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FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
PORTLAND, OREGON
TITLE 1500 - EXTERNAL RELATIONS
R-6 Supplement No. 1500-91-3
Effective June 7, 1991
POSTING NOTICE. Supplements to this manual are numbered consecutively.
Check the last transmittal sheet received for this manual to see that the above
supplement number is in sequence. If not, obtain intervening supplement(s) at once
from the Information Center. Do not post this supplement until the missing one(s)
is received and posted. After posting, place the transmittal at the front of the title
and retain until the first transmittal of the next calendar year is received.
Document Name
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Number of Sheets
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Comparative Terminology (Page 6) PAPER COPY ONLY
Exhibit 2 (Page 7) PAPER COPY ONLY
Exhibit 1 (Page 20) PAPER COPY ONLY
Exhibit 2 (continued) (Page 25) PAPER COPY ONLY
Digest:
This is a Technical Supplement. Previous Document 1531.63-1532.84a has been
changed to 1531.63-1531.9a.
(WO Amendment 1500-91-6. Effective 4/8/91).
CONTENT HAS NOT BEEN CHANGED.
JOHN F. BUTRUILLE
Regional Forester
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FSM 1500 - EXTERNAL RELATIONS
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CHAPTER 1530 - INTERDEPARTMENTAL
1531.73a - Memorandum of Understanding on Requirements and Procedures When
Bonneville Power Administration Occupies and Uses National Forest System
Lands. The basic agreement is reproduced below. The subsidiary memorandums
described will be issued as Regional supplements.
SUBSIDIARY
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
BETWEEN
FOREST SERVICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
AND
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION,
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
This document relates to the master agreement of May 30, 1974, entered into
by the Chief and Administrator
The Forest Service, through the Regional Foresters of Regions 1, 4, and 6, and
Bonneville Power Administration, through the Chief, Branch of Land, agree as
follows:
SECTION I. PLANNING, ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES, ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT STATEMENTS, AND PROGRAMING
A.
Planning
Bonneville and the Forest Service recognize the importance of planning and
agree to coordinate their respective planning efforts as follows:
Bonneville and the Forest Service will meet annually or as otherwise agreed to
exchange long-(8 plus years) and short-range (1-7 years) plans of mutual
interest. Examples of such plans include transportation plans, timber
management plans, land use plans, wilderness proposals, major transmission
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line corridors and routes, hydromet network and communications facilities.
Bonneville will initiate the annual meeting. Either party may initiate a
meeting or provide information on new developments as the need arises.
Bonneville will notify the Forest Service of individual proposed new facilities
and programs affecting National Forest System lands as soon as they become
known. Each will solicit the other party's participation in the development of
plans which might affect the other. Bonneville will coordinate its
reconnaissance efforts on facilities and programs affecting National Forest
System lands with the Forest Service.
To enable completion of the planning and reconnaissance efforts, it may be
necessary for Bonneville to conduct field surveys for proposed road and facility
rights-of-way to obtain data related to the development of the project plan.
Such surveys would be made along routes agreed upon between the Forest
Supervisor(s) and the Location and Mapping Section Head for Bonneville.
B.
Environmental Analyses and Environmental Impact Statements
As Federal agencies, Bonneville and the Forest Service have a legal mandate
under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. This Act sets forth a
general environmental policy and several specific requirements for Federal
agencies. The specific requirements include the following: All agencies of the
Federal Government shall (1) utilize a systematic, interdisciplinary approach
which will insure the integrated use of the natural and social sciences and the
environmental design arts in planning and in decision making which may have
an impact on man's environment, (2) insure that presently unquantified
environmental amenities and values may be given appropriate consideration
in decision making along with economic and technical consideration, (3) study,
develop and describe appropriate alternatives to recommended courses of
action in any proposal which involves unresolved conflicts concerning
alternative uses of available resources, (4) initiate and utilize ecological
information in the planning and development of resource-oriented projects, (5)
prepare a detailed statement on major Federal actions significantly affecting
the quality of the human environment, and (6) make available such
statements to the public. In recognition of the above, Bonneville and the
Forest Service will conduct environmental analyses and prepare
environmental impact statements in accordance with their individual
procedures. Where no environmental statement is planned on a new proposal
or facility affecting the other agency, the proposing agency will provide the
affected agency with its environmental analysis report. Where an
environmental statement is to be prepared, the agency initiating the proposal
will take the lead in statement preparation. The other agency will actively
participate in development of the statement by (1) providing the lead agency
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existing information and data concerning the subject area(s) and (2) review
and comment on the draft and final environmental statement.
