2008-08-18_REVISION - C1980007 (2)

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USDA Forest Service FS-7700-41 (10/73) 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 here from 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 requn rment" of this permit, the officer issuing the permit may suspend operations in pursuance of this permit. 16. TERMINATION. This permit shall terminate on December 31, 2012 unless extended in writing by the Forest Service. It may be terminated upon breach of any conditions herein. 17. 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. Permittee and Forest Set-vice shall agree to a specific traffic control plan for each individual project prior to commencing operations. Devices shall be appropriate to current conditions and shall be covered or removed when not needed. Except as otherwise agreed, flagger and devices shall be specified in the "Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices for Streets and Highways" (MUTCD), and in specifications attached hereto. 19. Drivers of all vehicles hauling logs shall have a copy of page 1 of this agreement in their possession. This agreement will be presented, on request, to any Forest Officer. 20. SNOW REMOVAL. Snow removal shall be done in a manner to preserve and protect the roads, to the extent necessary to insure safe and efficient transportation of materials, and to prevent excessive erosion damage to roads, streams, and adjacent lands, -REQUIREMENTS: The Permittee must notify the Paonia District Ranger in writing and received written approval prior to any removal. Also see note pertaining to snow removal on the supplemental pages. Snow Removal work by permittee shall include: 20.1 Removal of snow from entire road surface width including turnouts. 20.2 Removal of snow slides, earth slides, fallen timber, and boulders that obstruct normal road surface width. 20.3 Removal of snow, ice, and debris from culverts so that the drainage system will function efficiently at all times. 20.4 All items of snow removal shall be done currently as necessary to insure safe, efficient transportation. Work shall be done in accordance with the following minimum standards of performance; 20.5 Removal of material. All debris, except snow and ice, that is removed from the road surface and ditches shall. be deposited away from stream channels at agreed locations. 20.6 During snow removal operations, banks shall not be undercut nor shall gravel or other selected surfacing material be bladed off the roadway surface. 20.7 Ditches and culverts shall be kept functional during and following roadway use. 20.8 Snow berms shall not be left on the road surface. Berms left 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. 20.9 Dozers shall not be used to plow snow on system roads without written approval of Forest Service, 0.10 Snow must not be removed to the road surface. A minimum two-inch depth must be let) to protect the roadway. 400.11 Petmittee's damage from, or as a result of, snow removal shall be restored in a timely manner. Microsoft Word 2000