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California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 1 - Introduction › Section 897 - Implementation of Act Intent

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(a)
					 RPFs who prepare Plans shall consider the range of Feasible Silvicultural
					 Systems, operating methods and procedures provided in these Rules in seeking to
					 avoid or substantially lessen significant adverse Effects on the environment
					 from timber harvesting. RPFs shall use these Rules for guidance as to which are
					 the most appropriate Feasible Silvicultural Systems, operating methods and
					 procedures which will carry out the intent of the Act.
While Giving Consideration to measures proposed to reduce
						or avoid significant adverse impacts of THPs on lands zoned TPZ, the RPF and
						Director shall include the following legal consideration regarding
						feasibility:
The Timberland Productivity Act restricts use of lands
						zoned Timberland Production Zone to growing and harvesting timber and
						Compatible Use and establishes a presumption that timber harvesting is expected
						to and will occur on such lands.
(b) In determining whether a THP conforms to
					 the intent of the Act, the Director shall be guided by the following
					 principles:
(1) The goal of forest management
					 on a specific ownership shall be the production or maintenance of forests which
					 are healthy and naturally diverse, with a mixture of trees and Understory
					 plants, in which trees are grown primarily for the production of high quality
					 timber products and which meet the following objectives:
(A) Achieve a balance between growth and
					 harvest over time consistent with the harvesting methods within the Rules of
					 the Board.
(B) Maintain Functional
					 Wildlife Habitat in sufficient condition for continued use by the existing
					 wildlife community within the Planning Watershed.
(C) Retain or recruit late and diverse seral
					 stage habitat components for wildlife concentrated in the Watercourse and Lake
					 zones and as appropriate to provide for Functional connectivity between
					 habitats.
(D) Maintain growing
					 stock, genetic diversity, and soil productivity.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 1 - Introduction › Section 897.1

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1. New
						section filed 2-17-94 as an emergency; operative 2-17-94 (Register 94, No. 7).
						A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 6-17-94 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
2. Repealer filed 11-7-96; operative 1-1-97 (Register 96, No.
						45).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4551.5,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 2 - Preparation and Review of Timber Harvesting Plans › Section 898.1 - Review of Plan by Director

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The Director shall review Plans to determine if they are
						in conformance with the provisions of PRC §
											4582.75
						which requires that Rules adopted by the Board shall be the only criteria
						employed by the Director in reviewing Plans pursuant to PRC §
											4582.7.
(a) In reviewing Plans, the Director shall
					 apply all applicable Rules promulgated by the Board.
(b) When in doubt as to the Feasible
					 alternative which best carries out the intent of the Act, the Director shall
					 seek the advice of other state agencies charged with protecting the public
					 interest in forest-related resources.
(c) In reviewing Plans, the Director shall
					 disapprove all Plans which:
(1) Do not
					 incorporate Feasible Silvicultural Systems, operating methods and procedures
					 that will substantially lessen significant adverse impacts on the
					 environment.
(2) Would not meet the
					 requirements of individual Rules which provide a range of Feasible alternatives
					 through which to carry out the intent of the Act.
(3) Meet the special conditions for
					 disapproval set by the Board in
					 14 CCR
					 §
													898.2.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 2 - Preparation and Review of Timber Harvesting Plans › Section 898.2 - Special Conditions Requiring Disapproval of Plans