C.
Programing
This part of the management cycle involves formulating program alternatives
based upon the results of steps A and B above. These program alternatives
are then subjected to each agency's budgeting process.
SECTION II. TRANSMISSION, COMMUNICATION, AND HYDROMET
FACILITIES
A.
Power Transmission Facilities
The elements of location and construction of transmission facilities are covered
under "Project Plans" within this document. Although Bonneville routinely
inspects and maintains its transmission facilities, the Forest Service will
report any observed or potential facility damage to Bonneville.
Forest Service proposed activities or permitted uses adjacent to the lines will
be coordinated with Bonneville to assure that such activities and uses are
appropriate in consideration of the safety of the facility and National Forest
users.
B.
Communication and Hydromet Facilities
The Forest Service will take the lead in coordination of requests for
communication and hydromet needs to provide necessary sites which are
consistent with National Forest land management concepts and minimize the
total number and size of sites occupied for the aggregate of these purposes by
nonexclusive shared use. Bonneville concurs with the concept of shared uses
insofar as technically possible and consistent with operational and security
restraints to provide the maximum needed reliability within the facility.
Bonneville will perform exploratory surveys in preparatory phases leading to
the "Project Plan" and development of the facility.
Hydromet facilities in the Columbia River Basin are covered by a separate
interagency Memorandum of Understanding between State and Federal
agencies to which Bonneville is a signatory. It is the intent of the Forest
Service to cooperate with the various signators and nonsignators in providing
coordinated hydromet facility locations.
In those cases where the network(s) will encompass more than one Region or
National Forest, the Forest Service will normally designate a single
representative to coordinate the overall conceptual uniformity of the proposal.
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SECTION III. ACCESS ROADS
Road access is needed for the construction and maintenance of Bonneville
transmission, communication and hydromet systems. The Forest Service is charged
with the management of National Forest lands and the development of a system of
roads to serve the various land uses. The public interests are best served by a
stable coordinated system of roads which serve the identified needs of both agencies
in full compliance with the laws, Departmental regulations and Executive Orders
outlining and governing operational, environmental and ecological concepts. Joint
planning of the road location and criteria will be entered into by Bonneville and the
Forest Service at an early stage during Bonneville facility planning and the
coordinated efforts will be continued through the progressive project development.
A. Each National Forest has a basic transportation plan. Permanent roads built to
serve any Bonneville facilities, including power transmission, communication
and hydromet systems, will be integrated into this transportation plan through
joint planning.
1.
All transportation facilities and appurtenant facilities will be located,
designed, and constructed compatible with Forest Service Land Use
Plans.
2.
Proper recognition will be given to the purpose of the road, period of use,
land use objectives, and prescriptions, as well as to the safety and
economics of the road. Soil characteristics, terrain and the potential for
soil erosion into the water courses will be considered.
B. The following tables define project terminology:
SEE PAPER COPY (Comparative Terminology)
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Comparative Terminology
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Exhibit 2
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The "Project Plan" will identify the road considerations and timing elements of
the proposal.
1.
System roads are to be designed to support the loads imposed upon
them without permanent deformation of the subgrade. Stage
construction of a single-lane facility is restricted to the difference
between the depth of needed surfacing for Bonneville project use and
the depth necessitated by projected public and land management uses
and will be constructed to its ultimately required width.
2.
Surfacing design will be performed to correlate the available load
supporting capacity of the soils during the planned season of use with
the imposed loading generated by the project. Cut and fill conditions
will be considered and the design bearing value based on the lesser
supporting value. In the case where construction densities are not
obtained to the lesser design value Bonneville will take steps to obtain
the necessary support.
