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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 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 11 - Logging Roads, Landings, and Logging Road Watercourse Crossings › Section 945.4 - Hours of Operation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Within 300 feet of any occupied dwelling, the operation
						of power equipment, including chain saws, except licensed highway vehicles,
						shall be restricted to the hours between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. and shall be
						prohibited on Saturdays, Sundays and nationally designated holidays, except
						that such operations shall be permitted to occur on Columbus Day. The Director
						may grant an exception to this rule where the Director has found that no
						disturbance will result to the occupants of the dwelling from the use of such
						equipment.
1. New
						section filed 11-30-2000; operative 1-1-2001 pursuant to Public Resources Code
						section
						4554.5
						(Register 2000, No. 48).
2. Amendment filed 5-2-2011; operative
						6-1-2011 (Register 2011, No. 18).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4516.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4516.5,
						  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 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 11 - Logging Roads, Landings, and Logging Road Watercourse Crossings › Section 945.5 - Exempt and Emergency Notice Operations

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Timber Operations may be conducted within the Scenic
						Combining District in compliance with an Exemption pursuant to
						14 CCR
						§
												1038, an Exemption pursuant to
						14 CCR
						§
												1104.1, or an Emergency Notice
						pursuant to
						14 CCR
						§
												1052. Such operations, when Feasible,
						shall be conducted in a manner consistent with the limitations described in
						14 CCR
						§§
												945.3(a),
						subsections (1), (2), and (3); 945.3(b); 945.3(c); and 945.4.
1. New
						section filed 11-30-2000; operative 1-1-2001 pursuant to Public Resources Code
						section
						4554.5
						(Register 2000, No. 48).
2. Change without regulatory effect
						amending section filed 10-31-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Section
						  4516.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4516.5,
						  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 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 12 - Archaeological and Historical Resource Protection › Section 949 - Statement of Purpose

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The purpose of this article is to:
(a) ensure that the significant archeological
					 and historical sites within the site survey are adequately identified and
					 protected,
(b) to provide direction
					 to RPFs preparing THPs (which includes all forms of THPs including, but not
					 limited to, Modified THPs and NTMPs, WFMPs, Program Timber Harvesting Plans
					 (PTHPs)), Notice of Emergency Timber Operations (Emergency Notices), and any
					 Exemption Notices pursuant to
					 14 CCR
					 §§
												1038 and
					 1104.1,
(c) provide direction to the Timber Operator
					 conducting Timber Operations,
(d)
					 provide direction to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection in its
					 review, approval and inspection programs.
1. New
						section filed 11-27-91; operative 12-27-91 (Register 92, No. 25).
2.
						Amendment of article heading, section and NOTE filed 11-26-96; operative 1-1-97
						pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 96, No. 48).
3. Amendment of subsection (b) filed
						11-26-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 97, No. 48).
4. Amendment of subsection (b) and amendment
						of NOTE filed 6-2-2017; operative 1-1-2018 pursuant to Public Resources Code
						section
						4554.5(a)
						(Register 2017, No. 22).
5. Change without regulatory effect
						amending subsection (c) filed 12-20-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 51).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4551.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4582(f),
						  4597,
						  21002,
						  21060.5,
						  21083.2
						  and
						  21084.1,
						  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 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 12 - Archaeological and Historical Resource Protection › Section 949.2 - Protection Measures for Plans and Emergency Notices 3 Acres and Larger

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(a)
(1) The RPF shall describe in the separate
					 CAA or CAL, measures to be taken to mitigate or avoid Substantial Adverse
					 Change to any known Significant Archaeological or Historical Sites.
(2) The RPF may propose, and the Director may
					 agree to, site specific protection measures for any identified archaeological
					 or historical site without evaluating the significance of the site. These
					 proposed protection measures shall be designed to ensure protection of such
					 archaeological and historical sites from Damaging Effects. Avoidance of
					 activities which will cause Damaging Effects is a preferred protection
					 measure.
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 12 - Archaeological and Historical Resource Protection › Section 949.3 - Post Review Site Discovery