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The Director shall disapprove a Plan as not conforming to
						the Rules of the Board if any one of the following conditions exist:
(a) Boundaries of the area to be harvested
					 are not clearly delineated in the Plan.
(b) Public acquisition of the parcel for
					 purposes which would be impaired by timber harvesting, is legislatively
					 authorized, funded and imminent.
(c) There is evidence that the information
					 contained in the Plan is incorrect, incomplete or misleading in a material way,
					 or is insufficient to evaluate significant environmental Effects. The
					 sufficiency of the information provided in a THP to evaluate significant
					 environmental Effects shall be judged in light of what is reasonable and
					 necessary.
(d) Implementation of
					 the Plan as proposed would result in either a "taking" or finding of jeopardy
					 of wildlife Species listed as rare, threatened, or endangered, by the Fish and
					 Game Commission, the National Marine Fisheries Service, or Fish and Wildlife
					 Service, or would cause significant, long-term damage to Listed Species. The
					 Director is not required to disapprove a Plan under either of the following
					 circumstances:
(1) Which would result in a
					 "taking" if the "taking" is incidental and is authorized by a wildlife agency
					 acting within its authority under state or federal endangered Species
					 acts.
(2) Where anadromous salmonid
					 populations are designated as an experimental population under §
												10(j) of the
					 federal Endangered Species Act, and corresponding regulations under §
												4(d) of the
					 federal Endangered Species Act for those populations provide an exception from
					 Take prohibitions under the federal Endangered Species Act for activities
					 subject to the California Forest Practice Rules, and federal and state agencies
					 determine no further Take authorizations are necessary, under the federal
					 Endangered Species Act or the California Endangered Species
					 Act.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 900 - Intent

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Regulations set forth in this article are adopted
						pursuant to Legislative direction set forth in PRC §§
											4552
						and
						4555
						and to provide a hearing procedure as mandated in PRC §
											4555.
1. New
						NOTE filed 5-19-78 as procedural and organizational; designated effective
						7-6-78 (Register 78, No. 20).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 2-21-79 as
						procedural and organizational; effective upon filing (Register 79, No.
						9).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
						7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4552
						  and
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 901 - Timber Harvesting Plan Decision Delay

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The Director shall delay making a decision to approve or
						disapprove a Plan which has been filed only if he or she finds that it could
						result in immediate, significant and long-term harm to the natural resources of
						the state. In relation to ascertaining harm to the natural resources of the
						state, the words immediate, significant and long-term shall be construed to
						mean:
(a) "immediate"--a period of
					 time from the present to some future date that shall not be later than the end
					 of the third timber harvest season following commencement of Timber Operations
					 under a proposed Plan.
(b)
					 "significant"--harm or damage which is substantial and threatens the use of
					 forest-related benefits (i.e., other Beneficial Uses of the air, water, soil,
					 fish or wildlife resources).
(c)
					 "long-term"--harm or damage that is of such a nature and of lasting duration
					 which cannot be corrected within 3 timber harvest seasons following
					 commencement of Timber Operations under a proposed Plan.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 902 - Director's Notice to Board

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If the Director determines that a substantial question
						concerning the intent of the Act is not currently provided for by the Rules of
						the Board, and that approval of a Plan which has been filed could result in
						immediate, significant and long-term harm to the natural resources of the
						State, the Director shall within 5 days after making such determination, notify
						the Board and the Person who submitted the Plan in writing of his or her
						determination. Written notice to the Board shall:
(a) State that the Director is seeking an
					 Emergency determination by the Board pursuant to PRC §
											4555.
(b) Outline the substantial question
					 concerning intent of the Act that is not currently provided for by the
					 Rules.
(c) Identify any particular
					 Rule or Rules which may be in question with respect to the intent of the
					 Act.
(d) Identify any other
					 provisions of law which apply to the Director's decision to delay.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 902.1 - Board Action

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Within 30 days after receipt of written notice from the
						Director that he or she had delayed making a decision to approve or disapprove
						a Plan pursuant to PRC §
											4555,
						and
						14
						CCR §
											901, the Board will hold a public
						hearing on the issue raised by the Director in said notice. Thereafter the
						Board may adopt emergency regulations in the manner provided by the
						Administrative Procedure Act (commencing with Gov. C. §
											11420) and shall conform to
						specifications enumerated in
						14 CCR
						§§
												902.2,
						902.3,
						903 and
						903.1.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 902.2 - Notice Content

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The Notice of Public Hearing on issues raised pursuant to
						provisions of PRC §
											4555
						shall contain substantially the same information as provided to the Board
						pursuant to
						14 CCR
						§
												902.
1. Change
						without regulatory effect amending section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  745
						  and
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 902.3 - Notice Distribution