3.
Roads open to public use shall incorporate appropriate sight distances
and turnouts for safety of opposing traffic.
4.
All roads closed to public access are to be gated and signed in
accordance with applicable regulations (Manual of Uniform Traffic
Control Devices). Dual lock system is acceptable means of access.
5.
Temporary roads constructed by Bonneville will be maintained and
protected by Bonneville during the life of the construction after which
the road will be obliterated and the area restored.
6.
The "Project Plan" will identify the responsibility for maintenance on
existing roads during Bonneville construction. When the responsibility
for performance will remain with the Forest Service, Bonneville will
require its contractor to participate by deposit of appropriate funds to
cover the work.
D.
Permanent roads will be accepted on the Forest Service system coincident with
overall project completion. Prior to acceptance of the facility onto the Forest
Service system a joint Bonneville-Forest Service inspection will be performed
to assure facility acceptability.
E.
No closures will be effected which serve to deny official Forest Service or
Bonneville traffic for emergency or direct management entry.
F.
Bonneville facility financing proposals will include identification of and
justification for cooperative Forest Service "Forest Road and Trail" (FR&T)
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financing. Roads which exceed Bonneville requirements will be jointly
financed, in which case the roads will be built to a standard to serve
Bonneville and Forest Service needs. Otherwise, Bonneville will build to that
standard necessary for its traffic needs and to meet mutually developed
environmental requirements.
G.
The Forest Service is charged with the operational management of the Forest
Development Road System whereas Bonneville has need to use portions of the
existing system for facility construction and maintenance.
1.
Portions of the accepted permanent Forest Development road System
may be closed to other than Bonneville traffic for agreed periods of time.
When such a need is identified, Bonneville shall not manage the closure
without the agreement of the Forest Service. Closure periods are
variable according to the anticipated need and Bonneville requests will
outline the period requested and the controls it or its contractors will
provide through the proposed periods.
2.
System nonpublic use roads serving Bonneville activities will normally
be operated in a closed road status. When Bonneville project work
requires gates or barriers to be left open, access control is to be
maintained by Bonneville project personnel.
3.
Normal administration, inspection, and small maintenance vehicle
traffic operated by either party will be allowed recurrent access without
special charge for road maintenance work.
H.
Nothing in this Subsidiary Memorandum shall be construed to relieve
Bonneville or its contractors of responsibility to correct or otherwise fully
compensate for the correction of any damage caused by Bonneville
construction and/or maintenance operations; not to relieve the Forest Service
of its correlative responsibility to provide operational management.
I.
"Cooperative Cost-Share" Forest Development Roads
The Forest Service has, in designated areas (agreement areas) where lands are
partly administered by the Forest Service and partly by private and other
ownerships, joined in cooperative agreements for planning, constructing,
reconstructing, improving, maintaining and using an adequate coordinated
road system.
In those agreement areas where Bonneville operations may be involved, it is
mutually agreed:
1.
The Forest Service represents the U.S. Government in all road
negotiations within an agreement area. Bonneville may participate as a
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third party when mutually agreeable in cost-share agreement areas for
planning, constructing, reconstructing, improving and maintaining
specified Forest development access roads as needed or used in the
construction of Bonneville transmission lines.
2.
Cost of road construction, improvement or maintenance on cost-share
roads will be shared by Bonneville and its contractors in the proportion
that its use bears to the total use on the system road or segment(s)
thereof.
3.
Bonneville can participate in joint financing in cost-share agreement
areas by performance by Bonneville and its contractors or by depositing
funds to the Forest Service.
SECTION IV. RIGHT-OF-WAY MANAGEMENT PLANS
Bonneville and the Forest Service will work together to achieve a program of
continuing management of transmission line and road rights-of-way which
represents an optimum blend of Bonneville power transmission objectives and
National Forest resource management objectives. This will be documented for each
facility in a jointly prepared Right-of-Way Management Plan. The Forest Service
will take the lead in preparing the plan unless otherwise agreed.