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If a Person discovers a potentially Significant
						Archaeological or Historical Site after a Plan, Emergency Notice, or Exemption
						is accepted by the Director, the following procedures apply:
(a) The Person who made the discovery shall
					 immediately notify the Director, LTO, RPF, or Timberland owner of
					 record.
(b) The Person first
					 notified in (a) shall immediately notify the remaining parties in
					 (a).
(c) No Timber Operations shall
					 occur within 100 feet of the identified boundaries of the new site until the
					 Plan submitter proposes, and the Director agrees to, protection measures
					 pursuant to
					 14 CCR
					 §
												949.2.
(d) A minor deviation shall be filed to the
					 Plan. The minimum information provided shall include:
(1) A statement that the information is
					 confidential.
(2) The mapped
					 location of the site.
(3) A
					 description of the site.
(4)
					 Protection measures, and
(5) Site
					 records, if site records are required pursuant to
					 14 CCR
					 §§
													949.1(g)(2)(b)
					 and 949.5.
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 12 - Archaeological and Historical Resource Protection › Section 949.4 - Archaeological Training Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
To meet the requirement of
						14 CCR
						§
												949.1, archaeological surveys of a
						Plan or Emergency Notice areas for archaeological or historical sites shall be
						conducted only by a Professional Archaeologist or a Person who has attended a
						training program approved by the Director within five years prior to submission
						of the Plan or Emergency Notice. The training program must meet the following
						standards:
(a) The course shall use
					 education materials approved by the Director which address the current
					 regulations and procedures for the identification, recordation, and protection
					 of archaeological and historical resources during Timber Operations.
(b) The course may require that the applicant
					 demonstrate, in the field, and in a final written examination, the ability to
					 conduct a record search, perform field identification, complete an
					 archaeological site record, and to identify appropriate mitigation and
					 protection measures for archaeological or historical sites covered in the
					 course.
(c) The Director shall
					 issue verification to all students that satisfactorily complete the training
					 course.
(d) Following an
					 individual's successful completion of an archaeological training course
					 approved by the Director, he or she may enroll in a refresher training course,
					 approved by the Director, to renew a 5-year archaeological training
					 certification.
(e) The Director may
					 conduct the archaeological training courses (in addition to or in-lieu of
					 approving programs conducted by others) at least annually.
1. New
						section filed 11-27-91; operative 12-27-91 (Register 92, No. 25).
2.
						Amendment of first paragraph and subsections (a) and (b), new subsections (b)
						and (c), and subsection relettering filed 11-26-96; operative 1-1-97 pursuant
						to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 96, No. 48).
3. Amendment of first paragraph filed
						11-26-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 97, No. 48).
4. Amendment of first paragraph and
						subsection (c) filed 11-25-2002; operative 1-1-2003 pursuant to Public
						Resources Code section
						4551.5
						(Register 2002, No. 48).
5. Change without regulatory effect
						amending first paragraph and subsection (a) filed 12-20-2017 pursuant to
						section 100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 51).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4551.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4582(f),
						  21002
						  and
						  21060.5,
						  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 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 12 - Archaeological and Historical Resource Protection › Section 949.5 - Site Recording

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The Director shall ensure that all archaeological or
						historical sites determined to be significant and located within the site
						survey area on Plans, or Emergency Notices are recorded by the RPF or
						Supervised Designee in a manner consistent with the recording standards
						identified in the State Office of Historic Preservation's "Instructions For
						Recording Historical Resources" March, 1995, which is incorporated by
						reference. The recording may also be done by a Professional Archaeologist or
						any Person who has successfully completed appropriate training which is
						afforded or approved by the Director.
1. New
						section filed 11-27-91; operative 12-27-91 (Register 92, No. 25).
2.
						Amendment filed 11-26-96; operative 1-1-97 pursuant to Public Resources Code
						section
						4554.5
						(Register 96, No. 48).
3. Amendment filed 11-26-97; operative 1-1-98
						pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 97, No. 48).
4. Amendment filed 11-25-2002; operative
						1-1-2003 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4551.5
						(Register 2002, No. 48).
5. 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
						  and
						  4551.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4582(f),
						  21002
						  and
						  21060.5,
						  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 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 12 - Archaeological and Historical Resource Protection › Section 949.6 - Protection of Sites During Timber Operations

