California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 9.5 - Forest Improvement Program › Article 1 - Introduction › Section 1526.1 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The definitions contained in the California Forest
					 Improvement Act of 1978 (commencing with PRC
					 4790)
					 shall apply to this chapter as well as the definitions set forth below:
PRC Sec. Containing
							 Ref. Def.
"Act" means the California Forest Improvement Act of
							 1978. (Reference: Sections
							 4790 -
							 4799.05,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Applicant" means a landowner who has submitted an
							 application for a cost sharing agreement. (Reference: Section
							 4797,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Board"
730
"Clean and Release" means weeding of unwanted
							 competing vegetation to provide more growing space and nutrients for young
							 trees. See the definition of "Precommercial Thinning" in this section and
							 "Youth Growth Stand Improvement" in PRC 4793(t). (Reference: Sections
							 4793 and
							 4794.)
"Commercial species" means any tree species which
							 can be planted, raised and harvested for wood products at a profit. (Reference:
							 Section
							 4791,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Cost sharing agreement" means the writing wherein
							 the participant agrees to complete a project and in return the Director agrees
							 to provide a percentage of the total cost of the project. (Reference: Section
							 4795,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Cost sharing payment" means funds advanced by the
							 Director to a participant pursuant to a cost sharing agreement. (Reference:
							 Section
							 4798,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"County with high unemployment"
4793(a)
"Department" (Reference: Sections
							 4792
							 and
							 4794,
							 Public Resources Code.)
700(a)
700(b)
"Director" means the Director of Forestry or his/her
							 duly authorized representative. (Reference: Sections
							 4790-
							 4799.05,
							 Public Resources Code.)
701, 709
"Eligible landowner" means a landowner meeting the
							 requirements of PRC
							 4793(b)
							 and these procedures. (Reference: Section
							 4793, Public Resources
							 Code.)
"Fiscal Year" means the twelve month period
							 beginning July 1 of one calendar year and ending June 30 of the following
							 calendar year. (Reference: Section
							 4799.02(k),
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Fish and wildlife habitat improvements"
4793(b)
"Followup work"
4793(d)
"Forest land" means land of the type historically
							 used as commercial forest land and meeting the requirements of PRC
							 4793(e).
4793(e)
"Forest land conservation measures"
4793(f)
"Forest land with demonstrated potential for
							 improved forest resource management"
4793(g)
"Forest Resources"
4793(h)
"Guidelines" means the resource protection
							 guidelines set forth in Article 8 of this subchapter. (Reference: Section
							 4799.02,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Intermittent stream" see "stream" this
							 section.
"Lake" means a permanent natural body of water of
							 any size or an artificially impounded body of water having a surface area of at
							 least one acre (.405 ha), isolated from the sea, and having an area of open
							 water of sufficient depth and permanency to prevent complete coverage by rooted
							 aquatic plants. (Reference: Section
							 4551.5,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Management plan" means a long-term forest and land
							 management plan satisfying PRC 4799. (Reference: Section
							 4799(1),
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Parcel" means a unit of land delineated by a County
							 Assessor for tax purposes in the county where the project is or will take
							 place. (Reference: Section
							 4797(e)(1)-(2),
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Participant" means a landowner who has entered into
							 a cost sharing agreement with the Director. (Reference: Section
							 4795,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Perennial stream;" see "stream" this
							 section.
"Person"
4793(m)
"Practices" means those categories of forest
							 resource improvement work listed in PRC
							 4794
							 and 14 CAC 1527 as eligible for assistance through cost sharing agreements.
							 (Reference: Section
							 4794,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Precommercial thinning" means the reduction of the
							 number of stems in an overcrowded young stand of commercial trees to a
							 pre-determined number, spacing, or basal area to achieve a reasonably optimum
							 rate of growth to meet management objectives. This concept also may include the
							 incidental removal of non-commercial trees or other unwanted competing woody
							 vegetation. (Reference: Section
							 4794, Public Resources
							 Code.)
"Prevailing cost" means the maximum compensation
							 allowed for activities addressed in 14 CAC 1527(a) (2), (3), (4), (5) and (7)
							 as adopted by the Board pursuant to 14 CAC 1530.1.
