F -- Fertilization, Ground

FERTILIZATION. Please delete specification clause 240 on page 5 and substitute the following clause: Equipment Cleaning Provisions - Non-Native Invasive Plant Control. To help prevent the spread of non-native invasive plants on the Allegheny National Forest, Contractors shall ensure that prior to moving any equipment to a work site on the Allegheny National Forest that they perform the following: clean all soil, seeds, vegetative matter or other debris that could contain or hold seeds from the equipment. Equipment shall be considered free of soil, seeds, and other such debris, when a visual inspection does not disclose such material. Equipment includes, but not limited to the following: mechanized spreaders, augers, shovels, off-road equipment used for transport of materials such as ATVs and trailers, heavy equipment such as dozer, backhoes, excavators, and other tracked and/or wheeled vehicles. Disassembly of equipment components is not required. The use of detergents or other cleaning agents is not required. Equipment should not be cleaned in streams, ditches, or other waterways.