California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Chapter 4 - Forest Practices
Subchapter 7 - Administration
Article 2 - Timber Harvesting Plan
Section 1052.2 - Emergency Substantiated by RPF
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The RPF preparing the Notice of Emergency Timber Operations shall describe the nature of the Emergency and the need for immediate cutting in sufficient detail so that the reason for the Emergency is clear. An Emergency is presumed to exist where:
(a) Trees or vegetation have been confirmed to be infected with the pathogen that causes Sudden Oak Death through testing by a lab certified by the United States Department of Agriculture, and the RPF has determined that the pathogen is likely to spread to adjacent trees or vegetation, or
(b) Tree killing insects have killed and are likely to kill trees within one year on Timberland. Trees will be considered likely to die when they are determined, by an RPF, to be high risk by either:
1. New
section filed 1-2-81; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 81, No.
1).
2. Amendment filed 5-3-89 as an emergency; operative 5-3-89
(Register 89, No. 19). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL
within 120 days or emergency language will be repealed on
8-31-89.
3. Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 5-3-89
emergency amendment, filed 1-15-91 by operation of Government Code section
11346.1
(Register 91, No. 7).
4. Amendment of section filed 8-5-91;
operative 8-5-91 (Register 91, No. 50).
5. Amendment filed 12-8-95;
operative 12-8-95 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(d)
(Register 95, No. 49).
6. Amendment filed 11-26-97; operative 1-1-98
pursuant to Public Resources Code section
4554.5
(Register 97, No. 48).
7. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
2-7-2011 as an emergency; operative 2-7-2011 (Register 2011, No. 6). A
Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 8-8-2011 or emergency
language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
day.
8. Editorial correction of HISTORY 7 (Register 2011, No.
20).
9. Amendment of section and NOTE refiled 8-8-2011 as an
emergency; operative 8-8-2011 (Register 2011, No. 32). A Certificate of
Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 11-7-2011 or emergency language will
be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
10.
Reinstatement of section as it existed prior to 2-7-2011 order by operation of
Government Code section
11346.1(f)
(Register 2012, No. 41).
11. Amendment of section and NOTE filed
11-6-2012; operative 1-1-2013 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
4554.5(a)
(Register 2012, No. 45).
12. 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: Sections 4551, 4552 and 4554, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4592, 4750, 4750.3 and 4750.4, Public Resources Code.