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No Person, except as otherwise permitted by law, who is
						involved in Timber Operations shall excavate, collect artifacts from, vandalize
						or loot archaeological or historical sites located within the THP, Emergency
						Notice or Exemption boundary.
1. New
						section filed 11-27-91; operative 12-27-91 (Register 92, No. 25).
2.
						Amendment filed 11-26-96; operative 1-1-97 pursuant to Public Resources Code
						section
						4554.5
						(Register 96, No. 48).
3. Amendment filed 11-26-97; operative 1-1-98
						pursuant to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 97, No. 48).
4. 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
						  and
						  4551.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4582(f),
						  21002
						  and
						  21060.5,
						  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 5 - Northern Forest District Rules › Article 12 - Archaeological and Historical Resource Protection › Section 949.7 - Determination of Significance

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(a)
					 A determination of significance shall be made for an identified archaeological
					 or historical site within the site survey area on a THP, or Emergency Notice by
					 a Person who satifies the requirements specified in
					 14 CCR
					 §
												949.4 if Damaging Effects from Timber
					 Operations cannot be avoided.
(b)
					 The determination of significance shall:
(1)
					 Be based upon criteria defined for Significant Archaeological or Historical
					 Sites in 14 CCR §
													895.1
(2) Utilize any information provided by
					 Native Americans, archaeological, historical or ethnographic data pertinent to
					 the region and to the cultural resource, and the physical characteristics of
					 the archaeological or historical site.
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 1 - Introduction › Section 951 - Statement of Purposes

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
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 (Sections
						4511-4517 and
						4551-4555 incl. of the Public
						Resources Code). Rules promulgated herein apply only to
						timberlands.
1.
						Repealer of Subchapter 6 (Sections
						951-961.8 not consecutive) and new
						Subchapter 6 (Sections
						951-961.8 not consecutive) filed
						5-19-78 as procedural and organizational; designated effective 7-6-78 (Register
						78, No. 20). For history of former Subchapter 6, see Registers 78, Nos. 14 and
						3; 75, No. 30.
2. Amendment filed 11-15-82; effective thirtieth day
						thereafter (Register 82, No. 47).
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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 952 - Definitions. [Repealed]

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1.
						Amendment filed 5-31-83; designated effective 7-1-83 (Register 83, No.
						23).
2. Editorial correction of 5-31-83 order filed 6-30-83
						redesignating effective date from 7-1-83 to 10-1-83 (Register 83, No.
						27).
3. Amendment filed 9-9-88; operative 10-9-88 (Register 88, No.
						38).
4. 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.
5. Repealer of "Lake," "Seed Tree," "Tractor roads and skid
						trails" and "Waterbreaks" filed 1-7-94; operative 3-1-94 (Register 94, No.
						1).
6. Pacific Yew under "Commercial species" repealed by operation
						of Government Code section
						11346.1
						(Register 94, No. 20).
7. Repealer of "Commercial timberland" filed
						8-7-95; operative 8-7-95 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(d)
						(Register 95, No. 32).
8. Amendment of article heading, relocation
						of definitions in former section
						952 to section
						895.1 and repealer of section
						952 filed 11-7-96; operative
						1-1-97 (Register 96, No. 45).
Note: Authority cited for Article 2 (Sections
						  952-952.7, not consecutive):
						  Sections
						  4551,
						  4562,
						  4562.5
						  and
						  31118.5,
						  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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 952.5 - Procedure for Estimating Surface Soil Erosion Hazard Rating

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
A proposed plan shall show the estimated erosion hazard
						ratings 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.
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 Resources Building, 715 P Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 or
						P.O. Box 944246, Sacramento, CA 94244-2460.
1.
						Repealer and new section filed 7-2-82; designated effective 1-1-83 (Register
						82, No.27).
2. Amendment filed 12-4-89; operative 2-1-90 (Register
						89, No. 50).
3. Amendment filed 11-26-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant
						to Public Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 97, No. 48).
4. 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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 952.7 - Resource Conservation Standards for Minimum Stocking

