California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 7 - Administration › Article 6.95 - Working Forest Management Plan Administration › Section 1094.16 - Agency and Public Review for the Wfmp

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Upon receipt of the proposed WFMP, the
					 Department shall place the proposed Plan, or a true copy of the proposed Plan,
					 in a location available for public inspection in the county in which timber
					 operations are proposed under the Plan or on the Department's Internet Web
					 site. For the purpose of interdisciplinary review, the Department shall also
					 transmit a copy to the Department of Conservation, the Department of Fish and
					 Wildlife, the appropriate California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the
					 county planning agency, and all other agencies having jurisdiction by law over
					 natural resources affected by the Plan. The Department shall invite, consider,
					 and respond in writing to comments received from public agencies to which the
					 Plan has been transmitted and shall consult with those agencies at their
					 request.
(b) The Director shall
					 also transmit a copy of any specific Plan to any person who has made a written
					 request therefore.
(c) The
					 Department shall bill such persons for the cost of providing such copies and
					 such monies shall be paid to the Department.
(d) The Director shall take the following
					 steps when Significant New Information, as defined in
					 14 CCR
					 §
												895.1, is added to the Plan during the
					 course of Plan review or during the Director's determination period.
(1) When Significant New Information are
					 limited to a few sections or portions of the Plan, the Department need only
					 recirculate the sections or portions that have been modified.
(2) When Significant New Information are not
					 limited to a few sections of the Plan, the Department shall recirculate the
					 entire Plan.
(3) The Department
					 shall prepare a Letter of Recirculation which shall include:
(A) A brief description of the proposed
					 project and its location. Such information shall include:
1. The Plan number and county(s).
2. The names of the timberland owner(s) and
					 the plan submitter(s).
3. The
					 location of the Plan area by county, section, township, and range.
4. The name of the nearest major watercourse
					 or CALWATER v2.2 ID.
5. The acres
					 proposed to be harvested.
6. The
					 silvicultural systems to be used.
(B) A summary of changes made to the Plan and
					 a brief description of significant new information contained in the
					 Plan.
(C) Clarification as to
					 whether the entire Plan, or only those recirculated portions of the Plan, are
					 open for public comment.
(D) The
					 starting and ending dates for the review period during which public comments
					 will be received. The public comment period shall be a minimum of thirty (30)
					 days.
(E) The date, time, and place
					 of any scheduled public meetings when known by the lead agency at the time of
					 notice.
(F) The address where
					 copies of the Plan record are available for public review.
(4) The Letter of Recirculation shall be sent
					 to: all review team members; any agency, person, or organization that commented
					 on the Plan; and all landowners who received a Notice of Preparation to Harvest
					 Timber.
(5) The Department need
					 only respond to:
(A) Comments received during
					 the initial circulation period that relate to sections or portions of the Plan
					 that were not revised and recirculated, and
(B) Comments received during the
					 recirculation period that relate to the sections or portions of the Plan that
					 were revised and recirculated.
(6) The Department shall prepare and
					 distribute a Notice of Recirculation equivalent to a Notice of Filing as
					 described in
					 14 CCR
					 §
													1094.15.