The Forest Service has the land management responsibility for rights-of-way.
Bonneville will carry out its program in a manner which will protect or enhance the
basic forest resource values. Where additional output of National Forest resources
can be obtained through special management of the rights-of-way, Forest Service
will have this responsibility.
Prior to completion of construction on any new power transmission facility, the
Forest Service and Bonneville will prepare a plan of management for the line and
road rights-of-way.
The Right-of-Way Management Plan is to be a detailed working plan, consisting
normally of (I) Title and approval page, (II) an Introductory Statement outlining
background and specific objectives, (III) a Graphic Section which identifies planned
management and protection practices by location, and (IV) a concise Written
Section which describes practices and responsibilities.
Management decisions must be specific as to responsibilities, restrictions, and
timing based on current and foreseeable opportunities to accomplish sound
management on the rights-of-way consistent with Bonneville's needs. Initial
preparation and needed subsequent modifications of Right-of-Way Management
Plans for existing and new facilities will be carried out at field levels. The Forest
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Supervisor will sign plans for the Forest Service. The Area Operation and
Maintenance manager will sign for Bonneville.
SECTION V. PROJECT PLANS
After a new specific project on National Forest system land is agreed to by the
Forest Service, a Project Plan will be entered into by the Forest Supervisor(s) and
Bonneville Chief, Branch of Land before any construction is started. Bonneville will
take the lead in preparing Project Plans unless otherwise agreed.
The Project Plan will cover all of the important project details which are related to
the protection, management and use of National Forest System land.
When a proposed project involves more than one National Forest, there will be only
one Project Plan. The single plan will be executed by all Forest Supervisors and
Bonneville Chief, Branch of Land.
Once a land use grant has been made to Bonneville by the Forest Service, no
substantial reconstruction or relocation of the existing facilities within the project
area may be authorized until the Project Plan is amended and approved
accordingly. If a second additional project is proposed within an already existing
project area, then a separate Project Plan will be required for the new proposal.
Examples of the kinds of things to be covered in a Project Plan are:
1.
Responsibilities and Coordination
a. Designated Forest Service Project Coordinator.
b. Designated Bonneville Project Coordinator.
c. Formal, periodic coordination meetings.
d. Forest Service identification of the specific, authorized responsibility,
authority, and accountability at the Forest level concerning the Project
Coordinator, District Ranger(s) and Forest Supervisor(s).
e. Bonneville identification of the specific, authorized responsibility,
authority and accountability concerning the Project Coordinator and
others at the local level.
f. The working interrelationships between the various people identified
in d and e above.
2.
Financing
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a. Mutual financing of roads.
b. Bonneville financing of Forest Service Project Coordinator.
c. Financing of work performed by one agency for the other.
d. Timber settlement agreement
3.
Environment
a. Highlights of the constraints identified in the project environmental
analysis.
b. Detailed environmental protection, enhancement and restoration
measures required unless incorporated into the needed designs and
specifications covering the various project jobs and phases (see item 7
below).
4.
Right-of-Way
Tentative decisions on land management objectives for the right-of-way
following construction.
5.
Fire Management
a. Patrol.
b. Protection equipment.
c. Suppression.
6.
Work Camps
a. Authorization.
b. Standards.
7.
Designs and Specifications
a. Specifications for clearing and construction of facilities.
b. All necessary construction specifications and standards relating to
the management, protection, enhancement and restoration of the
National Forest values.
8.
Scheduling
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a. Inspections: potential problems; existing problems; acceptance of
work performed; contract compliance.
b. Authorized time periods concerning such things as clearing, slash
burning, road construction and use of overland vehicles with the
constraints identified pertaining to weather conditions, etc.
SECTION VI. FOREST SERVICE LAND USE GRANT INSTRUMENT
The Land Use Grant Instrument is included in this section as Exhibit 3. After a
new, specific project on National Forest System land is agreed to by the Forest
Service, Bonneville would be authorized to occupy and use an established area for
construction, operation and maintenance of its facility once the Land Use Grant
Instrument is issued. The Instrument would not be issued, however, until after the
Project Plan is consummated.
