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Submitted: Monday    04-MAR-2019 02:08 PM  
Company: Mountain West Holding Co  
Contact: Chris Connors
1)  Can you please post the consultation letter from the MSGHCP on the Q&A site for review. Please clarify the intent of this special provision as it relates to the following:
2)  10.B.2) What technically is considered "disturbed areas" for work on this project? It requires installation of delineators and digging sign foundations.
3)  10.B.3) Is this section included only for the use of a staging area outside of the permanent construction limits? There is no use of borrow sources, pits, crushing, or plants for this job. Are there requirements for state permits or authorizations for this project, assuming the contractor could avoid a staging area for this single site?
4)  10.B.4) Again define "disturbed areas" for seeding purposes as it relates to this project and the work specified to be done.
Answer
Submitted: Friday    08-MAR-2019 04:30 PM  
1)   MSGHP Letters for  UPN 9627 SF 169 Butte Dist Sfty - Signing and Delineation and UPN 9428 SF 169 Bzmn Sfty Imprv - Signing and Delineation projects are provided.  The other two projects do not occur in designated greater sage grouse habitat.
 2)    The installation of sign posts or delineators would not be considered disturbed ground.
 3)   Yes.   Per the special, this condition applies to activities located outside permanent construction limits.  Any activities resulting in disturbed ground within the permanent construction limits are addressed under B.2) and B.4).  If the Contractor is required to obtain any permits for activities outside the permanent construction limits, condition B.3) would apply.
 4)   The installation of sign posts or delineators would not be considered disturbed ground.  Other activities that result in removal of ground cover or disturbed ground would be subject to weed control and reclamation as specified in the special provision.