Alaska Administrative Code
Title 11 - Natural Resources
Part 6 - Lands
Chapter 95 - Forest Resources and Practices
Article 4 - Timber Harvesting
11 AAC 95.345 - Landing location, construction, and operation
Universal Citation: 11 AK Admin Code 95.345
Current through August 30, 2024
(a) A landing must be located, constructed, and operated in a manner that
(1) avoids surface and standing waters,
except when frozen;
(2) minimizes
the use of marshes and non-forested muskegs, except when frozen;
(3) prevents logs and vegetative debris from
entering surface and standing waters; and
(4) minimizes the sedimentation of surface
and standing waters.
(b) An operator shall locate and construct a landing according to the following standards:
(1) when choosing the site of a
landing, an operator shall consider the effects of the landing location and
provide for a logging layout that will reduce the overall adverse effects of
the operation;
(2) the design of a
landing must minimize the need for sidecasting or fill;
(3) a landing must be no larger than
necessary for safe operation of the equipment and decking of logs;
(4) where slopes have a grade greater than 67
percent or are unstable, fill material used in construction of a landing must
be free from loose stumps and excessive accumulations of slash, and must be
mechanically compacted in layers if necessary to prevent soil erosion and mass
wasting;
(5) a truck road, a skid
trail, or a fire trail must be outsloped or cross drained uphill of the landing
and the water diverted onto the forest floor away from the toe of any landing
fill;
(6) a landing must be sloped,
water barred, ditched or otherwise constructed and maintained to minimize
accumulation of water on the landing; and
(7) any excavated material from the
construction of a landing may not be placed where it is likely to result in
degradation of surface water quality.
(c) Slash may not be buried in any portion of a landing during landing cleanup operations.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, a helicopter drop zone is considered a landing.
Authority:AS 41.17.010
AS 41.17.055
AS 41.17.080
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