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Notice of public hearing on issues raised by the Director
						pursuant to provisions of PRC §
											4555
						shall be given at least 15 days prior to said hearing and be distributed as
						follows by:
(a) Mailing such notice to
					 concerned federal, state and local agencies of government;
(b) Providing for mailing to Timber Owners,
					 Operators, and foresters (RPF's), who have Plans held in abeyance by the
					 Director pending action by the Board under PRC §
											4555.
(c) Providing for dissemination to the agenda
					 mailing list of the Board and other parties as may be determined to be
					 appropriate by the Executive Officer to provide full public participation in
					 the hearing.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  745
						  and
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 903 - Order of Procedure. [Repealed]

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1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Repealer filed 11-7-96; operative 1-1-97
						(Register 96, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 903.1 - Content of Discussion and Prejudice of Appeal

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In considering the need for possible emergency
						regulations, as well as the emergency regulations themselves, the Board
						normally will consider all relevant information. However, to avoid prejudicing
						future appeals on individual Plans, the proceeding shall be addressed solely to
						the generic issue(s) presented by the Director.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 2 - Application of Forest Practice Rules › Article 3 - PRC 4555, Rule Review Procedures › Section 903.2 - Board Action

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Immediately after public comments, the Board shall
						determine whether or not the intent of the Act has been provided for in the
						Rules effective at the time the Director's determination was made.
If the Board finds the existing Rules are adequate, it
						shall adopt a finding so stating.
If the Board finds that the intent of the Act has not
						been provided for in such Rules, the Board shall comply with the provisions of
						PRC §
											4555
						and immediately amend the Rules to provide for such intent by adopting
						emergency regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (commencing
						with Gov. C. §
											11371). The Board shall advise the
						Director by letter of the action taken and provide a copy of the emergency
						regulations indicating that they will become effective upon filing with the
						Secretary of State.
In either case, the Director shall act within 5 days
						after receipt of said letter on Plans being held in abeyance pending Board
						consideration.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4555,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 3 - Forest District Boundaries › Article 1 - Districts › Section 906 - Forest Districts

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To meet the requirements of Chapter 8, Article 3
						(commencing with Section
						4531), Public Resources Code, and
						to designate areas for appropriate special forest practice Rules, the
						nonfederally-owned commercial forest areas of the state are divided into three
						Districts which are designated as Coast Forest District, Northern Forest
						District, and Southern Forest District. Each District is comprised of
						Timberlands within the boundaries as set forth in this
						article.
1. New
						Subchapter 3 (Sections
						906-909.2) filed 5-19-78 as
						procedural and organizational; designated effective 7-6-78 (Register 78, No.
						20).
2. Amendment of NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and
						organizational; effective upon filing (Register 79, No. 9).
3.
						Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to
						section 100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
4. Amendment filed 7-29-2022;
						operative 1-1-2023 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5(a)
						(Register 2022, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4531,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 3 - Forest District Boundaries › Article 1 - Districts › Section 907 - Coast Forest District

