Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(3) to disclose the potential Effects of
timber management to the public. For the Plan to serve these functions, it
shall, as a minimum, contain the following information:
(a) Name, address, and telephone number of
the timberland owner(s) and designated agent if one is required.
(b) Name, address, and telephone number of
the Timber Owner(s) (If different).
(c) Name, address, telephone number, and
registration number of RPF who prepared the Plan.
(d) The District and Subdistrict (if any) in
which the NTMP is located.
(e) A
description of the Plan area within which Timber Operations are to be
conducted. The description shall include the following:
(1) U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Quadrangle
name(s) and date(s),
(2) Township,
range, and section number(s),
(3)
County name(s),
(4) CALWATER 2.2
Planning Watershed number(s), and
(5) Approximate acreage.
(f) A description of present and proposed
Plan area uses other than timber production.
(g) A description by management units(s) of
the timber stand characteristics including Species composition, age classes,
projected growth, present Stocking level, present volume per acre, size class
distribution, stand management history, and potential pest or protection
problems. The description shall provide the basis for the information
provided.
(h) A description by
management unit(s) of the proposed management objectives, including a
discussion of projected timber volumes and sizes available for timber
harvesting.
(i) A description by
management unit(s) of proposed activities to achieve the management objectives.
This must include
(1) Projected frequencies
of harvest,
(2) Silvicultural
prescriptions for harvesting,
(3)
Type of Yarding systems to be used for each area,
(4) Anticipated interim management activities
which may result in rule compliance questions (i.e. Erosion Control
maintenance).
(j) The
period of time over which growth will be balanced with harvest.
(k) A description of any cultural or
historical resources known to exist with a description of possible impacts and
protection methods to be used during Timber Operations.
(l) Whether a Timberland conversion
certificate is in effect, its date of expiration, and its identification
number.
(m) Whether a timber
harvesting Plan is on file with the Department for any part of the Plan area
and if a report of satisfactory stocking has been issued by the Department
(show Plan number).
(n) Information
on the presence and protection of any known key habitat or individuals of any
threatened or endangered plant or animal species that are listed in CDFW
inventories prepared pursuant to the F&GC or any Sensitive Species as
designated by the Board in these Rules.
(o) A description of potential impacts and
protections for the quality and Beneficial Uses of waters within Watercourses,
Lakes, Wet Meadows and Other Wet Areas.
(p) A description of soils, surface erosion
hazard, mass wasting erosion hazard, and Erosion Control measures.
(q) A description of the existing and
proposed road system to be used in implementation of the NTMP.
(r) A description of how the Site Preparation
standards and Stocking Standards will be met.
(s) A description of the proposed Yarding
methods including protection of residual trees, watercourse crossings,
operation on Unstable Areas.
(t) A
description of slash treatment for Site Preparation, fire protection and pest
protection consideration.
(u) A
description of the Cumulative Impacts analysis with supporting information,
including impact of projected harvesting over the life of the Plan.
(v) A copy of the forest practice regulations
in effect at the time of submission.
(w) On a USGS quadrangle or equivalent
topographical map of a scale not less than two (2") inches to the mile, the
following information shall be clearly provided. Additional maps may be
required to show specific details, and may be planimetric. Color coding shall
not be used. A legend shall be included indicating the meaning of the symbols
used. See the District Rules for the appropriate minimum mapping acreages.
(1) Boundaries of management Plan(s) and
management unit(s).
(2) Boundaries
of Regeneration Methods, Intermediate Treatments, special Harvesting Methods,
and Alternative Prescriptions that are to be applied.
(3) Boundaries of Yarding (logging) systems,
if more than one system is to be used.
(4) Location of all roads to be used for, or
potentially impacted by, Timber Operations. This shall include:
(A) The classification of all roads as
permanent, seasonal, temporary, or proposed for Abandonment.
(B) Roads and Landings located in
Watercourses, Lakes, WLPZs, marshes, Wet Meadows and Other Wet Areas, other
than at road watercourse crossings.
(C) Roads that provide access to rock pits
and water drafting sites, and the location of water drafting sites.
(D) Public Roads within one-quarter ( 1/4)
mile of the Harvest Area.
(E) The
location of Significant Existing or Potential Erosion Sites on all roads and
Landings pursuant to
14 CCR
§
923.1(e).
(F) Constructed and Reconstructed Logging
Road grades greater than fifteen (15) percent for over two hundred (200)
continuous feet or Logging Road grades exceeding twenty (20) percent.
(G) Logging Roads across and Landings on
Unstable Areas or Connected Headwall Swales.
