Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 6 - Lands
Chapter 95 - Forest Resources and Practices
Article 1 - Introductory and Notification Provisions
11 AAC 95.190 - Applicability
Universal Citation: 11 AK Admin Code 95.190
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to an operation on state land, other public land, or private forest land if all of the following criteria are met:
(1) the
operation is on forest land as defined in
AS
41.17.950;
(2) the operation involves any of the
following activities:
(A) harvesting,
including felling, bucking, yarding, decking, hauling, log dumping, log
transfer, log rafting, and related road construction, reconstruction,
improvement, or maintenance;
(B)
road construction or reconstruction, material source development, and,
maintenance of an existing road or bridge not within the operation area, but
connected with, the harvesting operation;
(C) site preparation;
(D) precommercial thinning;
(E) slash treatment; or
(F) any other activity leading to, or
connected with commercial timber harvest; and
(3) a commercial operation that intersects,
encompasses, or borders on surface waters or a riparian area, or that, for a
single landowner or operator, equals or exceeds in the aggregate the following
acreage:
(A) 10 acres in Region I;
(B) 40 acres in Region II; or
(C) 40 acres in Region III for landowners who
own more than 160 acres in total; if a landowner has a total ownership of 160
acres or less, then an operation on any of that 160 acres or less is not a
commercial forest operation.
(b) A land use conversion involving a commercial forest operation that meets the criteria in (a) of this section must meet the requirements of 11 AAC 95.200.
Operations in waters containing fish may be subject to laws and regulations governing fish in AS 16 and 5 AAC.
Authority:AS 41.17.010
AS 41.17.055
AS 41.17.080
AS 41.17.098
AS 41.17.900
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