Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) The following preliminary field work
shall be required in the Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas and shall
be completed prior to submission of the Plan to the Director:
(1) When a boundary of a Coastal Commission
Special Treatment Area is within or contiguous to a Plan area, the boundary
shall be clearly identified on the ground, by the RPF preparing the Plan or
Supervised Designee, with paint, flagging or other suitable means.
(2) All timber proposed for harvest shall be
clearly marked with paint at points approximately 4 1/2 feet (1.37 m) above the
ground and at ground level.
(3) The
following wildlife considerations shall be followed:
(A) Live trees, as designated on the ground
by the CDFW, CAL FIRE, and or the RPF or Supervised Designee, with visible
evidence of current use as nesting sites by hawks, owls, or waterfowl shall not
be marked for cutting.
(B) Live
trees as designated on the ground by CDFW, CAL FIRE, or the RPF or Supervised
Designee, with visible evidence of nesting by eagles, osprey, or any endangered
Species, as identified by the CDFW, shall not be marked for cutting.
(C) Live trees constituting a rookery for
herons and/or egrets shall not be marked for cutting unless authorization in
writing from the CDFW is granted to the Timber Owner.
(4) All Logging Roads proposed to be
constructed or reconstructed, main skid trails and those minor skid trails that
would require or result in substantial soil displacement, and Landing locations
shall be clearly marked on the ground with flagging or other appropriate
Marking, keyed to the various Projects.
(5) The boundary of the WLPZs shall be
flagged or otherwise marked on the ground and shall include all slides and
areas with visible evidence of slope instability which extend to the
WLPZ.
(b) The following
requirements shall be adhered to in submitting Plans in Coastal Commission
Special Treatment Areas:
(1) Plan maps shall
be at a scale of at least 4 inches to the mile (6.3 cm per km).
(2) The Plan map must show the location of
and identify the following: All log Landings proposed to be used, and all main
skid trails, all Logging Roads, all Watercourses, Lakes, marshes and boundaries
of Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas within or contiguous to the Plan
area.
(3) An initial inspection of
the area in which Timber Operations are to be conducted shall be made within 10
days from the date of filing of the Plan, or such longer period as may be
mutually agreed upon by the Director and the Person submitting the Plan. The
RPF who prepared the Plan shall attend the initial inspection. The Timber Owner
and Timber Operator or their agents should attend the initial
inspections.
(4) In applying the
Rules the RPF shall, when selecting Feasible alternatives required by
14 CCR
§
898, follow the criteria and
management objectives used by the Coastal Commission in selecting that area for
special treatment. (See
14 CCR
§
912.)
1.
Amendment filed 8-10-83; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code
Section
11346.2(d)
(Register 83, No. 37).
2. Editorial correction of subsection (a)
filed 8-15-83 (Register 83, No. 37).
3. Amendment of subsection
(b)(4) filed 7-3-86; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 86, No.
27).
4. Amendment of subsections (a)(5) and (b)(2) filed 8-7-95;
operative 8-7-95 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 95, No. 32).
5. Amendment of subsections (a)(1), (a)(3)(A)
and (a)(3)(B) filed 11-26-97; operative 1-1-98 pursuant to Public Resources
Code section
4554.5
(Register 97, No. 48).
6. Change without regulatory effect amending
subsections (a)(3)(A)-(C), (a)(5) and (b)(4) filed 2-17-2017 pursuant to
section 100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2017, No. 7).
7. Change without regulatory
effect amending section filed 10-31-2017 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2017, No. 44).
Note: Authority cited: Section
4551,
Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
4551.5,
4582
and
30417,
Public Resources Code.
