Compliance and Standards
for The
Region Six Enivronmental Impact Statement
Standard 2
Actions conducted or authorized by written permit by the Forest Service that will operate outside the limits of the road prism (including public works and service contracts), require the cleaning of all heavy equipment (bulldozers, skidders, graders, backhoes, dump trucks, etc.) prior to entering National Forest System Lands. This standard does not apply to initial attack of wildland fires, and other emergency situations where cleaning would delay response time. Ensure appropriate clause is included in the appropriate written permits..
B6.35 Equipment Cleaning. (a) Areas, known by Forest Service prior to timber sale advertisement, that are infested with invasive species of concern are shown on Sale Area Map. A current list of invasive species of concern and a map showing the extent of known infestations is available at the Forest Supervisor’s Office. For purposes of this provision, “Off-Road Equipment” includes all logging and construction machinery, except for log trucks, chip vans, service vehicles, water trucks, pickup trucks, cars, and similar vehicles...read the full specifications here. (80Kb pdf)
Here is an example done by the Rogue-Rvier-Siskiyou NF:
Example from the Rogue River-Siskiyou NF (137K pdf)
Standard 4
Use only pelletized or certified weed free feed on all National Forest System lands. If state certified weed free feed is not available, individual Forests should require feed certified to be weed free using North American Weed Free Forage Program standards or a similar certification process. This standard may need to be phased in as a certification processes are established. Ensure this clause is included in the appropriate written permits.
The following is the link to the Region 6 Weed weed-free page where the 2007 Regional Weed Free Forage Order is available:
http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/weeds/weed-free/
Standard 8
Conduct road blading, brushing and ditch cleaning in areas with high concentrations of invasive plants in consultation with District or Forest-level invasive plant specialists, incorporate invasive plant prevention practices as appropriate.
This standard will apply to all road blading, brushing and ditch cleaning projects beginning March 1, 2006.
The following is the link for performance based road maintenance contract specifications for your use when consulting with your District or Forest-level invasive plant specialists:
www.fs.fed.us/database/acad/om/pbmaintenance_specs.htm
Standard 14
Use only APHIS and State-approved biological control agents. Agents demonstrated to have direct negative impacts on non-target organisms would not be released. This standard will apply to biological control projects beginning March 1, 2006.
Table of biocontrol agents which comply with this standard (41 K pdf). The intent is for R6 FHP to update this list annually.
Standard 16
Select from herbicide formulations containing one or more of the following 10 active ingredients: chlorsulfuron, clopyralid, glyphosate, imazapic, imazapyr, metsulfuron methyl, picloram, sethoxydim, sulfometuron methyl, and triclopyr. Mixtures of herbicide formulations containing 3 or less of these active ingredients may be applied where the sum of all individual Hazard Quotients for the relevant application scenarios is less than 1.0
All herbicide application methods are allowed including wicking, wiping, injection, spot, broadcast and aerial, as permitted by the product label. Chlorsulfuron, metsulfuron methyl, and sulfometuron methyl will not be applied aerially. The use of triclopyr is limited to selective application techniques only (e.g., spot spraying, wiping, basal bark, cut stump, injection).
Additional herbicides and herbicide mixtures may be added in the future at either the Forest Plan or project level through appropriate risk analysis and NEPA/ESA procedures.
Here is a list of formulations identified in the Risk Assessment for the active ingredient (ai). (pdf 165 Kb) Should you wish to use another formulation of the ai not listed in this table, you will need to consult with Forest Health Protection in the Regional Office to ensure compliance with Standard 16 before it’s use and preparation of the pesticide use proposal.
Restricted entry Interval (REI) is a list of chemicals and their recommended times for restricting enrtry after application.
Standard 18
Use only adjuvants (e.g. surfactants, dyes)
and inert ingredients reviewed in Forest
Service hazard and risk assessment
documents such as SERA, 1997a, 1997b;
Bakke, 2003.
link to list of adjuvant ingredients (150 K pdf) Should you wish to use another formulation of the ai not listed in this table, you will need to consult with Forest Health Protection in the Regional Office to ensure compliance with Standard 18 before it’s use and preparation of the pesticide use proposal.
Standard 22
Prohibit aerial application of herbicides within legally designated municipal watersheds.
This standard will apply to invasive plant treatment projects with NEPA decisions signed after March 1, 2006.
The linked table is Region 6’s official list of legally designated municipal watersheds (125K pdf)
....please enjoy Fritillaria atropurpurea Nutt. also known as the Spotted Fritillary..
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