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The Coast Forest District is comprised of the area
						bounded on the north by the State of Oregon, on the west by the Pacific Ocean,
						and on the south and east by a line declared and fixed as follows:
Beginning at the southwest corner of Santa Cruz County
						and running eastward along the southern boundaries of Santa Cruz and Santa
						Clara Counties to U.S. Highway 101; thence northerly along U.S. Highway 101 to
						Interstate Highway 680; thence northerly along Interstate Highway 680 to
						Interstate Highway 80; thence southerly along Interstate Highway 80 to State
						Highway 29 between Vallejo and the Carquinez Bridge; thence northerly along
						State Highway 29 to State Highway 128 at Rutherford; thence northerly along
						coinciding State Highways 29 and 128 to the junction of State Highways 29 and
						128 at Calistoga; thence northwesterly along State Highway 128 to U.S. Highway
						101; thence northerly along U.S. Highway 101 to the Covelo Road (State Highway
						162, formerly designated 261); thence northeasterly along the Covelo Road to
						Mina Road (Mendocino County Road 336) just north of Covelo; thence northerly
						from Mendocino County into Trinity County along Mina Road, where it continues
						as Lake Mountain Road (Trinity County Road 503); continuing along Lake Mountain
						Road northwesterly through Kettenpom to the Ruth-Zenia Road (Trinity County
						Road 502) just southeast of Zenia; thence easterly and northerly along the
						Ruth-Zenia Road to the Van Duzen Road (Trinity County Road 511) at the Van
						Duzen River on the northwest side of Hettenshaw Valley; thence along the Van
						Duzen Road, following along a fork of the Van Duzen River and the main Van
						Duzen River northwesterly and northerly to State Highway 36; thence
						southeasterly along State Highway 36 to the South Fork of the Trinity River;
						thence northerly along the South Fork of the Trinity River and the main Trinity
						River to the Klamath River; thence northeasterly, then northerly along the
						Klamath River to the mouth of Indian Creek; thence northerly along Indian Creek
						to the crossing of State Highway 96; thence northeasterly along State Highway
						96 to the Indian Creek Road (Siskiyou County Road 7C01); thence northwesterly
						along the Indian Creek Road following along Indian Creek to the crossing of
						Indian Creek in the south half of Section
						25, Township 18N, Range 6E,
						HB&M, from whence the Indian Creek County Road continues as the U.S. Forest
						Service Grayback Road (U.S. Forest Service Road 40S07); continuing
						northwesterly along the Forest Service Grayback Road over the divide at the
						head of Indian Creek to the State of Oregon in Section
						32, Township 19N, Range 6E,
						HB&M.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 3 - Forest District Boundaries › Article 1 - Districts › Section 907.1 - Southern Subdistrict of the Coast Forest District. [Repealed]

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1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Relocation of former section
						907.1 ("Southern Subdistrict") to
						section 895.1 and repealer of section
						907.1 filed 11-7-96; operative
						1-1-97 (Register 96, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4531,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 3 - Forest District Boundaries › Article 1 - Districts › Section 908 - Northern Forest District

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The Northern Forest District is comprised of the area
						bounded on the north by the State of Oregon, on the east by the State of
						Nevada, on the west by the Coast Forest District, and on the south by a line
						declared and fixed as follows:
Beginning at the point where Interstate Highway 680
						crosses the combined San Joaquin-Sacramento Rivers at the Benicia Bridge;
						thence easterly along the channel to the mouth of the Sacramento River; thence
						easterly and northerly along the Sacramento River to the Sacramento-Sutter
						County line; thence easterly along said county line to the Sacramento-Placer
						County line; thence easterly along said county line to the Placer-El Dorado
						County line; thence northerly and easterly along said county line to the
						intersection with the Lake Tahoe Basin crestline; thence northerly and then
						easterly along said crestline to its intersection with the west boundary of
						Section 10; thence north along the west
						boundary of Section
						10 and Section
						3 to the northwest corner of
						Section 3; thence east along the north
						boundary of Section
						3 and Section
						2 to the Lake Tahoe Basin
						crestline, all Sections being in Township 15N, Range 16E, MDB&M ; thence
						northerly and easterly along said crestline to the State of
						Nevada.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4531,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 3 - Forest District Boundaries › Article 1 - Districts › Section 909 - Southern Forest District

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The Southern Forest District is comprised of the area
						bounded on the north by the Northern Forest District, on the west by the Coast
						Forest District and the Pacific Ocean south of Santa Cruz County, on the east
						by the States of Nevada and Arizona, and on the south by
						Mexico.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4531,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 3 - Forest District Boundaries › Article 1 - Districts › Section 909.1 - High Use Subdistrict

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The "High Use Subdistrict" of the Southern Forest
						District includes the Counties of Ventura, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San
						Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, Imperial, San Diego, Monterey, San Luis Obispo,
						and those portions of Placer and El Dorado lying within the authority of the
						Tahoe Regional Planning Agency. In this subdistrict, the growing of commercial
						timber is subjected to pressures for competing land uses, such as recreation,
						water, and urbanization.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Editorial correction to add section
						erroneously deleted in Register 79, No. 9 (Register 79, No.
						14).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4531,
						  Public Resources Code.
California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 3 - Forest District Boundaries › Article 1 - Districts › Section 909.2 - Eastside Subdistrict. [Repealed]

