Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
001 - AGRICULTURE - GENERAL
Chapter 381 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR WOOD TRANSACTIONS
Section 001-381-4 - REQUIREMENTS FOR WRITTEN CUTTING AND HAULING SPECIFICATIONS WHERE PAYMENT IS MADE FOR SERVICES

Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 001-381-4

Current through 2024-38, September 18, 2024

A. Cutting specifications. Any person requiring services in harvesting wood shall furnish the person providing the services with written cutting specifications. The cutting specifications shall:

1. Identify the trees that are to be harvested and yarded, such as by:
(a) species;

(b) Minimum butt diameter;

(c) Reference to a marked area in the case of clear cutting, or cutting a right of way; or

(d) Reference to marked trees in the case of selective cutting.

2. Provide the directions for the preparation of the wood. Preparation of the wood may be by one or more of the following operations:
(a) Topping;

(b) Limbing, including the removal of forked stems;

(c) Butting back;

(d) Bucking; and

(e) Piling.

3. Describe how culled wood will be marked.

B. Hauling specifications. Whenever a person providing services in hauling wood is responsible for deciding which wood is to be hauled, the person requiring the services shall furnish the person providing the services with written hauling specifications which shall:

1. Designate the wood to be hauled, by species, production form, quality standards, type of marking, or otherwise.

2. Describe how culled wood that is not to be hauled will be marked.

3. Specify the hauling destination.

C. Form of cutting and hauling specifications. Cutting and hauling specifications shall be:

1. Be in written or printed form;

2. Identify the person requiring the services; and

3. Be furnished in advance of performance of the services

D. Request by State Sealer. Upon request, the person requiring the services shall provide the State Sealer with a copy of the written specifications.

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