California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 4 - Coast Forest District Rules › Article 7 - Hazard Reduction › Section 917.4 - Treatment of Logging Slash in the Southern Subdistrict

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
To reduce fire hazards within the Southern Subdistrict of
						the Coast Forest District, treatment of Slash shall be done in addition to
						requirements of
						14 CCR
						§
												917.2 as follows:
(a) To provide more efficient firebreaks the
					 areas within fifty (50) feet of the edge of all Public Roads shall be kept free
					 of Slash. Slash between fifty (50) feet and one hundred (100) feet of the edge
					 of said roads and Slash between one hundred to two hundred (100-200) feet of
					 all Approved and Legally Permitted Habitable Structures shall be treated by
					 piling and burning, chipping, burying, removal, or Lopping to within twelve
					 (12) inches above the ground not later than April 1 of the year following its
					 creation. Distances shall be measured along the surface of the ground. Timber
					 Operations shall not cause a violation of PRC §
											4291.
(b) All Slash and Woody Debris created by
					 Timber Operations greater than one (1) inch but less than eight (8) inches in
					 diameter within one hundred (100) feet of Approved and Legally Permitted
					 Habitable Structures shall be removed or piled and burned.
(c) Concentrations of Slash around logging
					 Landings or located within the Logging Area excluding those areas substantially
					 covered with logs on the ground, shall be crushed, chipped, spread, piled and
					 burned, or otherwise treated no later than April 1st of the following year
					 following their creation.
(d) Slash
					 within the Logging Area, excluding those areas substantially covered with logs
					 on the ground, shall be Lopped over the entire Logging Area by April 1st of the
					 year following the creation of the Slash. Slash along roads in the Logging Area
					 shall be Lopped concurrently with its creation.
1.
						Renumbering and amendment of former Section
						917.4 to Section
						917.3 and renumbering and
						amendment of former Sections
						917.3,
						917.5 and
						917.7 to Section
						917.4 filed 6-19-84; effective
						upon filing pursuant to Government Code Section
						11346.2(d)
						(Register 84, No. 25).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 10-31-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 44).
3. Amendment filed 12-1-2021;
						operative 1-1-2022 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5(a)
						(Register 2021, No. 49). Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
						11349.3(a)
						extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
						60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
						N-71-20.
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4562,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4513,
						  4551.5
						  and
						  4562,
						  Public Resources Code.