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1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Repealer filed 6-27-84; effective thirtieth
						day thereafter (Register 84, No. 26).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4531,
						  Public Resources Code.
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 1 - Introduction › Section 911 - Statement of Purpose

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The purpose of these Rules is to establish District
						forest practice Rules and to establish standards in accordance with the
						policies set forth in Articles 1 and 4 of the Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice
						Act of 1973 (§§
											4511-4517 and
						4551-4555 incl. of the Public
						Resources Code). Rules promulgated herein apply only to
						Timberlands.
1.
						Repealer of Subchapter 4 (Sections
						911-921.8, not consecutive) and
						new Subchapter 4 (Sections
						911-921.8, not consecutive) filed
						5-19-78 as procedural and organizational; designated effective 7-6-78 (Register
						78, No. 20). For history of former Subchapter 4, see Registers 78, No. 3; 77,
						No. 14; 75, No. 30; 74, No. 41; and 73, No. 48.
2. Amendment of NOTE
						filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing (Register
						79, No. 9).
3. Amendment filed 11-15-82; effective thirtieth day
						thereafter (Register 82, No. 47).
4. Change without regulatory
						effect amending section filed 7-26-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 30).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  740,
						  4531
						  and
						  4551,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4512,
						  4513,
						  4531
						  and
						  4551.5,
						  Public Resources Code.
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 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 912 - Definitions. [Repealed]

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1.
						Amendment of NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective
						upon filing (Register 79, No. 9).
2. Amendment filed 7-2-79;
						effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 79, No. 27).
3.
						Amendment filed 7-9-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
						28).
4. Amendment filed 9-9-88; operative 10-9-88 (Register 88, No.
						38).
5. Change without regulatory effect (Register 89, No.
						23).
6. Adoption of subsection "Marbelet murrelet Habitat" filed
						6-27-91 as an emergency; operative 6-27-91 (Register 91, No. 41). A Certificate
						of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-24-91 or emergency language will
						be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
7. Amendment
						of "Commercial species" to include Pacific Yew filed 1-21-93 as an emergency;
						operative 1-21-93 (Register 93, No. 4). A Certificate of Compliance must be
						transmitted to OAL 5-21-93 or emergency language will be repealed by operation
						of law on the following day.
8. Repealer of "Co-dominant,"
						"Dominant," "Lake," "Logging Area," "Seed Tree," "Skidding or Yarding," "Skid
						trails," "Tractor roads" and "Waterbreak" filed 1-7-94; operative 3-1-94
						(Register 94, No. 1).
9. Pacific Yew under "Commercial species"
						repealed by operation of Government Code section
						11346.1
						(Register 94, No. 20).
10. Repealer of "Marbled murrelet habitat"
						and "Marbled murrelet nest tree" by operation of Government Code section
						11346.1(g)
						(Register 96, No. 45).
11. Amendment of article heading, relocation
						of definitions in former section
						912 to section
						895.1 and repealer of section
						912 filed 11-7-96; operative
						1-1-97 (Register 96, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4526,
						  4551,
						  4551.5
						  and
						  4553,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4526
						  and
						  4561,
						  Public Resources Code.
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 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 912.5 - Procedure for Estimating Surface Soil Erosion Hazard Rating

