California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 4 - Harvesting Practices and Erosion Control › Section 954.8 - Tractor Road Watercourse Crossing

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Watercourse crossing facilities on Tractor Roads shall be
						planned, constructed, maintained, and removed according to the following
						standards:
(a) The number of crossings
					 shall be kept to a minimum. Existing crossing locations shall be used wherever
					 Feasible.
(b) A prepared
					 Watercourse crossing using a structure such as a bridge, culvert, or temporary
					 Log Culvert shall be used to protect the Watercourse from siltation where
					 Tractor Roads cross a Watercourse in which water may be present during the life
					 of the crossing.
(c) Crossing
					 facilities on Watercourses that support fish shall allow for unrestricted
					 passage of all life stages of fish that may be present, and for unrestricted
					 passage of water. Such crossing facilities shall be fully described in
					 sufficient clarity and detail to allow evaluation by the review team and the
					 public, provide direction to the LTO for implementation, and provide
					 enforceable standards for the inspector.
(d) Tractor road Watercourse crossing
					 facilities shall be removed and stabilized before the beginning of the Winter
					 Period to the standards of
					 14 CCR
					 §
												963.9, subsections (p)(1)-(4), or as
					 specified in the Winter Period operating Plan. The RPF may propose an exception
					 if explained and justified in the Plan. The exception may be approved if found
					 by the Director to be in conformance with this article.
(e) If the Watercourse crossing involves a
					 culvert, the minimum diameter shall be stated in the THP and the culvert shall
					 be of a sufficient length to extend beyond the Fill material.
(f) Consistent with the protection of water
					 quality, exceptions may be provided through the Fish and Game Code and shall be
					 indicated in the Plan.
1.
						Amendment of subsection (d) filed 9-23-91; operative 10-23-91 (Register 92, No.
						25).
2. Amendment of subsection (e) filed 12-8-95; operative 12-8-95
						pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(d)
						(Register 95, No. 49).
3. Amendment of subsections (a) and (c) and
						new subsection (g) filed 5-31-2000; operative 7-1-2000 (Register 2000, No.
						22).
4. Amendment of subsection (g) filed 11-30-2000; operative
						1-1-2001 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 2000, No. 48).
5. Amendment of subsection (g) filed
						11-20-2001; operative 1-1-2002 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4551.5
						(Register 2001, No. 47).
6. Amendment of last paragraph and
						amendment of NOTE filed 7-12-2002; operative 1-1-2003 pursuant to Public
						Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 2002, No. 28).
7. Amendment of subsection (g) filed
						12-1-2003; operative 1-1-2004 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4551.5
						(Register 2003, No. 49).
8. Amendment of subsection (g) filed
						9-20-2006; operative 10-20-2006 (Register 2006, No. 38).
9.
						Amendment of subsection (g) filed 10-24-2007; operative 1-1-2008 pursuant to
						Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 2007, No. 43).
10. Amendment of subsections (f) and (g)
						filed 11-7-2008; operative 1-1-2009 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5(a)
						(Register 2008, No. 45).
11. Amendment of subsection (d) and
						repealer of subsection (g) filed 12-1-2009; operative 1-1-2010 (Register 2009,
						No. 49).
12. Amendment of subsection (d) filed 6-11-2014; operative
						1-1-2015 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 2014, No. 24).
13. Change without regulatory effect
						amending section filed 12-20-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 51).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551,
						  4551.5
						  and
						  4553,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4512,
						  4513,
						  4527,
						  4562.5,
						  4562.7
						  and
						  4582,
						  Public Resources Code.