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Exhibit 3
2740
U.S. FOREST SERVICE
LAND USE GRANT INSTRUMENT
R-6 No.
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
POWER TRANSMISSION FACILITY, ACCESS ROAD(S),
COMMUNICATION AND HYDROMET FACILITIES
Nature of action or authorization conveyed
by this Instrument:
LUR IDENTITY CODE ______________________________________________________
(Region, Forest,
User No.,
Case Date)
In accordance with Section Six (VI) of the Subsidiary Memorandum of
Understanding, this Instrument sets forth the special conditions and general
information applicable to the
Transmission Facility
Access Road(s), Communication or Hydromet Site(s) (delete those not applicable)
1. Project Plan
2. Location: (Legal description, or name of peak or local landmark)
3. Bonneville Drawing Reference Numbers:
4.Technical Parameters (Communication or Hydromet Facility) on the attached
2700-10 dated:
5. Length Transmission Line: (from Project Plan, miles N.F.)
6. Length Access Road(s): (from Project Plan, miles N.F.)
7. Area: (from Project Plan, acres N.F.)
8. A Right-of-Way Management Plan will be prepared by the Forest Service and
approved by Bonneville by:
(date).
9. District Ranger(s) in charge of maintenance and right-of-way management
planning and execution:
Ranger District
Address
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10. Area Operations and Maintenance Manager(s) in charge of maintenance:
Area
Address
APPROVED FOR THE FOREST SERVICE, Region
_________________________ _________________________ _________________________
(Date)
(Signature)
(Forest Supervisor)
APPROVED FOR BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
_________
(Date)
____________________________, Chief, Branch of Land
(Signature)
APPROVED
Forest Service:
/s/
STEVE YURICH
Regional Forester, R-1
July 8, 1974
Date
/s/
VERNON HAMRE
Regional Forester, R-4
June 25, 1974
Date
/s/
JUN 11 1974
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Regional Forester, R-6
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Date
Bonneville Power Administratin:
/s/
THOMAS KORNELIS
Chief, Branch of Land
JUN 4 1974
Date
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Procedures for Issuing the Land Use Grant Instrument. Land Use Grant
Instruments (exhibit 3) shall be prepared for each new transmission line, access
road, communication facility, or hydromet site.
Each instrument will be numbered serially for Region 6 Forests by Bonneville
Power Administration. BPA's realty and right-of-way business and their work with
the Land Use Grant Instrument is conducted by the Branch of Land in Portland,
Oregon.
Current existing numbering reflects the chronologic sequence of the construction of
transmission lines and roads since 1938 and the construction of communication and
hydromet facilities since 1952. In Region 6, as of this date, forty-one (41) lines, and
twenty-nine (29) Communications-Hydromet (CH-29) sites have been so
documented. Because the new Memorandum of Understanding and Subsidiary
Memorandum of Understanding covers all existing and new facilities, there will be
only one numbering sequence. The line and site sequence will be continued in the
chronologic order of the approval of new projects.
Serial numbering has proved to be very effective in followup administration of the
projects giving projects clearcut identity when several are active at one time, and
when several National Forests are involved. The official BPA Project names and
the Land Use Grant Instrument numbers are carefully reconciled for permanent
identity.
The Forest Service Land Use Reporting System (LUR) will be used to maintain
Land Use Grant case identity on a National Forest basis for Forest Service
inventory purposes (FSM 2790).
When the Project Plan (Section V) has been prepared and executed by both parties,
BPA, with ready access to descriptions and drawings required for items 2-7 of
exhibit 3, is authorized to draft and number the Land Use Grant Instrument
(exhibit 3). It will be sent to the Forest Supervisor who will complete and approve
the instrument for the Forest Service. BPA's Branch of Land and the Forest
Supervisor will each receive an original signed copy. One copy is sent to the
Regional Forester, R-6.
The Forest Supervisor is responsible for the continuing administration of the use as
authorized above.