"Procedures" means Chapter 9.5 of Division 1.5,
							 Title 14, California Administrative Code, 14 CAC 1525-1545.8. (Reference:
							 Section
							 4799.02,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Program" means all the Director's activities
							 relating to the selection and administration of projects. (Reference: Sections
							 4790.5
							 and
							 4792,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Project" means a forest resource improvement
							 project. (Reference: Section
							 4799.02,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Project area" means the lands included for
							 treatment by any eligible practice except writing a management plan.
							 (Reference: Section
							 4799.02,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Reforestation"
4793(o)
"Registered Professional Forester" means a person
							 who holds a valid license as a professional forester. (Reference: Sections
							 750-
							 783,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Restocked"
4793(p)
"Slash" means branches, limbs or stems less than 4
							 inches (10.2 cm) in diameter left on the ground as a result of the
							 project.
4525.7
"Small business entity"
4793(q)
"Snag" means a standing dead tree or a standing
							 section thereof, regardless of species. (Reference: Title 14, California
							 Administrative Code, Section
							 895.1.)
"Special Treatment Areas" mean specific areas that
							 have been legally designated and described by the appropriate public agency or
							 commission as: Wild and scenic rivers, scenic highways, historical and
							 archaeological sites (excepting old logging sites, abandoned railroad grades,
							 mills or towns), ecological reserves, key habitat areas of endangered species
							 of plants and animals; national, state, regional, county and municipal parks;
							 and those areas within 200 feet (60.96 m), as measured along the surface of the
							 ground from the established boundaries of such areas or the edge of the
							 traveled surface of such highways. It is not the intent of these provisions to
							 include within the meaning of "special treatment areas" any riding, hiking or
							 other recreational trails including, but not limited to, the Pacific Crest
							 Trail. (Reference: Title 14, California Administrative Code Section
							 895.1.)
"Stream" means a natural perennial or intermittent
							 water course as designated by a solid line or dash and three dots symbol on the
							 largest scale United States Geological Survey map most recently published or as
							 corrected on the management plan map to reflect conditions as they actually
							 exist on the ground. (Reference: Section
							 4799,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Stream and lake protection zone" means the strip of
							 land around lakes and on each side of streams 50 feet (15.24 m), slope
							 distance, from the stream or lake transition line. (Reference: Section
							 4799,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Stream and lake transition line" means that line
							 closest to the stream or lake where riparian vegetation is permanently
							 established. (Reference: Section
							 4562.7,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Substantially damaged" means areas of forest land
							 of 3 contiguous acres (1.214 contiguous ha) or more whereon wildfire, insects,
							 disease, wind, flood or other substantial damage caused by an act of God
							 reduces stocking below the requirements of PRC 4561 and applicable
							 administrative regulations. (Reference: Title 14, California Administrative
							 Code Section
							 895.1.)
"Substantial deviation" means an important or
							 fundamental change in the proposed project including changes in:
(a) the area to be treated by any practice;
(b) practices proposed for the project;
(c) measures designed to mitigate impacts of a
							 proposed project. (Reference: Section
							 4799.02,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Timberland protection zone" means the land use zone
							 established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section
							 51100) of Part I of Division I of
							 Title V of the Government Code. (Reference: Section
							 4795.5(a),
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Uses incompatible with forest resource
							 management"
4793(s)
"Wet meadows, marshes and other wet areas" means
							 those natural areas except cutover lands as defined in PRC 4522.5 that are
							 moist on the surface throughout most of the year and support exotic vegetation,
							 grasses and forbs. (Reference: Section
							 4799,
							 Public Resources Code.)
"Zone" means a land use zone designated by the
							 county where the project is or will take place. (Reference: Section
							 4799.02,
							 Public Resources Code.)
1. Amendment
					 filed 4-15-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No.
					 16).
2. Editorial correction of effective date of 4-15-83 order
					 filed 4-22-83 (Register 83, No. 17).
3. Amendment filed 8-31-84;
					 effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No.
					 35).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						4799.02,
						Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						700,
						701,
						709,
						730,
						750-
						783,
						4523,
						4525.7,
						4531,
						4551.5,
						4562.7
						and
						4790-
						4799.05,
						Public Resources Code.