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Administrative <br />1. The Paonia District Ranger must be notified 48 hours in advance that heavy equipment will <br />be moved onto National Forest System lands and that surface disturbing activities will <br />commence. <br />2. All final locations of drill pads and new temporary road alignments must be accepted in the <br />field by the Paonia District Ranger or his /her representative before any ground disturbance or <br />construction begins. <br />3. Staging areas on NFS lands must be accepted in advance by the Paonia District Ranger. <br />4. All surface disturbing activities including reclamation must be supervised by a responsible <br />representative of the Lessee /Operator who is aware of the terms and conditions of the project <br />permits and conditions. <br />Range Management, Livestock, Recreation, Timber and Noxious weeds <br />5. Harassment of livestock and wildlife is prohibited. If stock is in the project area, extra <br />precautions must be taken by the operator and their contractors to ensure that stock are not <br />pushed out of the currently occupied grazing unit. <br />6. The Operator will be responsible to repair or replace all damage to fences, cattle guards, <br />resource improvements, roads, and other structures on NFS lands that result from their <br />operations. The Forest Service must be notified of damages as soon as possible. <br />7. Reserve /mud pits will be enclosed by a construction -type or barbed -wire fence, or other type <br />of barricade approved by the Forest Service, until they are dry. <br />8. If merchantable timber is to be removed for constructing drill pads and roads, a timber <br />contact is required to ensure that tree removal follows USDA -FS timber management practices. <br />9. Drilling and construction equipment (except for personnel conveyance) will not be mobilized <br />on or off the project area during the two days prior, on opening day, or on weekends during <br />muzzleloader and the first two rifle hunting seasons, unless otherwise allowed by the District <br />Ranger. <br />10. All heavy equipment and drilling equipment will be washed, and free of mud, debris, etc, <br />prior to entering NFS lands. <br />11. The Operator will be responsible for controlling noxious weed infestations on all NFS project <br />disturbance areas from the date of discovery up to the point of release of the CDRIVIS <br />reclamation bond and associated reclamation liability. Any herbicides used must be FS approved <br />and will be applied at the recommended rates by a certified applicator in compliance with State <br />laws. <br />12. In addition to, or in replacement of traditional sediment control measures, use of natural <br />sediment control measures such as, vegetative slash, surface roughening, straw mulch, site <br />containment and sediment control ponds will be utilized on NFS lands. <br />11 <br />