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A proposed plan shall show the estimated erosion hazard
						rating of the plan area, by areas, down to 20 acres (8.1 ha) if such a
						breakdown will change the estimated erosion hazard of individual areas. The
						plan shall show high and extreme erosion hazard ratings, by areas, down to 10
						acres if such a breakdown will change the erosion hazard of the individual
						areas. Specific erosion hazard areas not fitting the above minimum will be
						considered independently and protective measures commensurate with the problem
						applied. These measures are covered in Chapter 4, Subchapter 4 of Title 14,
						CCR.
To estimate the erosion hazard rating of any plan or
						portion thereof, the RPF or supervised designee shall follow the procedures and
						requirements contained in Board Technical Rule Addendum #1, dated February 1,
						1990. Appropriate weights for the factors in the Estimated Surface Soil Erosion
						Hazard, Form I, in the Addendum, shall be calculated and the factors shall be
						summed to give the rating. A copy of the calculations from Form I shall be
						attached to the timber harvesting plan. A copy of the Board Technical Rule
						Addendum #1 can be obtained from the State Board of Forestry and Fire
						Protection at the State of California Resources Building, 715 P Street
						Sacramento, CA 95814 or P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, CA
						94244-2460.
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Repealer and new section filed 7-2-82;
						designated effective 1-1-83 (Register 82, No. 27).
3. Amendment
						filed 12-4-89; operative 2-1-90 (Register 89, No. 50).
4. Amendment
						filed 11-26-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 97, No. 48).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 2-17-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 7).
6. Change without regulatory
						effect amending second paragraph filed 10-12-2021 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2021, No. 42).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4562.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4562.5,
						  Public Resources Code.
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 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 912.7 - Resource Conservation Standards for Minimum Stocking

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The following resource conservation standards constitute
						minimum acceptable stocking in the Coast Forest District after Timber
						Operations have been completed.
(a)
					 Rock outcroppings, Meadows and Wet Areas, or other areas not normally bearing
					 commercial species shall not be considered as requiring stocking and are exempt
					 from such provisions.
(b) An area
					 on which Timber Operations have taken place shall be classified as acceptably
					 stocked if either of the standards set forth in (1) or (2) below are met within
					 five (5) years after completion of Timber Operations unless otherwise specified
					 in the Rules.
(1) An area contains an average
					 point count of two hundred (200) per acre on Site I and II lands, one hundred
					 twenty-five (125) on Site III lands, or one hundred (100) on site IV and V
					 lands. The point count to be computed as follows:
(A) Each countable tree
[Ref. PRC
					 §
														4528(b)]
which is not more than four (4) inches d.b.h. counts one (1) point.
(B) Each countable tree over four (4) inches
					 and not more than twelve (12) inches d.b.h. counts two (2) points.
(C) Each countable tree over twelve (12)
					 inches d.b.h. counts as four (4) points.
(D) Root crown sprouts will be counted using
					 the average stump diameter twelve (12) inches above average ground level of the
					 original stump from which the sprouts originate, counting one sprout for each
					 foot of stump diameter to a maximum of six (6) per stump.
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 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 912.8 - Progeny, Clonal, or Provenance Testing Stocking Standard Exemption

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Pursuant to PRC
						4561.7,
						the following standards shall apply to the request for an exemption from the
						stocking standards of the Act for progeny, clonal, or provenance
						testing.
(a) Any THP submitted
					 pursuant to Section
					 4561.7 of the Public Resources
					 Code shall include the following information, in addition to other requirements
					 of the rules of the Board.
(1) A specific
					 request for an exemption from stocking standards; and
(2) A description of the testing to be
					 conducted on the site.
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 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 912.9 - Cumulative Impacts Assessment Checklist

