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 6.5 - Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan Administration
Section 1090.2 - NTMP Submittal and Notice of Preparation

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 1090.2

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024

(a) A Plan shall be submitted by the Person who owns the Timberland included in the Plan.

(b) Where the timber is owned by parties other than the landowner, the landowner shall give prompt written notice of such Plan to those parties.

(c) The plan submitter shall prepare and submit to the Director, with the Plan, a notice of preparation to harvest timber (notice of preparation)

(1) If any proposed Plan boundary lies within three hundred (300) feet of any property owned by any Person other than the plan submitter, or

(2) With any Plan amendment that changes a Plan boundary so that the new boundary lies within three hundred (300) feet of any property owned by any Person other than the plan submitter, or

(3) With any Plan amendment that changes the silvicultural method if a notice of preparation was required for the Plan by condition (1) or (2) above.

(d) A notice of preparation shall include the following information:

(1) The name of the plan submitter.

(2) The location of the Plan area by county, section, township, and range, and the approximate direction and distance to the Plan area from the nearest community or well-known landmark.

(3) The name of the nearest perennial blue line Stream flowing through or downstream from the Plan area.

(4) The acreage of the area to be included in the Plan.

(5) The Silvicultural Method(s) proposed.

(6) The estimated earliest date that the Director may approve the Plan.

(7) A statement that the public may review the Plan at the specified CAL FIRE Review Team Office and a reasonable per page copy fee may be set by the Director for additional copies.

(e) The Person submitting the Plan shall furnish to the Department at the time of submission of the Plan, a list of all Persons, including their mailing addresses, who hold legal or equitable title to property within three hundred (300) feet of the Plan boundary. Either a list compiled from the latest equalized assessment roll or a list provided by a title insurance company doing business in California shall be deemed sufficient for compliance with the subsection.

(f) The Department shall mail copies of the notice of preparation within two (2) working days of receipt of the Plan to all Persons identified in (e) above.

(g) Prior to Plan submission, the Person submitting the Plan shall post a copy of the notice of preparation at a conspicuous location that is easily visible to the public and near the Plan site. Notwithstanding other Rules, the notices required by 14 CCR § 1032.10 of this article shall be completed prior to submission of the NTMP, and within counties with special Rules, (14 CCR, Subchapter 4, Art. 13, commencing with § 924, Subchapter 5, Art. 13, commencing with § 945, and Subchapter 6, Art. 13, commencing with § 965.) the noticing requirements will be the same as for a THP.

1. New section filed 7-11-91; operative 8-12-91 (Register 91, No. 44).
2. Amendment of subsection (g) filed 12-8-95; operative 12-8-95 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(d) (Register 95, No. 49).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending subsection (d)(7) filed 12-17-2008 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2008, No. 51).
4. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 10-31-2017 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2017, No. 44).
5. Amendment of subsections (c)-(d)(1), (d)(5) and (e)-(g) filed 11-14-2019; operative 1-1-2020 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4554.5 (Register 2019, No. 46).

Note: Authority cited: Stats. 1989, Ch. 1290, Sec. 13; and Sections 4551, 4593.4, 21080 and 21092, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4551, 4593 and 4593.4, Public Resources Code.

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