California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 4 - Forest Practices › Subchapter 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 6 - Watercourse and Lake Protection › Section 936.4 - Watercourse and Lake Protection

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The RPF or Supervised Designee shall
					 conduct a field examination and map all Lakes and Class I, II, III, and IV
					 Watercourses.
(1) As part of this field
					 examination, the RPF or Supervised Designee shall evaluate areas near, and
					 areas with the potential to directly impact, Watercourses and Lakes for
					 sensitive conditions including, but not limited to, existing and proposed
					 roads, skidtrails and Landings, unstable and erodible Watercourse Banks,
					 unstable upslope areas, debris, jam potential, inadequate flow capacity,
					 migrating channels, overflow channels, Flood Prone Areas, and Riparian zones
					 wherein the values set forth in
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													936.4, subsection (b) are impaired.
					 The RPF shall consider these conditions, and those measures needed to maintain,
					 and restore to the extent Feasible, the functions set forth in
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													936.4(b) when
					 proposing WLPZ widths and protection measures. The Plan shall identify such
					 conditions, including where they may interact with proposed Timber Operations,
					 that individually or cumulatively significantly and adversely affect the
					 Beneficial Uses of water, and shall describe measures to protect and restore to
					 the extent Feasible, the Beneficial Uses of water. In proposing, reviewing, and
					 approving such measures, preference shall be given to measures that are
					 on-site, or to offsite measures where sites are located to maximize the
					 benefits to the impacted portion of a Watercourse or Lake.
(2) As part of this field examination, the
					 RPF or Supervised Designee shall map the location of spawning and rearing
					 habitat for anadromous salmonids, and the condition of the habitat shall be
					 evaluated using habitat typing that at a minimum identifies the pool,
					 flatwater, and riffle percentages. The opportunity for habitat restoration
					 shall be described within the Plan for each Class I Watercourse, and for each
					 Class II Watercourse that can be feasibly restored to a Class I.
(3) The mapping of conditions identified in
					 subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) above, and their protective measures, shall be
					 sufficiently clear and detailed to permit the Director and the other review
					 team representatives to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of Timber
					 Operations, the proposed mitigation measures and the proposed restoration
					 measures.
(4) The mapping of
					 conditions identified in subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) above, and their
					 protective measures, shall be sufficiently clear and detailed to provide
					 direction and clear guidance to the Timber Operator.
(5) The mapping of conditions identified in
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													936.4 subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2),
					 and their protective and restoration measures, should be done at a scale of
					 1:2,400. In site-specific cases, the mapping of critical locations of
					 corrective work and logging operation impacts shall be done at a scale of at
					 least 1:240 when the Director determines it is necessary to evaluate the
					 Plan.
(6) One set of photocopies of
					 recent stereo aerial photographs of the Plan area may be required by the
					 Director.