Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 1 - Office of the Commissioner
Chapter 05 - Fees for Department Services
11 AAC 05.150 - Non-timber forest products

Universal Citation: 11 AK Admin Code 11 AAC 05.150

Current through November 28, 2024

(a) Fees established under this section are for limited value non-timber forest product commercial harvest products and services. The director of the division of mining, land and water may, by written order, reduce or revise one or more of the fees established in (c)(1) of this section by waiving a portion of the fee. Under this section, an order waiving a portion of a fee

(1) must apply to all applicants or petitioners for that authorization, petition, or service;

(2) may not exceed 20 percent of the amount established in (c)(1) of this section for an authorization, petition, or service;

(3) must be published on the division's public internet webpage and the Alaska Online Public Notice System 30 days before the effective date of the waiver; and

(4) is not subject to appeal under AS 44.37.011 or 11 AAC 02.

(b) The director shall consider in waiving a portion of a fee under (a) of this section

(1) the estimated actual costs of the authorization, petition, or service to the department;

(2) the economic needs of the department; and

(3) the public interest.

(c) Fees to obtain the following products and services are as follows:

(1) for a combined application, and minimum permit fee, $200;

(2) in addition to the fee in (c)(1) of this section, for a permit for the commercial use or commercial harvest of forest products other than timber, with weights determined before drying or processing of the fresh-harvested product, in excess of the minimum fee prescribed in (b)(1) of this section are as follows:
(A) for sheets of birch bark up to 10 square feet in size, $3 each;

(B) for strips of cedar bark, $5 each;

(C) for bark other than cedar or birch, $0. 70 each pound;

(D) for berries and berry-like fruits, $3 each gallon;

(E) buds and tips, $0. 70 each pound;

(F) for tree burls and galls, $20 each tree;

(G) for cones, $0.40 each pound;

(H) for conks excepting quinine conk or chaga conk, $0. 75 each pound;

(I) for quinine conk, $4.50 each;

(J) for chaga conk, $10 each;

(K) for dormant willow, dogwood, and poplar cuttings for revegetation up to two inches in diameter and five feet in length, $0.20 each;

(L) for sterns of diamond willow from two to two-and-a-half inches in diameter, $3 each; for sterns of diamond willow up to four inches in diameter, $4 each; for stems of diamond willow up to six inches in diameter, $6 each; and for stems of diamond willow greater than six inches in diameter, $15 each;

(M) for evergreen boughs, $0.15 each;

(N) for stems of floral greenery and decorative seed heads, $0.10 each;

(O) for leaves and flowers from woody plants, $0.75 each pound; pound;

(P) for lichens and mosses, $1.50 each pound;

(Q) for mushrooms, $1.50 each pound;

(R) for above-ground growth of non-woody perennial plants, $1.50 each

(S) for edible and medicinal roots, $1.50 each pound;

(T) for fibrous roots, $0.75 each foot;

(U) for seeds, $3 each ounce;

(V) for stems and branches of deciduous woody species, $0. 7 5 each;

(W) for plugs of herbaceous perennials, $0.75 each;

(X) for shrubby perennials with root ball, $7 each;

(Y) for sprigs, $0.08 each;

(Z) for tree saplings not exceeding eight feet tall or one and one-half inches in diameter whichever is greater, with diameter measured six feet above ground level, with root ball, $10 each; and

(AA) for birch sap $0. 75 each tap.

AS 38.05.020

AS 44.37.020

AS 38.05.835

AS 38.04.900

AS 38.05.850

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