Common use of WATER DRAFTING Clause in Contracts

WATER DRAFTING. 1. To help assess the cumulative impact of water drafting in any given watershed, the following information shall be included in the Annual Work Plan: a) a description and map of existing or new water drafting sites, and/or existing water drafting sites requiring substantial alteration to be utilized for the year submitted. b) the watercourse or lake classification. c) the general drafting location use parameters including expected seasonal sourceflows, estimated total volume needed, expected site-specific protection measures and description of associated activities related to water drafting. 2. GDRCo existing drafting sites are disclosed in Appendix B. Any site not included in Appendix B, and those planned in an Annual Work Plan shall be considered a new site. 3. All drafting sites planned to be used shall be disclosed under the Annual Work Plan. Those sites shall be monitored and drafting measurements taken every two weeks during the period of time drafting hoses are in place and diverting water. Drafting rates shall be adjusted, as necessary, to ensure feasible compliance with the conditions under this Agreement. If reliable seasonal flow patterns are established over time at individual drafting sites, the frequency of monitoring efforts can be modified with concurrence of the Department and GDRCo. 4. In addition to the Annual Work Plan, a monthly Water Drafting Operations Report shall be submitted to the Department by electronic correspondence, at the end of any month water drafting occurs. The Water Drafting Operations Report shall summarize monitoring results and shall contain the following information: a) List of all sites included in the Annual Work Plan and the following information for each site: date of monitoring, surveyor, measured sourceflow, the method used in determining sourceflow, initial diversion rate, adjusted diversion rate, and any adjustments made to drafting operations as a result of variations to sourceflows. 5. If the Department or Green Diamond determines water drafting from any site is or may result in significant adverse impacts to aquatic resources, drafting operations shall be modified to reduce the impact to less than significant or shall cease. 6. If Green Diamond can demonstrate to the Department that the drafting rates in the Agreement are operationally infeasible and can be increased without resulting in significant adverse impacts to aquatic resources, the maximum allowable drafting rates may be modified on a site-specific basis with written concurrence (via email or memorandum) from the Department. 7. The Annual Report shall contain all summarized correspondence contained within the Water Drafting Operations Report including modifications made as a result of variations to sourceflows. 8. Water diverted into pump trucks shall only be used for the purposes of dust abatement, road maintenance, upgrading, decommissioning and construction or reconstruction, prescribed fuel reduction burning, and herbicide mixing. 9. Drafting operations for the season shall generally occur between April 1 and November 31, but may not commence until a pre-operational meeting has taken place between a Green Diamond forestry department representative (e.g. RPF) and the licensed timber operator (LTO) responsible for field operations. The meeting shall take place at a representative sample of drafting sites (e.g. Class I watercourse, Class II watercourse, Class I and Class II ponds, and gravity fed storage tanks) and any other drafting sites with unique, site specific conditions. The LTO shall fully inform all water truck operators of their responsibilities stipulated within this plan. 10. With the exception of the Big Lagoon pond and Sweet Flat (Mad River) sites, water drafting by more than one truck shall not occur simultaneously at the same site. Monitoring requirements for sourceflow rates for these sites shall not apply. 11. Any substantial alteration of streambed or bank material in the wetted channel for intakes at existing sites shall not occur prior to June 1 and shall require notification to the Department under the Annual Work Plan. Routine maintenance for existing site access and drafting operations may occur but is limited to the non-wetted streambed and bank material. 12. All water drafting vehicles should be checked daily and shall be repaired as necessary to prevent leaks of deleterious materials from entering the Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone (WLPZ) or watercourse. 13. Where overflow run-off from water trucks or storage tanks may enter the watercourse; effective erosion control devices shall be installed such as water bars, gravel berms, or hay ▇▇▇▇▇. 14. Road approaches to all drafting sites shall be effectively treated to eliminate the generation and transport of sediment to watercourses. Treatment locations shall include, but not be limited to, road surfaces, fill faces, cut banks, and inboard ditches. 15. Herbicide mix trucks shall not directly draft water from any watercourse or pond. Herbicide mixing activities shall not occur where runoff may enter a watercourse or hydrologically connected drainage facility. 16. Water truck operators drafting water from within or downstream of a known sudden oak death syndrome infestation area or adjacent watersheds of a known infestation area shall disinfect truck water tanks before leaving the area. Disinfection shall be accomplished by using 1 gallon of Ultra Clorox Bleach per 1,000 gallons of drafted water (i.e. a solution equivalent to 50 parts per million chlorine). The water truck shall be filled to capacity and then driven for 5 minutes to allow the bleach-water mixture enough contact time to allow for complete mixing and disinfection prior to using or disposing of water from the truck. Following disinfection, the bleach-water mixture shall be disposed of by spreading on a bare mineral surface area (i.e. a rocked or native-surface road) at least 150 feet from any lake, stream or riparian area, at a rate that shall ensure rapid absorption and/or evaporation. No bleach- water mixture shall be allowed to come in contact with water in a stream, lake, or pond, or riparian or wetland vegetation. At the end of drafting operations, intake screens shall be removed and drafting pipes plugged, capped, or otherwise blocked (i.e. with a valve shut-off) or removed from the active channel. 17. Green Diamond shall not need to apply the provisions of the plan to any drilled well utilizing a deep aquifer that is not hydrologically connected to stream flow.