Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01473:clause:1_54
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01473
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Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 54
Character Range: 56613–59185

54  Requirements for a reforestation management plan
         (1) For each reforestation project, the project proponent must create and maintain a reforestation management plan.
          (2) A reforestation management plan must accompany a relevant application made under the Act.
Note:  Sections 73 and 74 also require a reforestation management plan to be included in the first offsets reports and, if there are changes to the plan, in subsequent offsets reports.
         (3) The reforestation management plan is a document that sets out the following for each area of land that is intended to be established, or has been established, as a CEA, as at a specified date and only if available at that date:
           1.     a list of the species planted, or expected to be planted, in carrying out the reforestation project;
           2.     a description of the suitability of these species for the area in which they are to be, or are, planted, and how they will remain suitable for the duration of the permanence period (including, but not limited to, the resilience of the species to any expected changes in the local climate);
           3.     a description of how each species is, or is intended to be, established;
           4.     all information that demonstrates how any plantings fall into a type of planting described in section 19 or 20;
           5.     in relation to project trees, a description of the species of trees to be planted, the growth characteristics of the species, the anticipated height and crown cover across all project areas when project trees are at maturity and any other information to show compliance with subsection 10(4);
           6.      a description of the species to be used for any infill planting and how the infill planting is established (whether planned, expected or actual);
           7.     planting type, geometry, spacing and expected stem density (whether planned, expected or actual);
           8.     how the reforestation project will be monitored to ensure compliance with Part 3 and the CFI Mapping Guidelines.
         (4) In this section, relevant application means:
           1.     an application under section 22 of the Act for the declaration of the project as an eligible offsets project; or
           2.     a request under section 128 of the Act to approve the application of this methodology determination to the project; or
           3.     an application for a variation under regulations or legislative rules made under section 29 of the Act that adds eligible land to the project area.