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Any activity that makes a road or trail unusable including adding berms, pits, boulders or logs, and/or ripping or obliterating the road or trail with heavy equipment that may involve re-contouring the slope. Also use for building a road or trail in a more appropriate location to replace a decommissioned road or trail. If decommissioning by planting vegetation or seeding use WE# 47: Plant Vegetation. If removal of fish barrier (e.g., culvert) is included, also use WE# 84: Remove/Install Diversion, WE# 85: Remove/Breach Dam, or WE# 184: Install Fish Passage Structure. If work also involves channel realignment, use WE# 30: Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel in addition to this work element.

• Miles of road decommissioned; miles of new road built

Rule 1(Environmental Compliance): NEPA, ESA, or other environmental compliance work should be split out as a separate work element under WE# 165, Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation.

Example:

WE: Decommission/Relocate Road
WE Title: FS Road #1845
WE Description: Scarify/Rip 2.3 miles of FS Road #1845 and build 2.7 miles of road farther from stream.

WE: Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation
WE Title: NEPA, ESA and cultural resource compliance for culvert replacement and road decommissioning , and new road.
WE Description: Provide materials as requested to BPA's Environmental Compliance contact.

Rule 2 (Location of work): You may lump multiple locations under a single work element. However, you may wish to break the work into separate work elements if it provides clarity or better supports project management. Note that different locations do not require multiple Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation work elements.

Example:

Option 1 (lumping)

WE: Decommission/Relocate Road
WE Title: Decommission and relocate up to 11 miles of USFS roads in Kane Creek subbasin
WE Description: Using various methods, decommission up to 11 miles of USFS roads in Kane Creek subbasin. 3.4 miles of road that runs right along the creek will be relocated by building 5.1 miles of new road with a minimum 2000-foot creek buffer.

Option 2 (splitting)

WE: Decommission/Relocate Road
WE Title: Decommission Potlatch Road 64
WE Description: Re-contour 0.5 miles of Potlatch Road 64.

WE: Decommission/Relocate Road
WE Title: Build new Potlatch Road 64
WE Description: Build 1.2 miles of new road with ¼ mile buffer from Potlatch Creek

WE: Decommission/Relocate Road
WE Title: FS Spur Road (no name)
WE Description: Block 0.16 mile spur on unnamed FS road

Rule 3 (Metrics): If you are doing multiple types of activities/projects at one location, be sure to list them in separate work elements so that we can capture the different metrics.

Example:

WE: Decommission/Relocate Road
WE Title: Goose Lake #462 – decommission 3 miles & build 4.2 miles farther from lake edge
WE Description: Rip 3 miles of Goose Lake Road #462 and construct 4.2 miles of new road with 1500-foot buffer from lake edge.

WE: Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control
WE Title: Goose Lake water-barring
WE Description: Install water bars on .25 acre of eroding slope above decommissioned Goose Lake road

WE: Install Fish Passage Structure
WE Title: Replace culvert #3 on Goose Lake Road
WE Description: Replace 30-inch culvert on Goose Lake Road with 8-foot pipe arch culvert able to withstand 100-year event.

WE: Plant Vegetation
WE Title: Erosion control at Goose Lake Turnoff
WE Description: Hydro-seed 1 acre of cut bank at Goose Lake Turnoff to minimize erosion.

• Environmental compliance requirements complete
On-the-ground work associated with this work element cannot proceed until this milestone is complete. Milestone is complete when final documentation is received from BPA environmental compliance staff (completion can be based on pre-existing environmental documentation from BPA).
• All permits received
• Prepare MOU/MOA with partner's
Identify each of the partners involved.
• Sign agreements with landowners
• Prepare bid package(s)
• Select equipment operator(s)
• Road removal
• Erosion control on road(s)
• Follow-up inspection/sign-off on work

Metrics

Location Guidance

Identify point where work took place or approximate mid-point of the decommissioned road.

Applicability and status of the following environmental compliance requirements can be found on the Environmental Compliance tab for that work element in your SOW for all 2007 contracts forward. BPA's Environmental staff will update and maintain this information in Pisces in real time, so that you can check the status of environmental compliance on your project at any time.

Note: Many of the fields are set to auto-load in Pisces, but the settings will be reviewed by BPA's Environmental staff prior to the contract being finalized, and may be revised depending on the specific circumstances.

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

NEPA coverage for this work element will be identified by BPA's Environmental Compliance Lead.

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

ESA consultation is typically required for this work element.

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA)

NHPA Section 106 consultation is typically required for this work element which often includes a cultural/historic resource survey by a qualified archaeologist.

Public Involvement

Public involvement is typically required for this work element. The contractor should work with BPA Environmental staff to document previous or ongoing outreach efforts associated with this work or to develop a public involvement plan.

• If decommissioning strictly by seeding or planting trees, also use WE# 47, Plant Vegetation.
  If planting or seeding after decommissioning/relocating, also use WE# 47, Plant Vegetation.
• If road obliteration includes channel repair use WE# 30, Realign, Connect, and/or Create Channel also.
• If a culvert that is impassible to fish is removed and then replaced with one that is passable, use WE# 184, Install Fish Passage Structure. Also use this work element if installing a culvert as part of new road being built.
• If a culvert that is impassible to fish is removed and not replaced use WE# 85, Remove/Modify Dam.
• When identifying and selecting roads for decommissioning and/or relocating, use WE# 114, Identify and Select Projects. If this occurred in the previous contract, it does not need to be mentioned in the current one.
• If agreements and MOUs/MOAs are required, you may list these either as milestones under this work element or under the work element they most directly support.
• The determination of what type of road obliteration/decommissioning/construction (or protocol) is recommended specifically for each road is described under WE# 175, Produce Design and/or Specifications. If design occurred in a previous contract, do not list a work element for it, but note it in the Deliverable Specification section. Example: Design work was completed in last contract by FS engineers.
• WE #165, Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation - Ensure end dates for compliance milestones are before start dates for work. Compliance documents, including permits, may have been generated during the previous contract period; if this is the case, it should be mentioned in the Work Element Description section of WE# 33, Decommission/Relocate Road. Example: All environmental compliance documents have been submitted and the resulting clearance(s) is on file with Jane Doe, the assigned BPA Environmental Specialist; documents have also been approved and are on file with the Clearwater National Forest.