ACTIVITY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES Clause Samples

ACTIVITY SPECIFIC GUIDELINES. A. Treatment of Utilities 1. Utility lines shall be disconnected and capped. Extraction of utility lines is not an eligible FEMA cost. In cases where there are no shut-off valves, limited excavation within the utility rights-of-way shall be required to cap these service lines. To limit unnecessary ground disturbance, excavation shall be limited to the existing ROW to the greatest extent feasible. B. Footing and Pier Removal 1. If it is absolutely necessary to remove footings and piers to ensure public health and safety, the soil disturbance caused by these activities should be limited to a depth no greater than six (6) inches below the footing or pier to be extracted. The excavation shall not exceed a 3-foot lateral width from the footing or pier being extracted. C. Void and/or Feature Filling 1. Any voids which require filling shall be filled with clean fill from off-site. Whenever possible this shall be a sand matrix, however, sand is not required. These voids may include, but are not limited to, those created as the result of exposing cisterns, privies, ▇▇▇▇▇, and/or basement-like depressions. D. Surface Grading and Site Clean-Up: 1. RSD and/or OPSB shall ensure that its contractors shall limit site grading to within the first six (6) inches of the existing surface elevation (e.g., side walk level, driveway level, slab level, etc.). RSD and/or OPSB shall ensure that its contractors use light equipment (e.g., small “Bobcats,” hand tools, etc.) to complete final site clean-up.