Specifications include, but are not limited to: The State will use the least expensive chips that reliably feed through each plant. • Berlin has operated on screened HW mill chips, and may be able to burn HW bole chips. • Waterbury, Plant: Screened HW mill chips, HW Bole Chips, and Mixed Bole chips. 3.1.Materials: chips shall be provided which conform to moisture content requirements and are free of dirt, rocks, twigs, sticks and sawdust. All chips should fit through a 1 1/2 inch screen. Unacceptable chips will be rejected by the state and replaced by the contractor at no cost to the state. • Screened hardwood mill chips: Woodchips shall be selected hardwood species, no poplar, basswood, willow or softwood will be considered. Chips shall be chipped from bole logs, or slabs, with or without bark, with a rotary chipper, screened to 1-1/2”, and over sized chips re-chipped. Chips shall not contain any tops, sticks, branches, or leaves.
