500 = 4.85.
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The rate per truck is .0075 * $150 * 4.85 = $5.46 per truck load.
Note that the costs for NFS road use are not included in the $5.46 rate.
If the uses do not involve placing material into the water, the provisions of the Section 402
permit for monitoring dives does not come into effect. Require monitoring for oil sheens as
a part of the permit.
R10-FS 7700-41 - Clause 2-1 - Work Required to Accommodate Permitted Use. The work
required is normally based on those tasks needed to put the road into condition for commercial
haul use. Improvements required to meet Best Management Practices (BMPs, R-10 FSH
2509.22) on National Forest land should be included.
a. Costs of work to restore the road to commercial haul conditions and meet BMPs are
credited against the road use permit fees calculated and included in Clause 1, unless the
work is pre-haul maintenance such as associated with opening closed roads.
b. The road user will be responsible for costs of the work required to accommodate
permitted use in excess of the amounts of road use permit fees creditable.
c. Inclusion of items of major construction, such as bridge repair, should be avoided if
possible. The permittee's use of transportable bridges (modular or similar) should be
planned for in most road use permit situations.
R10 Form 7700-41 - Clause 8 - Insurance. Normally, the values to enter should not be more
than $500,000/$1,000,000 for injury and $500,000 for property damage in Alaska.
R10 Form 7700-41 - Clause 9a - Maintenance and Resurfacing Requirements and
Specifications. There are two types of road maintenance needs for which collections may be
made. They are traffic-generated maintenance (the direct result of a user's traffic--examples are
surface blading and dust abatement) and nontraffic-generated (examples are brushing, logging
out blown down trees, and removing landslides).
There are also two time frames for maintenance. Some activities are done concurrent with road
use (again, surface blading and dust abatement are examples). Others are done once every few
years (replacing rock surfacing, seal coating paved roads, and brushing for sight distance are
examples).
Commercial users bear the entire cost of traffic-generated maintenance that they cause. They
bear their "share" of nontraffic-generated maintenance as calculated based on the distribution of
commercial versus non-commercial traffic on the road. Having commercial users perform as
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much of their commensurate share of maintenance as possible is preferred over collecting fees.
There are some types of work that are better handled through collections because of expense and
complexity. Examples include pavement maintenance and bridge maintenance.
Often collections are made for long-term cyclical items such as brushing and surface rock
replacement because of economies of scale. Take collections for the entire maintenance
obligation of very small commercial operations. It is not economical to move in a piece of
equipment to do $500.00 worth of maintenance obligation incurred by hauling 20 loads of logs.
Specifically for FS timber sales, there is a maintenance allowance computed as part of the
appraisal process. The allowance includes all maintenance, whether traffic related, nontraffic
related, done by the purchaser, or done by collections into CWFS.
Road maintenance and surface rock replacement rates are typically calculated on a per thousand
board foot (MBF) or hundred cubic feet (CCF) basis. Rates for products other than logs will be
calculated based on a conversion factor of 16,000 pounds per thousand board feet (MBF).
Use the following for Surface Rock Replacement (SRR) for crushed gravel surfaced roads:
Surface Rock Replacement = $0.31/MBF/Mile
Use standard specifications for road maintenance or pre-haul maintenance where practical. The
pre-haul maintenance specifications are identified as "T" specifications. Use T-845
Maintenance, Operation, and Monitoring of Log Transfer Facilities when LTF are included in
the permit.
When the permitted use includes LTF, MAF or log sort yards, the permittee will be responsible
for maintenance commensurate with use for the LTF/MAF as well as any damage to the facility.
Compliance with Corps of Engineers and EPA issued permit requirements, pollution prevention
plans, and operator monitoring requirements by the permittee are also a condition of the use of
the facilities.
R10 Form 7700-41 - Clause 10 - Performance Bond. Use this clause only if the permittee is
performing work on the road. Base the value of the performance bond on the amount of credit at
risk to the Government, and not less than $5000 per mile of road for the Alaska Region. Waive
the performance bond requirement if the permittee is a cost share cooperator within the Region,
or has entered into an agreement with the Forest Service for reciprocal access.