Transmission Line Right-of-Way Management Plan. Item 8 of the individual line
Land Use Grant Instrument requires a Right-of-Way Management Plan prepared
by the Forest Service for approval by Bonneville Power Administration.
Objective of the Transmission Line Right-of-Way Management Plan is to implement
Ranger District land use planning for lands in transmission line rights-of-way that
are subject to the Subsidiary Memorandum of Understanding for power
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transmission lines and access roads. This multiple resource action plan will also
provide a vehicle for development of understanding between field representatives of
the two agencies. It will amount to a presentation of what is to be accomplished,
and will commit both parties to these goals.
Right-of-Way Management Plans will be developed for all Ranger Districts that are
crossed by Bonneville Power Administration transmission lines. The plans will be
developed in consultation with Bonneville Power Administration concurrently with
the environmental analysis process and during project construction on new rightsof-way. They will be approved, signed, and implemented upon completion of
construction. Plans shall also be developed as soon as possible on old rights-of-way.
In general, the Bonneville Power Administration will maintain the rights-of-way
and access roads in accordance with their standards in all areas except in locations
where these practices are definitely restricted by Forest Service management
prescriptions. In these excepted areas, the Forest Service will maintain the rightsof-way and access roads according to standards which will not inhibit the operation
and maintenance of the transmission lines. Management units which require
identification will be field-marked by the Forest Service.
Transmission Line Right-of-Way Management Plans shall be modified by mutual
agreement when conflicts or significant changes in management situations occur.
Changes in prescriptions for resource management units or subunits shall be made
at the field level.
Lands & Minerals Unit will review in rough draft the first Right-of-Way
Management Plan prepared by each Forest to insure reasonable uniformity in the
use of this format within the Region. Subsequent plans need not be reviewed in the
Regional Office unless the Forest Supervisor desires advice on specific problems.
Forest Supervisor will be responsible for providing technical assistance to the
District Ranger as needed in developing the plan, for approving the plans, and for
coordination of plans between Ranger Districts and adjacent Forests.
District Ranger will be responsible for developing and maintaining the Right-ofWay Management Plan and coordinating the plan with Bonneville Power
Administration represented by its Area Maintenance Manager.
Approvals and Signatures. The Forest Supervisor will approve and sign plans for
the Forest Service. The Area Operation and Maintenance Manager will approve
and sign for Bonneville. After the Ranger and the Bonneville Area Maintenance
Manager have jointly prepared the plan at their field level, they will refer it to their
respective supervisors for review and approval. The Forest Supervisor will prepare
final copies, sign the plan, and deliver it to the Area Operation and Maintenance
Manager for his signature. Distribution of copies is contained in IV of the Sample
Plan Instructions.
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The Transmission Line Right-of-Way Management Plan is to be detailed working
plan, consisting primarily of (I) Title and Approval Page, (II) an Introductory
Statement, (III) a Graphic Section which shows planned management practices by
color coding and sketching, and (IV) when necessary, a concise Written Section to
describe the practices and responsibilities.
Because Bonneville Power Administration controls its management by named
transmission line, the plan title should include the name of the line. All Bonneville
Power Administration transmission line rights-of-way on National Forest system
land within a Ranger District will be included in a plan. In case of multiple line
rights-of-way within the same cleared strip, one plan will be appropriate, with the
title bearing only the "key-line" name which is the name Bonneville uses as its
designation of right-of-way.
Management decisions must be specific as to responsibilities, restrictions, and
timing based on current and foreseeable opportunities to accomplish sound
management on the right-of-way, and must recognize that power transmission is
the key use. Areas with defined management prescriptions must be identifiable by
Bonneville Power Administration right-of-way stationing. The plan should specify
management practices which are in harmony with practices on lands adjacent to
the right-of-way and should be coordinated with adjacent Ranger Districts to assure
continuity.
Sample Plan Instructions
I.
TITLE and APPROVAL PAGE - See Sample Plan (Exhibit 2).
II.
INTRODUCTION - This should be short and concise giving the general
background for the specific plan.
III.