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The following resource conservation standards constitute
						minimum acceptable stocking in the Southern 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 one hundred twenty-five (125) per acre on Site I, II and III
					 lands or one hundred (100) on Site IV and V lands to be computed as follows:
(A) Each countable tree [Ref. PRC §
													4528(b)]
					 which is not more 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 three (3) points.
(D) Root crown sprouts over one (1) foot in
					 height will be counted, using the average stump diameter at one (1) foot above
					 the average ground level of the original stump, counting one (1) 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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 952.9 - Cumulative Impacts Assessment Checklist

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 2 - Ratings and Standards › Section 952.10 - 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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.1.5 - 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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.2.5 - Even-Aged Size Limits. [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
						  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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.3 - 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 mixed conifer
					 lands at least one hundred twenty-five (125) sq.ft. per acre of basal area
					 shall be left, and on Site I land where greater than fifty (50) percent of the
					 basal area is pine, at least one hundred (100) sq.ft. per acre of basal area
					 shall be left.
2. On Site II mixed
					 conifer lands at least one hundred (100) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be
					 left, and on Site II lands where greater than fifty (50) percent of the basal
					 area is pine, at least seventy-five (75) sq.ft. per acre of basal are shall be
					 left.
3. On Site III mixed conifer
					 lands at least seventy-five (75) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be left,
					 and on Site III lands where greater than fifty (50) percent of the basal area
					 is pine, at least seventy-five (75) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be
					 left.
4. On Site IV and V mixed
					 conifer lands, at least fifty (50) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be left,
					 and on Site IV and V lands where greater than fifty (50) percent of the basal
					 area is pine at least fifty (50) sq.ft. per acre of basal area shall be
					 left.
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.4 - Special Prescriptions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following special Harvesting Methods are appropriate
						under certain conditions:
(a) Special
					 Treatment Areas Prescriptions. Special consideration in Special Treatment Areas
					 shall be given to selection of a Regeneration Method or Intermediate Treatments
					 compatible with the objectives for which the special area was established. Such
					 areas shall be identified in the Plan. To assure the integrity of legally
					 designated historical and archaeological sites and legally designated
					 ecological reserves, and that the objectives of the Special Treatment Areas are
					 met, the RPF and the Director may agree, after on-the-ground inspection, if
					 requested by either party, on specific silvicultural and logging practices to
					 protect such areas. The Director shall notify affected agencies or groups with
					 expertise in the resource involved in the special treatment area of any such
					 areas located during the THP review process.
(b) Rehabilitation of Understocked Area
					 Prescription. For the purposes of restoring and enhancing the productivity of
					 commercial Timberlands which do not meet the Stocking Standards defined in
					 14 CCR
					 §
												952.7 prior to any Timber Operations.
					 On such lands, an area may be harvested provided it is restocked in accordance
					 with Sub-Sections (1) or (2). To facilitate restocking, a regeneration plan
					 must be included in the THP. The regeneration plan shall include Site
					 Preparation, method of regeneration, and other information appropriate to
					 evaluate the Plan.
(1) If the area meets the
					 standards of
					 14 CCR
					 §
													952.7 within five (5) years of
					 completion of Timber Operations, the area shall be considered acceptably
					 stocked, or shall be considered acceptably stocked if it contains at least ten
					 (10) planted countable trees for each tree harvested on sites I, II, and III,
					 and five (5) planted Countable Trees for each tree harvested on site IV and
					 V.
(2) On understocked Timberlands
					 where no countable conifer trees are to be harvested and the broadleaf Species
					 are not designated for management, the area shall be planted to equal or exceed
					 the Stocking Standards of
					 14 CCR
					 §
													952.7(b)(1) and shall
					 be considered acceptably stocked if within five (5) years of completion of
					 Timber Operations it contains at least an average point count of 100 of Group A
					 Species on all Site Classifications.
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.5 - Stocking Status

