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Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control
Habitat Improvement | 55
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Definition
May include the installation of water bars, gully plugs and culvert outlets, grassed waterways, grade stabilization structures, sediment catchment ponds/basins, and removal of drainage pipes and other blockages to specifically prevent a sediment slump or landslide. Does not include improvements to roads. For that work, use WE# 38: Improve Road.
Deliverables (recommended)
- # of acres (define what control device is being used) and/or tons/lbs of
soil saved from erosion (estimate)
Rules and Examples (work element scenarios and associated rules)
Rule 1 (Environmental Compliance): NEPA, ESA, and other environmental
compliance work should be split out as a separate work element under WE#
165, Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation. Completion of this
work will be a milestone under WE# 55, Upland Erosion and
Sedimentation Control.
Example:
WE: Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control
WE Title: Construct Selbey sediment pond
WE Description: Construct 2-acre sediment catchment on Selbey property
WE: Produce Environmental Compliance Documentation
WE Title: Ensure NEPA documentation is complete
WE Description: Provide NEPA Checklist to BPA's Environmental Compliance contact for sediment catchment on Selbey property
Note that different locations do not need to be separated into multiple environmental compliance work elements.
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 need to be separated into multiple environmental compliance work elements.
Example:
Option 1 (lumping)
WE: Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control
WE Title: Construct approx. 10 sediment ponds on various properties
WE Description: Provide and construct sediment ponds to help reduce
erosion from roads and fields near Wet and Damp creeks and their tributaries.
Option 2 (splitting)
WE: Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control
WE Title: Gully plug #1 and grassed waterway on Heardon property
WE Description: Construct Heardon gully plug #1 to reduce erosion from 5 acres of Heardon property. Create grassed waterway on Heardon property to effect reduction of .55 metric tons of soil movement/year.
WE: Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control
WE Title: Grassed waterway and 2 sediment ponds on Jameson property
WE Description: Create grassed waterway and 2 sediment ponds on Jameson property to effect reduction of .75 metric tons of soil movement/year.
Rule 3 (Metrics): If you are doing multiple types of activities/projects at one location, be sure to list them in separate appropriate work elements so that we can capture the different metrics.
Example:
WE: Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control
WE Title: Ghost River gabion baskets
WE Description: Install 15 gabion baskets along head-cut gully draining into Ghost River.
WE: Plant Vegetation
WE Title: Erosion control at Ghost River
WE Description: Hydro-seed 1 acre of cut bank at Ghost River to control erosion.
WE: Install Fish Passage Structure
WE Title: Replace culvert #3 on Casper Road/Ghost River
WE Description: Replace 30-inch culvert on Casper Road/Ghost River with 8-foot pipe arch culvert able to withstand 100-year event.
WE: Improve Road
WE Title: Repair surface erosion and rilling on Casper Road/Ghost River
WE Description: Grade and gravel .3 mile @ Casper Road/Ghost River.
Milestones (may include)
- 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).
- Receive design and cost estimates
If this project requires engineering, use WE# 175.
- Prepare MOU/MOA with partners
- Sign agreement with landowner
Identify each of the partners involved.
- All permits received
- Prepare bid package
- Select equipment operators
- Construct erosion control project
- Follow-up inspection/sign-off on work
Metrics
| Metric |
Metric Type |
Metric Guidance |
Metric
Required |
Metric
Type |
Metric
Precision |
| 1515 |
# of acres of upland non-wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Upland Habitat Non-Wetland: Habitat uphill of the riparian and instream habitat zone with non-hydrophilic plants. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1516 |
# of acres of upland wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Upland Wetlands: Wetlands within the upland habitat zone are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season. These wetlands are typically considered isolated wetlands which do notinteract with the hyporheic zone, which is a region beneath and lateral to a stream bed. |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1517 |
# of acres of riparian non-wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Riparian/Floodplain: A riparian zone is the transition zone between aquatic and upland habitat. These habitats are related to and influenced by surface or subsurface waters, especially the margins of streams, lakes, ponds, wetlands, seeps, and ditches between land and a stream; and above the average high watermark, or bankfull height. Plant communities along the river margins are called riparian vegetation, characterized by hydrophilic plants. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1518 |
# of acres of riparian wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Riparian Wetland: Wetlands within the Riparian habitat zone are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season. These wetlands are typically considered connected wetlands that interact with the hyporheic zone, which is a region beneath and lateral to a stream bed. |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1519 |
# of acres of freshwater non-wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Freshwater Non-Tidal: Habitat with freshwater flowing in a channel or watercourse, including lakes, ponds, and adjacent areas below the high water mark. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1520 |
# of acres of freshwater wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Freshwater Wetland Non-Tidal: Wetlands within the instream habitat zone typically on the stream bank are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1521 |
# of acres of estuarine wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Estuarine Tidal Wetland: Wetlands within the tidal estuarine zone are habitat that is transitional between terrestrial and aquatic where the water table is usually at or near the land surface or land that is covered by shallow water. Wetlands have one or more of the following characteristics: at least periodically, the land supports predominantly hydrophytic plants; the substrate is predominantly undrained hydric soil; and the substrate is non-soil and is saturated with water or covered by shallow water at sometime during the yearly growing season. Tidal marshes may be classified as marine source tidal, freshwater tidal, or tidal forested wetlands. |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1522 |
# of acres of estuarine non-wetland habitat treated |
Identify the total acres of habitat treated in this habitat zone. Estuarine Tidal Non-Wetland: Habitat that is part of a semi-enclosed coastal body of water that is subject to the ebb and flow of tides, with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the nearshore marine zone. Estuaries are environments whose pH, salinity, and water levels are subject to the ebb and flow of tides, and the physical and chemical properties of the river that feeds the estuary and the ocean from which it derives its salinity. This habitat zone excludes wetland habitat. |
Required |
number |
0.01 |
| 1568 |
# of erosion control structures |
The number of objects installed or treated in total. |
Required |
number |
1.0 |
Location Guidance
Identify point where work took place or approximate mid-point of all erosion control locations.
Environmental Compliance
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.
Associated Work Elements
- 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; if this is the case, it should be mentioned
in the Work Element Description section of WE# 55, Upland Erosion and Sedimentation
Control. Example: All environmental compliance documents have been submitted
and the categorical exclusion 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.
- When identifying and selecting each project, use WE#
114, Identify and Select Projects. If this occurred in the previous contract,
it is not mentioned in this one.
- The determination and recommendation of what type of erosion control protocol
to use is described under WE# 175, Produce Design and/or
Specifications. If design occurred in a previous contract, do no list
a work element for it, but note it in the Work Element Description. Example:
Design work was completed in last contract by FS engineers.
- If agreements and MOUs/MOAs are required, you should list these as milestones
under the work element Upland Erosion and Sediment Control, or under the work
element they most directly support.
- WE# 181, Create, Restore and/or Enhance Wetland
- despite the fact that your project may create a wetland, if the original
purpose of the project was erosion control, use WE# 55, Upland Erosion and
Sedimentation Control.
- If planting grass or other vegetation specifically for erosion control,
use WE# 47, Plant Vegetation.
- WE# 33, Decommission/Relocate Road - if removing
blocked culverts and parts of a non-used road for the specific purpose of
preventing a "blow-out" (sediment landslide or flow into a stream) then use
WE# 55, Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control.
- WE# 186, Operate and Maintain Habitat/Passage/Structure
- use this work element in the future to maintain the project you installed
under WE# 55, Upland Erosion and Sedimentation Control.
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