GRAPHIC SECTION - This part of the plan will be prepared on Bonneville
Power Administration mile maps which are strip maps--scale: 1" = 400' (see
attached sample). If needed, additional maps are available upon request
from Bonneville Power Administration. Refer to Subsidiary Memorandum
of Understanding dated June 11, 1974.
***
The following system will be used to identify management decisions on
these maps: (Exhibit 1)
A.
The planned use of various management units of the right-of-way will
be colored lightly with the appropriate color.
B.
Secondary management decisions of importance will be hatched (//////)
with the appropriate color.
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C.
Management units will be divided into management subunits by a
number inside an appropriately colored circle.
D.
If standard management subunits do not describe the management
job, it can be described in the written section and identified by
numbers in appropriately colored squares.
E.
Boundaries of management units will be identified by heavy dashed
lines.
F.
Back hatching, perpendicular to that in B above (\\\\\\\), will be
used to show areas that shall not be treated with herbicides. Reasons
for prohibiting spraying will be shown by stationing in the written
section.
G.
Planned use of management units will be identified by the following
scheme:
Timber - green (Dixon 356, Venus 1218)
1
Nurseries (a management subunit)
2
Christmas trees (under 10 feet)
3
Pulpwood (within danger-tree zone)
4
Poles (within danger-tree zone)
5
Commercial size timber (within danger-tree zone)
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Other uses (cascara bark, ferns, huckleberries, floral
greenery)
Range - yellow (Dixon 353-1/2, Venus 1209)
1
Grass
2
Shrub
|3|
Other
Wildlife - violet (Dixon 323, Venus 1210)
1
Browse grass or legume cultivation
2
Native browse or vegetation
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3
Bird or small game range
4
Game fish, anadromous fish
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Other uses
Recreation - orange (Dixon 324, Venus 1214)
1
Landscape management (consider special timber
harvesting prescription within primary foreground)
2
Landscape management (short tree screen edge of cleared
right-of-way)
3
Campground and/or picnic area
|4|
Other uses (parking area, boat launching, overlook,
huckleberry areas)
Minerals - brown (Dixon 343, Venus 1212)
1
Patented land (where Government retained oil and gas
rights)
2
Unpatented claim
3
Saleable mineral material (cinders, good pumice stone)
|4|
Other (leasable minerals, etc.)
Engineering, Roads - blue (Dixon 350, Venus 1206)
1
Maintenance required (annual, biannual, cross-ditches,
out-sloping)
2
Closed to public entry (BPA responsibility. Powerline
maintenance road on steep slopes, old burns (fire hazard))
3
creation (portions suited for recreation drives, special
access to sites or features)
Watershed - blue (Dixon 320, Venus 1216)
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1
Municipal supply (sanitary practices, herbicided control,
soil stabilization)
2
Irrigation or powre (water impoundment, irregular stream
flow)
3
Erosion control (seeding, planting, check-dams, terracing,
special stabilization treatments)
|4|
Other
Soils - red (Dixon 321, Venus 1237)
IV.
WRITTEN SECTION - This part of the plan should briefly describe
management practices as necessary to supplement the map discussed in the
Graphic Section. It should describe timing and responsibility for action
within management units and subunits which will be identified by right-ofway stationing.
Distribution of copies of plan:
Bonneville
-
Area Operation
and Maintenance Manager
Chief, Branch of Land
Forest Service
-
District Ranger
Forest Supervisor
Exhibit 1
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Exhibit 2
SAMPLE PLAN
I.
TITLE AND APPROVAL PAGE
TRANSMISSION LINE RIGHT-OF-WAY
MANAGEMENT PLAN
Transmission Line
Ranger District
National Forest
Item 8, Land Use Grant Instrument No.
to Subsidiary Memorandum of
Understanding, June 11, 1974, Bonneville Power Administration and
United States Forest Service.
Station
to Station
FOREST SERVICE, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
By
(date)
Forest Supervisor
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF THE INTERIOR
By
(date)
II.
