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S-1 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS DESCRIPTION: The work covered by this contract consists 0o an Larth Dam to-lie located on the-East fork of the Eno River, approximately 5 miles north of the Town of Hills- borough, N. C., and approximately 1.5 miles west Of N. C. Highway 66. Included in the project is the preparation of approximately 0.75 mile of new road, clearing the lake area, excavation for the dam foundation and spillway, earth embankment, concrete spillway and gate shaft and outlet pipe through the dam. The watershed area above the dam site is.9.6 square miles. CLEARING: The entire site to be covered by the lake and the embankment and the new section of the access road shall be cleared of all trees. In the lake area all underbrush,. saplings and small trees less than 12 inches in circumference shall be cut to the ground. Trees 12 inches and larger in circumference shall be cut to within one foot of the ground. In a strip 10 feet wide just within the wetted area all stumps, roots, etc. shall be removed. Trees shall be trimmed and cut to cord wood or merchantable timber length, and shall be piled neatly at points to be designated out- side the wetted area. All brush, stumps, roots, and rubbish shall be piled and burned, and the ashes thoroughly scattered. All clearing and burning shall be done in such a manner as not to injure standing trees, shrubs and other property adjacent to the areas to be cleared. All burning shall be under the consta.it care of a competent watchman. All timber and cord wood shall remain within the control of the owner. STRIPPING: The surface of the site to be occupied by the new road, the embankment and spillway shall be stripped of all vegetable matter and surface soil to a depth of at least one foot. This material from the spillway and embank- ment shall be deposited in a designated location below the dam, and upon completion of the embankment shall be spread upon the down-stream slope to a depth of about one foot in addition to the line of the embankment shown in the drawings. The road shall be cleared and grubbed to a width of 30 feet. The contractor shall then provide sufficient surface material to allow for use of the road by his equipment until completion of the contract. EXCAVATION FOR DA-14 FOUNDATION: After the site for the embankment shall have been cleared and stripped, it shall be prepared for the embankment by the removal of all organic matter, soil, sand, muck, loose rock, and other unsuitable material down to solid rock or other hard, firm material satisfactory to the Engineers as a suitable foundation. All excavated material shall be moved outside the embank- ment site, and before completion of the work shall be deposited so as not to leave any decided or unsightly piles. 1