Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00682:reg:30
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2015L00682
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 30
Character Range: 53486–54888

30  Ex ante estimate of minimum number of TSPs or PSPs
 (1) This section sets out how to make, for a stratum (the assessed stratum), an ex ante estimate of the minimum number of TSPs or PSPs needed for a full inventory or a PSP assessment.
 (2) First, the project proponent must collect data from an assessment:
 (a) that consists of:
 (i) a full inventory or a PSP assessment that was conducted prior to working out the ex ante number in accordance with this section; or
 (ii) a pilot inventory; and
 (b) that was conducted in:
 (i) the assessed stratum; or
 (ii) another stratum that is analogous to the assessed stratum; and
 (c) in which at least 5 plots were established and assessed.
Note: Section 50 limits the use of data that has been obtained when conducting a pilot inventory.
 (3) Then, the project proponent must use this data and Equations 29a and 29b to make an ex ante estimate of the minimum number of plots required, using:
 (a) for the minimum number of TSPs—the target probable limit of error for a full inventory; and
 (b) for the minimum number of PSPs—the target probable limit of error for a PSP assessment.
 (4) In this section:
pilot inventory means the collection and assessment of data in relation to project trees primarily for calculating the number of plots required to achieve a specified probable limit of error.
Subdivision 5—Determining the location of TSPs and PSPs