Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
The Road Management Plan shall, at a minimum, contain the
following information:
(a) Name and
Address of timber and Timberland owner(s).
(b) Ownership(s) description and location,
including legal descriptions (by Township, Range and Section) and a regional
map depicting the ownership(s) and Road Management Units covered by the
RMP.
(c) The RMP shall contain a
goals and objectives element, an evaluation element, an operational element, a
verification element, and an adaptive management element.
(1) The goals and objectives element shall
include at least the following:
(A) A
description of the Timberland owner's long-term road planning process and
objectives.
(B) The Timberland
owner's desired future conditions, performance standards, and priorities for
the road system and for the Beneficial Uses of water and other resources needed
to attain the objectives of the RMP.
(C) The identification of any additional
permitting requirements that the submitter proposes to satisfy through the
RMP.
(D) A description of the Road
Management Unit including maps clearly depicting the following information:
1. The ownership boundaries of the area
covered by the RMP.
2. The location
of existing or proposed roads known at the time of RMP submission.
Maps shall be topographic, at a scale and detail
sufficient to allow the Director to evaluate the area covered by the RMP, and
may be provided in electronic format.
(2) The evaluation element shall contain at
least the following information:
(A) A general
description of the watersheds covered by the RMP including information on
soils, topography, vegetation, the condition of the watersheds, and the
condition of the Watercourses and Lakes within the watersheds. This description
shall include the current and Historic Road system as it pertains to sediment
production, delivery to, and transport within Watercourses and Lakes, and the
effect of sediment on the Beneficial Uses of water and other
resources.
(B) Identification of
significant constraints associated with the road system within the Road
Management Unit or Planning Watershed which may include, but are not limited
to, cultural, biological, economic, geographical, geological, legal, and social
constraints.
(C) An inventory and
assessment of the road system shall be conducted. If an inventory has not been
completed, the RMP shall include a prioritized schedule for completion of the
inventory. At a minimum, the inventory and assessment shall be complete for the
area encompassed in the Plan to which the RMP is appended. The inventory and
assessment shall include the following:
1. A
brief description of the method used to do the inventory and
assessment.
2. An inventory of
permanent, seasonal and Temporary Roads, Landings, crossings, and Historic
Roads. The inventory shall include a description of roads within each Road
Management Unit, and road system maps at a scale sufficient to clearly show the
classification of all roads and their location relative to the Beneficial Uses
of water and other resources that may be affected by roads and Landings. The
scale of the map shall be specified in the RMP and approved by the
Director.
3. An assessment of the
road system related to location, condition, trend, and sensitivity of
Beneficial Uses of water and other resources that may be affected by roads and
Landings. The assessment shall include:
a.
The road surface drainage network including Watercourse crossings and their
relationship to the natural hydrologic system.
b. The ability of Permanent Watercourse
Crossings to accommodate the 100-year Flood Flow, including debris and sediment
loads.
c. The ability of Permanent
Watercourse Crossings to accommodate fish passage at all life stages.
d. The location and identification of known
sediment source sites related to inventoried roads, Landings, and drainage
structures directly associated with Watercourses and Lakes.
e. The identification of any known Unstable
Areas and Unstable Soils associated with roads or in close proximity to
roads.
f. The evaluation of other
constraints identified in subsection (2)(B) above as they affect the
RMP.
4. The
prioritization of any proposed maintenance, repair, improvement or Abandonment
of individual components of the overall road system. The road management
priorities shall include clear and logical links to the stated objectives and
evaluation findings.
a. Road-related sediment
sources, including but not limited to road segments and specific road points,
shall be prioritized as "High", "Medium", and "Low". The prioritization shall
take into account volume of materials that could be delivered to a Watercourse
or Lake, proximity to a Watercourse or Lake (delivery hazard), and Watercourse
or Lake classification (resource vulnerability).
5. Creation of a treatment schedule for
sediment source priority areas.
a. Highest
priority sites shall be addressed in the shortest time frame practicable. To
the extent possible, treatment of lower priority areas shall be coordinated
with treatment of higher priority areas.
6. Prioritization of Drainage Facilities and
structures not currently facilitating passage for all life stages of
fish.
7. Creation of a schedule for
modification of Drainage Facilities and structures not currently facilitating
passage for all life stages of fish.
(D) An evaluation of significant
environmental Effects that may result from the proposed actions described in
the RMP shall be conducted.
(E) An
analysis of cumulative Effects shall be conducted in conformance with
14 CCR
§§
932.9,
952.9 and Board Technical Rule
Addendum No. 2.
(3) The
operational element shall, at a minimum, address proposed road management
operations, stated time frames for actions, clear lines of responsibility for
implementation, and schedules to be implemented in a Plan, including:
(A) A road construction, reconstruction and
use component to ensure that operations occur on a Stable Operating Surface,
consistent with
14 CCR
§
923.6. This component shall include,
at a minimum, restrictions for wet weather operations, surfacing objectives,
and provisions for water drafting.
(B) A Road Maintenance and inspection
component that includes a description of Erosion Control and soil stabilization
treatments that may be used under the RMP.
(C) A road improvement component, including
proposed actions or treatments and an implementation schedule as provided in
subsections (2)(C) 4. and 5. above.
(D) A road Abandonment component, if
proposed, including provisions for closure and access control.
(E) Contingency Plans for addressing
emergencies as defined by
14 CCR
§
15359.
(F) Actions consistent with the California
Forest Practice Rules for Logging Roads and Landings, Title 14, Subchapters 4,
5 & 6, Article 12 [Article 11. Northern District]. The RPF may propose an
exception to a standard rule as provided in Article 12 [Article 11. Northern
District] to achieve identified goals and objectives where the exception
provides equal protection to water quality and minimizes soil
erosion.
(4) The
verification element shall include the procedures and schedule to be used to:
(A) Monitor implementation of, and verify
compliance with, the operational provisions of the RMP.
(B) Monitor the effectiveness and progress of
the Plan's operational element in achieving the RMP's stated goals and
objectives. Such provisions may include evaluation by the RMP submitter and
evaluation of affected areas with representative conditions.
(C) Report monitoring and evaluation
information developed through subsections (4)(A) and (B) above to the
Department on an annual basis or as specified in the RMP and as approved by the
Director.
(5) The
adaptive management element shall include:
(A)
The criteria used to determine when to update and revise the RMP based on new
information, scientific reports and data, new legal requirements, monitoring
results, and changing environmental conditions.
(B) The process to implement changes to the
RMP resulting from new information, scientific reports and data, new legal
requirements, monitoring results, and changing environmental
conditions.
(C) The method to be
used to monitor the progress toward achieving the RMP's goals and objectives
pursuant to subsection (4)(C) above.
1. New
section filed 11-29-2007; operative 1-1-2008 pursuant to Public Resources Code
section
4554.5(a)
(Register 2007, No. 48).
2. Amendment of subsection (c)(3)(A) filed
11-19-2010; operative 1-1-2011 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
4554.5(a)
(Register 2010, No. 47).
3. Amendment of subsection (c)(3)(A) filed
6-11-2014; operative 1-1-2015 pursuant to Public Resources Code section
4554.5
(Register 2014, No. 24).
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).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
4551,
4551.5,
4553,
4562.7
and
21000(g),
Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
751,
4512,
4513,
4551,
4551.5,
4562.5,
4562.7,
21000
and
21001,
Public Resources Code; Sections
100,
1243 and
13050(f),
Water Code; Sections
1600
and
5650(c),
Fish and Game Code; and NRDC v. Arcata National Corp. (1976) 59 Cal. App. 3d
959, 131 Cal. Rptr. 172.