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Under any Regeneration Method where artificial
						regeneration is specified in the Plan to restock the logged area, a preliminary
						report on the degree of Stocking shall be submitted to the Director annually,
						between October 1 and December 31, beginning two years following completion of
						logging by the Timber Owner or his/her agent until the Stocking standard of
						14 CCR
						§
												952.7 is met or exceeded or as
						otherwise required. This report shall indicate the degree of Stocking achieved
						and any additional measures that will be taken to stock the logged
						area.
1.
						Renumbering of former section
						953.5 to section
						953.11 and new section
						953.5 filed 1-7-94; operative
						3-1-94 (Register 94, No. 1).
2. 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
						  and
						  4561,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4561,
						  4587
						  and
						  4588,
						  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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.6 - Alternative Prescriptions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) An Alternative Prescription shall be
					 included in a THP when, in the judgment of the RPF, an alternative Regeneration
					 Method or Intermediate Treatments offers a more effective or more Feasible way
					 of achieving the objectives of
					 14 CCR
					 §
												953 than any of the standard
					 Silvicultural Methods provided in this article.
(b) An Alternative Prescription, as defined
					 in 14 CCR
					 §
												895.1, shall normally contain at least
					 the following information:
(1) A description
					 of the stand before Timber Operations, including:
(A) The RPF's professional judgment of the
					 Species composition of the stand before harvest.
(B) The RPF's professional judgment of the
					 current Stocking on the area expressed in basal area or a combination of basal
					 area and point count.
(C) The RPF's
					 estimate of the Basal Area Per Acre to be removed from the stand during
					 harvest.
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.7 - Riparian Vegetation

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
All noncommercial Riparian vegetation found along Streams
						and Lakes and within Meadows and Wet Areas shall be retained and protected
						insofar as practical.
1.
						Repealer of Section
						953.7 and renumbering of former
						Section 953.9 to Section
						953.7 filed 1-11-83; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 3). For prior history, see Register
						79, No. 9.
2. Editorial correction of NOTE (Register 96, No.
						50).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
						9-7-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 36).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4561,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4561
						  and
						  4562.7,
						  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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.8 - Exceptions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The requirements of this Article shall not prohibit the
						Timber Operator from cutting or removing trees for purposes of:
(a) Clearing the rights-of-way, log Landings,
					 campsites, or firebreaks necessary for the conduct of Timber
					 Operations.
(b) The harvesting of
					 Christmas trees and construction of an integral part of a public fire
					 protection agency Fuelbreak is also permitted.
1.
						Renumbering of former section
						953.10 to section
						953.8 filed 1-7-94; operative
						3-1-94 (Register 94, No. 1). For prior history, see Register 92, No.
						13.
2. Amendment filed 11-19-97; operative 1-1-98 (Register 97, No.
						47).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed
						9-7-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 36).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4561,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4584,
						  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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.9 - Successive Cutting

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Relogging of an area in less than the period of five
						years required for meeting Stocking Standards can be done only under either of
						the following conditions:
(a)
					 sanitation-salvage cutting, or
(b)
					 when Stocking requirements have been met and a report of satisfactory Stocking
					 (ref. 14
					 CCR §
												1075) has been issued by the
					 Director.
1.
						Renumbering of former Section
						953.9 to Section
						953.7 and renumbering and
						amendment of former Section
						953.12 to Section
						953.9 filed 1-11-83; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 3). For prior history, see Register
						79, No. 9.
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection
						(b) filed 2-17-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 7).
3. Change without regulatory
						effect amending section filed 9-7-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 36).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4561,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4561
						  and
						  4587,
						  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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.10 - Timberland Productivity

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The goal of this section is to restore, enhance and
						maintain the productivity of the state's Timberlands, where Feasible.
(a) Where Feasible, the productivity of
					 Timberlands shall be maintained on a site-specific basis by
(1) meeting the Stocking Standards of the
					 selected silvicultural or Regeneration Method, or that level of Stocking above
					 the minimum that will achieve Long Term Sustained Yield (LTSY) that is proposed
					 in 14 CCR
					 §
													913.11 (a) or
					 (b).
(2) proposing and implementing an appropriate
					 Silvicultural System and Regeneration Method for the site,
(3) protecting the soil resource and its
					 ability to grow commercial tree Species and provide sustainable associated
					 forest values.
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.11 - Maximum Sustained Production of High Quality Timber Products