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA BOARD OF FORESTRY AND FIRE
						PROTECTION CUMULATIVE IMPACTS ASSESSMENT
(a) Do the assessment area(s) of resources
					 that may be affected by the proposed Project contain any Past Projects or
					 Reasonably Foreseeable Probable Future Projects?
Yes ___ No___
If the answer is yes, identify the Project(s) and
						affected resource subject(s).
(b) Are there any continuing, significant
					 adverse Impacts from past land use activities within the assessment area(s)
					 that may add to the Impacts of the proposed Project?
Yes ___ No ___
If the answer is yes, identify the activities, describing
						their location, Impacts and affected resource subject(s).
(c) Will the proposed Project, as presented,
					 in combination with Projects or Reasonably Foreseeable Probable Future Projects
					 identified in items (a) and (b) above, have a reasonable potential to cause or
					 add to significant adverse Cumulative Impacts in any of the following resource
					 subjects?
Resource
								Subjects
Yes after mitigation
								(1)
No after mitigation
								(2)
No reasonably potential significant
								adverse Impacts (3)
(A)
Watershed
______
______
______
(B)
Soil
								Productivity
______
______
______
(C)
Biological
______
______
______
(D)
Recreation
______
______
______
(E)
Visual
______
______
______
(F)
Traffic
______
______
______
(G)
Greenhouse Gases
								(GHG)
______
______
______
(H)
Wildfire Risk and
								Hazard
______
______
______
(I)
Other
(1) "Yes
					 after mitigation" means that potential significant adverse Cumulative Impacts
					 are left after application of the Rules and mitigations or alternatives
					 proposed by the Plan submitter.
(2)
					 "No after mitigation" means that any potential for the proposed Timber
					 Operation to cause or add to significant adverse Cumulative Impacts by itself
					 or in combination with other Projects has been reduced to insignificance or
					 avoided by mitigation measures or alternatives proposed in the Plan and
					 application of the Rules.
(3) "No
					 reasonably potential significant adverse Impacts" means that the operations
					 proposed under the Plan and application of the Rules do not have a reasonable
					 potential to join with the Impacts of any other Project to cause, add to, or
					 constitute significant adverse Cumulative Impacts. NOTE: Guidance on evaluating
					 Impacts to resource subjects are provided within the Appendix to Technical Rule
					 Addendum No. 2.
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 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 912.10 - Pacific Yew. [Repealed]

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1. New
						section filed 1-21-93 as an emergency; operative 1-21-93 (Register 93, No. 4).
						A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 5-21-93 or emergency
						language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
2. Repealed by operation of Government Code section
						11346.1
						(Register 94, No. 20).
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 913.1.5 - Regeneration Methods Used in Even-Aged Management and Limitations. [Repealed]

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1. New
						section filed 11-25-91 as an emergency; operative 11-25-91 (Register 92, No.
						25). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 3-24-92 or
						emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
2. Repealer of emergency adoption filed 11-25-91 by operation
						of Government Code section
						11346.1(g)
						(Register 92, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551,
						  4553,
						  4561,
						  and
						  21160,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4512,
						  4513,
						  4551.5,
						  4561
						  and
						  4582(h),
						  Public Resources Code.
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 913.2.5 - Even-Aged Size Limits. [Repealed]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
						section filed 11-25-91 as an emergency; operative 11-25-91 (Register 92, No.
						25). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL 3-24-92 or
						emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
						day.
2. Repealer of emergency adoption filed 11-25-91 by operation
						of Government Code section
						11346.1(g)
						(Register 92, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551,
						  4553
						  and
						  4561,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4512,
						  4513,
						  4561,
						  4582(h)
						  and
						  21001,
						  Public Resources Code.
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 913.3 - Intermediate Treatments

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(a)
					 Commercial Thinning. Commercial thinning is the removal of trees in a
					 young-growth stand to maintain or increase average stand Diameter of the
					 residual crop trees, promote timber growth, and/or improve forest health. The
					 residual stand shall consist primarily of healthy and vigorous dominant and
					 codominant trees from the preharvest stand.
(1) Post harvest stand Stocking levels shall
					 be stated in the THP. The level of residual Stocking shall be consistent with
					 maximum sustained production of high quality timber products. Generally, stands
					 will develop stand structures with considerably higher levels of basal area
					 than provided in these minimum standards as stand age increases. In no case
					 shall Stocking be reduced below the following standards:
(A) Where the preharvest dominant and
					 codominant crown Canopy is occupied primarily by trees greater than fourteen
					 (14) inches d.b.h.:
1. On Site I lands at
					 least one hundred twenty-five (125) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be
					 left.
2. On Site II and III lands
					 at least one hundred (100) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be
					 left.
3. On Site IV lands at least
					 seventy-five (75) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be left.
4. On Site V lands, at least fifty (50)
					 sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be left.