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 6.95 - Working Forest Management Plan Administration
Section 1094.16 - Agency and Public Review for the Wfmp

Universal Citation: 14 CA Code of Regs 1094.16

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

(a) Upon receipt of the proposed WFMP, the Department shall place the proposed Plan, or a true copy of the proposed Plan, in a location available for public inspection in the county in which timber operations are proposed under the Plan or on the Department's Internet Web site. For the purpose of interdisciplinary review, the Department shall also transmit a copy to the Department of Conservation, the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the appropriate California Regional Water Quality Control Board, the county planning agency, and all other agencies having jurisdiction by law over natural resources affected by the Plan. The Department shall invite, consider, and respond in writing to comments received from public agencies to which the Plan has been transmitted and shall consult with those agencies at their request.

(b) The Director shall also transmit a copy of any specific Plan to any person who has made a written request therefore.

(c) The Department shall bill such persons for the cost of providing such copies and such monies shall be paid to the Department.

(d) The Director shall take the following steps when Significant New Information, as defined in 14 CCR § 895.1, is added to the Plan during the course of Plan review or during the Director's determination period.

(1) When Significant New Information are limited to a few sections or portions of the Plan, the Department need only recirculate the sections or portions that have been modified.

(2) When Significant New Information are not limited to a few sections of the Plan, the Department shall recirculate the entire Plan.

(3) The Department shall prepare a Letter of Recirculation which shall include:
(A) A brief description of the proposed project and its location. Such information shall include:
1. The Plan number and county(s).

2. The names of the timberland owner(s) and the plan submitter(s).

3. The location of the Plan area by county, section, township, and range.

4. The name of the nearest major watercourse or CALWATER v2.2 ID.

5. The acres proposed to be harvested.

6. The silvicultural systems to be used.

(B) A summary of changes made to the Plan and a brief description of significant new information contained in the Plan.

(C) Clarification as to whether the entire Plan, or only those recirculated portions of the Plan, are open for public comment.

(D) The starting and ending dates for the review period during which public comments will be received. The public comment period shall be a minimum of thirty (30) days.

(E) The date, time, and place of any scheduled public meetings when known by the lead agency at the time of notice.

(F) The address where copies of the Plan record are available for public review.

(4) The Letter of Recirculation shall be sent to: all review team members; any agency, person, or organization that commented on the Plan; and all landowners who received a Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber.

(5) The Department need only respond to:
(A) Comments received during the initial circulation period that relate to sections or portions of the Plan that were not revised and recirculated, and

(B) Comments received during the recirculation period that relate to the sections or portions of the Plan that were revised and recirculated.

(6) The Department shall prepare and distribute a Notice of Recirculation equivalent to a Notice of Filing as described in 14 CCR § 1094.15.

1. New section filed 6-2-2017; operative 1-1-2018 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4554.5(a) (Register 2017, No. 22).
2. New subsection (d)(6) filed 9-19-2017; operative 1-1-2018 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4554.5 (Register 2017, No. 38).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4551, 4551.5, 4552 and 4553, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4597.3, 4597.5 and 4597.6, Public Resources Code; and Joy Road Area Forest and Watershed Association v. California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection, Sonoma County Superior Court No. SCV 229850.

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