Washington Administrative Code › Title 222 - Forest Practices Board › Chapter 222-24 - Road construction and maintenance › Section 222-24-050 - *Road maintenance and abandonment

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The goals for road maintenance are established in WAC
				222-24-010. Guidelines for how to
				meet these goals and standards are in board manual section 3. Replacement will
				not be required for existing culverts functioning with little risk to public
				resources or for culverts installed under an approved forest practices
				application or notification and are capable of passing fish, until the end of
				the culvert's functional life.
The goals for road maintenance outlined in this chapter are
				expected to be achieved by October 31, 2016. The strategies for achieving the
				goals are different for large forest landowners and small forest
				landowners.
For large forest landowners, all forest roads must be improved
				and maintained to the standards of this chapter prior to October 31, 2016;
				however, large or small forest landowners may request an extension of up to
				five years, or October 31, 2021, as outlined in WAC
				222-24-051(8).
				Work performed toward meeting the standards must generally be even flow over
				the performance period with priorities for achieving the most benefit to the
				public resources early in the period. These goals will be achieved through the
				road maintenance and abandonment plan process outlined in WAC
				222-24-051.
For small forest landowners, the goals will be achieved through
				the road maintenance and abandonment plan process outlined in WAC
				222-24-0511, by participation in
				the state-led family forest fish passage program, and by compliance with the
				Forest Practices Act and rules. The purpose of the family forest fish passage
				program is to assist small forest landowners in providing fish passage by
				offering cost-share funding and prioritizing projects on a watershed basis,
				fixing the worst fish passage barriers first. The department, in consultation
				with the departments of ecology and fish and wildlife, will monitor the extent,
				effectiveness, and progress of checklist road maintenance and abandonment plan
				implementation and report to the legislature and the board by December 31,
				2008, and December 31, 2013.
Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  76.09.040. 11-17-097, § 222-24-050,
				  filed 8/22/11, effective 10/3/11; 06-11-112, § 222-24-050, filed 5/18/06,
				  effective 6/18/06. Statutory Authority:
				  Chapter
				  34.05 RCW,
				  RCW
				  76.09.040, [76.09.]050, [76.09.]370,
				  76.13.120(9). 01-12-042, § 222-24-050, filed 5/30/01, effective 7/1/01.
				  Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     76.09.040 and
				  chapter
				  34.05 RCW. 97-24-091,
				  § 222-24-050, filed 12/3/97, effective 1/3/98; 93-12-001, §
				  222-24-050, filed 5/19/93, effective 6/19/93. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     76.09.040,
				  76.09.050 and
				  chapter
				  34.05 RCW. 92-15-011,
				  § 222-24-050, filed 7/2/92, effective 8/2/92. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				  76.09.040. 87-23-036 (Order 535), §
				  222-24-050, filed 11/16/87, effective 1/1/88. Statutory Authority:
				  RCW
				     76.09.040 and
				  76.09.050. 82-16-077 (Resolution
				  No. 82-1), § 222-24-050, filed 8/3/82, effective 10/1/82; Order 263,
				  § 222-24-050, filed 6/16/76.