Code of Maine Rules
01 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, CONSERVATION AND FORESTRY
669 - BUREAU OF FORESTRY (MAINE FOREST SERVICE)
Chapter 4 - RULES FOR SILVICULTURAL TREATMENT DESIGNATION AND NEW MARKET WITHDRAWAL
Section 669-4-5 - The New Market Withdrawal
Universal Citation: 01 ME Code Rules ยง 669-4-5
Current through 2024-13, March 27, 2024
A. Scope and Purpose. The Regulations in part 5 hereof implement 12 MRSA 1019. They are designed to encourage an economical program of salvage of budworm-damaged timber, and the expansion of existing markets for such timber.
B. Certification of New Markets
1.
Application for
Certification. Firms desiring certification as new markets shall certify
to the Director of the Bureau of Forestry, on a form supplied by the Bureau of
Forestry, their ownership of or control over processing facilities qualifying
as a new market.
2.
Consent. Applications made for new market certification shall be
granted or denied according to 12 MRSA 1019(2) by the Director of the Bureau of
Forestry.
3.
Publication of
New Markets. The Bureau of Forestry shall publish, and shall from time
to time revise, a list of new markets which have been certified by the
Bureau.
C. Application for New Market Withdrawals
1.
Minimum Area. To qualify for
a new market withdrawal, at least 50% of a contiguous area of at least 1,000
acres shall consist of forest types suitable for salvage cutting.
2.
Silvicultural Treatment
Designation. An area must be eligible for a silvicultural treatment
designation in order to be considered for a new market withdrawal.
3.
Harvesting Plan. Each
application for new market withdrawal shall be accompanied by a harvesting
plan, submitted by a professional forester registered in Maine, containing:
a. A map identifying areas to be
harvested;
b. A map identifying
stands suitable for salvage cutting;
c. An operating schedule for the planned
timber harvest. The harvesting operation must begin during or before the
calendar year following the calendar year of application, and it must be
completed by April 1, 1981.
4.
Timber Removals. More than
90% of the net merchantable volume in dead and dying spruce and fir trees with
dbh of at least 7" shall be removed in the salvage cutting. The volume of
spruce and fir other than sawlogs which is removed shall be sold and delivered
to a new market. All portions of the harvested dead and dying trees, which
fulfill the size and quality standards for budworm-damaged wood of the new
market to which such volume is delivered, shall be removed.
5.
Certification of Sale to a New
Market. Within 6 months of completion of the harvesting operation, the
applicant shall certify to the Director of the Bureau of Forestry, on a form
provided by the Bureau of Forestry, that:
a.
The area has been harvested according to the harvesting plan and Regulation
5;
b. The volume of spruce and fir
harvested other than sawlogs was sold to a new market.
The form shall be signed by the purchaser of the volume of spruce and fir harvested other than sawlogs, certifying the purchase of that volume, and by a professional forester, registered in the State of Maine, certifying that the harvesting plan has been carried out as approved by the Director.
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