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The goal of this section is to achieve Maximum Sustained
						Production of High Quality Timber Products (MSP). MSP is achieved by meeting
						the requirements of either (a) or (b) or (c) in a THP, SYP, NTMP or WFMP, or as
						otherwise provided in Article 6.8, Subchapter 7, Chapter 4, Division 1.5, Title
						14 of the California Code of Regulations.
(a) Where a Sustained Yield Plan
					 (14 CCR
					 §
												1091.1), a NTMP, or a WFMP has not
					 been approved for an ownership, MSP will be achieved by:
(1) Producing the yield of timber products
					 specified by the landowner, taking into account biologic and economic factors,
					 including factors related to fire risk, while accounting for limits on
					 productivity due to constraints imposed from consideration of other forest
					 values, including but not limited to, recreation, watershed, wildlife, fire
					 protection, range and forage, fisheries, regional economic vitality, employment
					 and aesthetic enjoyment.
(2)
					 Balancing growth and harvest over time, as explained in the THP for an
					 ownership, within an assessment area set by the Timber Owner or Timberland
					 owner and agreed to by the Director. For purposes of this subsection the
					 sufficiency of information necessary to demonstrate the balance of growth and
					 harvest over time for the assessment area shall be guided by the principles of
					 practicality and reasonableness in light of the size of the ownership and the
					 time since adoption of this section using the best information available. The
					 projected inventory resulting from harvesting over time shall be capable of
					 sustaining the average annual yield achieved during the last decade of the
					 planning horizon. The average annual projected yield over any rolling 10-year
					 period, or over appropriately longer time periods for ownerships which Project
					 harvesting at intervals less frequently than once every ten years, shall not
					 exceed the projected long-term Sustained Yield.
(3) Realizing growth potential as measured by
					 Adequate Site Occupancy by Species to be managed and maintained given
					 Silvicultural Methods selected by the landowner.
(4) Maintaining good Stand Vigor.
(5) Making provisions for adequate
					 regeneration. At the Plan submitters option, a THP may demonstrate achievement
					 of MSP pursuant to the criteria established in (b) where an SYP has been
					 submitted but not approved.
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 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.12 - High Use Subdistrict

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In the "High Use Subdistrict," the selection Regeneration
						Method, or sanitation-salvage or commercial thinning treatments may be used. An
						RPF may propose a modification of the selection Regeneration Method or
						sanitation-salvage Intermediate Treatments when explained and justified in the
						Plan. (See
						14 CCR
						§
												953 for Alternative Prescriptions.) In
						these areas, no trees shall be cut unless first marked on both the bole and
						stump with either paint, tags or blazes so as to be plainly visible. Such
						Marking shall be done by an RPF or Supervised Designee sufficiently in advance
						of cutting to allow for inspection by the Director's representatives. In these
						areas, the leave stand will be at least 50% of the number of trees 12 in. or
						larger dbh standing prior to the time of harvesting. These leave trees should
						be in Dunning's tree Classes 1, 2, or 3 (Ref.
						14 CCR
						§
												952 def. Dunning's Classification).
						The composition and distribution of the leave stand shall be maintained as
						nearly as practical, giving consideration to the aesthetics of the
						areas.
1.
						Renumbering and amendment of former section
						953.11 to section
						953.12 filed 5-16-94; operative
						5-16-94 (Register 94, No. 20). For prior history, see Register 83, No.
						3.
2. Amendment filed 11-26-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Public
						Resources Code section
						4554.5
						(Register 97, No. 48).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending
						section filed 9-7-2017 pursuant to section
						100, title 1, California Code of
						Regulations (Register 2017, No. 36).
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: Sections
						  4551,
						  4561
						  and
						  4561.1,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  4561,
						  4586
						  and
						  4588,
						  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 6 - Southern Forest District Rules › Article 3 - Silvicultural Methods › Section 953.13 - Exceptions. [Renumbered]

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
1. New
						NOTE filed 2-21-79 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing
						(Register 79, No. 9).
2. Renumbering of Section
						953.13 to Section
						953.10 filed 1-11-83; effective
						thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 3).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  4551
						  and
						  4561,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Section
						  4584,
						  Public Resources Code.