Area Operation and
Maintenance Manager
INTRODUCTION
This plan has been prepared in compliance with Item 8 in Land Use Grant
Instrument No.
to the Subsidiary Memorandum of Understanding
between Bonneville Power Administration and the U.S. Forest Service. It
provides a guide to each organization for the management of lands,
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vegetation, roads, and powerlines over the
transmission line right-of-way. This plan may be changed by mutual
agreement if conflicts should occur or substantial changes in management
situations develop.
The terrain traversed by this transmission line varies from scab-rock flats to
timbered slopes at 10 to 35 percent gradients. Major timber types are
ponderosa pine and lodgepole pine. There are a few white fir stands on
north exposures. The "flats" vary from scab-rock and sagebrush with
intermixed grasses and occasional junipers to high-value meadows. There
are several old, large burn areas on the right-of-way covered with brush
species, some of which provide highly palatable deer feed.
III.
GRAPHIC SECTION - Maps
IV.
WRITTEN SECTION
HYPOTHETICAL examples of scheme to use in preparing part IV as they
might appear on mile maps: See Actual examples below:
Right-of-Way Stationing
Prescription
5+00 - 13+00
Part of Peterson Grazing Allotment
13+00 - 19+00
FS maintain as mixed brush-grass type.
BPA will spray brush with herbicide to
maintain height less than 10 feet.
19+00 - 25+00
Maintain as Christmas tree production area
with some deer range. FS will maintain
vegetation under 10 feet by cutting
25+00 - 30+00
Private land.
30+00 - 35+00
Same as 19+00 - 25+00.
35+00 - 38+00
No timber cutting. BPA will maintain
transmission lines above existing old-growth
timber. Part of primary foreground for Jakes
Creek Campground.
38+00 - 39+00
Jakes Creek supplies water to Ponderosa
irrigation system. Stream is important
spawning area for salmon. No pesticides to
enter stream.
39+00 - 42+00
Same as 35+00 - 38+00.
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42+00 - 44+50
Pulpwood production in danger-tree zone; FS
will maintain stand below required height
(tops falling within 55 feet on powerline).
Maintain Christmas tree production in
R.O.W. and heights below 10 feet; FS
responsibility.
44+50 - 49+00
Patented mining claim.
49+00 - 82+50
Unstable soils. FS will maintain grass cover.
Extra erosion control required on all BPA
roads. BPA will spray any brush in excess of
10 feet.
ACTUAL example of part IV describing management prescriptions on a mile map:
Mile 137, Grizzly-Malin No. 1.
Right-of-Way Stationing
6542+48 - 6629+40
Prescription
Private land.
6629+40 - 6637+00
FS maintain as mixed brush-grass.
BPA will spray brush with herbicide to
maintain height less than 10 feet.
6637+00 - 6658+00
FS maintain as Christmas tree production
area with some deer range; maintain trees
under 10 feet height by cutting. Stake and
maintain permanent water bars.
BPA establish water bars as staked. No
herbicide treatment.
0+00.AR-137-1 =
"L"6653-18.3L6668+20.3
BPA access road from 0+00-65+14 =
L6668+20.3. This road established to bypass
rimrock (6658+20) and steep slope to USFS
Road No. 34045.
BPA maintenance responsibility.
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6658+00 - 6665+82
FS maintain as mixed brush-grass type.
Stake water bars.
BPA establish and maintain permanent
water bars where staked on R.O.W.; will
spray brush with herbicide to maintain
height less than 10 feet.
BPA and FS: Average 31 percent slope; no
motorized equipment permitted on this
section.
6665+82 - 6666+82
Huckleberry Creek. A tributary to large
stream below - no pesticides permitted in
creek.
BPA seed to grass.
6666+82 - 6668+20.3
Same as 6658+00 to Huckleberry Creek
6668+20.3-6782+92.3
FS maintain as mixed brush-grass type.
Stake water bars.
BPA establish and maintain permanent
water bars where staked on R.O.W.; will
spray brush with herbicide to maintain
height less than 10 feet.
6782+92.3-6811+25+
Private property.
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Exhibit 2 (continued)
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