(H) Excess Material disposal sites on slopes
grater than forty (40) percent or on active Unstable Areas.
(I) Logging Roads and Landings across slopes
greater than sixty-five (65) percent for one hundred (100) lineal feet or
more.
(J) Logging Roads and
Landings across slopes greater then fifty (50) percent for one hundred (100)
lineal feet or more within one hundred (100) feet of the boundary of a
WLPZ.
(K) New Logging Road
crossings.
(L) Logging Road
crossings to be abandoned.
(5) Probable location of proposed and
existing Landings in the Watercourse and Lake Protection Zone, and Landings
outside the zone that are greater than one-quarter ( 1/4) acre in size or whose
construction involves substantial excavation.
(6) Road Failures on existing roads to be
reconstructed.
(7) Location of all
existing and proposed Permanent Watercourse Crossing Drainage Structures and
temporary crossings on Class I and II Watercourses on roads; if a permanent
culvert is involved, its minimum Diameter shall be provided.
(8) Location of area(s) of high or extreme
Erosion Hazard Rating.
(9) Location
of all Watercourses with Class I, II, III, or IV waters.
(10) Location of known Unstable or Slide
Areas.
(11) Location of
understocked areas and other areas not normally bearing timber to at least a
twenty (20) acre minimum, or as specified in the District Rules.
(12) Location of boundaries of timber-site
classes needed for determination of Stocking Standards to be applied, down to
at least a ten (10) acre minimum or as specified in the District
Rules.
(13) Location of Unique
Areas including, Coastal Commission Special Treatment Areas or any Special
Treatment Area.
(14) A soils
map.
(15) The location of main
ridge tops on the Logging Area suitable for fire suppression efforts that will
require felling of Snags.
(16)
Location of Late Successional Forest Stands.
(17) Boundaries of any areas where Tractor
Operations are proposed for use on areas designated for Cable
Yarding.
(x) Any
additional information that is submitted on separate pages shall be clearly
marked "Plan addendum" and shall bear the date on which it was
prepared.
(y) Explanation and
justification for, and specific measures to be used for, Tractor Operations on
Unstable Areas, on slopes over sixty-five (65) percent, and on areas where
slopes average over fifty (50) percent and the EHR is high or
extreme.
(z) Explanation and
justification for Tractor Operations in areas designated for Cable
Yarding.
(aa) A Winter Period
operating plan where appropriate.
(bb) Explanation and justification for use of
Watercourse, marshes, Wet Meadows and Other Wet Areas as Landings, roads, or
skid trails.
(cc) Explanation and
justification of any in-lieu or alternative practices for Watercourse and Lake
Protection Zones.
(dd) Explanation
of alternatives to standard Rules for harvesting and Erosion Control.
(ee) Explanation and justification for
Landings that exceed the maximum size specified in the Rules.
(ff) Any other information required by the
Rules or the Act to be included in the Plan. The District Rules provide for
exceptions and alternatives to standard requirements that require inclusion of
information in the NTMP.
(gg) On a
map complying with
14 CCR
§
1090.5(w), the
locations and classifications of Logging Roads, Logging Road watercourse
crossings, and Landings to be abandoned or deactivated shall be
shown.
(hh) A certification by the
RPF preparing the Plan that they, or a designee personally inspected the
area.
1. New
section filed 7-11-91; operative 8-12-91 (Register 91, No. 44).
2.
New subsections (kk) and (ll) filed 1-21-93 as an emergency; operative 1-21-93
(Register 93, No. 4). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL
5-21-93 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the
following day.
3. Subsections (kk) and (ll) repealed by operation of
Government Code section
11346.1
(Register 94, No. 20).
4. Repealer of subsection (d), new
subsections (d)-(d)(5) and relettering of former subsections (m)-(jj) as
subsections (l)-(ii) filed 11-21-2000; operative 1-1-2001 (Register 2000, No.
47).
5. Repealer and new subsection (w)(4), new subsections
(w)(4)(A)-(E), repealer of subsection (gg), subsection relettering and
amendment of newly designated subsection (gg) filed 6-11-2014; operative
1-1-2015 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
4554.5
(Register 2014, No. 24).
6. Change without regulatory effect
amending subsection (n) 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).
8. Amendment filed 11-14-2019;
operative 1-1-2020 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
4554.5
(Register 2019, No. 46).
9. New subsection (w)(17) filed 11-10-2020;
operative 1-1-2021 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
4554.5(a)
(Register 2020, No. 46).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
4551
and
4593.3,
Public Resources Code; and Stats. 1989, Ch. 1290, Sec. 13. Reference: Sections
4593
and
4593.3,
Public Resources Code.
