ARTICLE 7. Timber Harvesting

Article 7 added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 880.

§§ 4581–4592.5 · 28 sections

§ 4581 No person shall conduct timber operations unless a timber harvesting plan prepared by a registered professional forester has been submitted for such operations…
§ 4582 The timber harvesting plan shall be filed with the department in writing by a person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all or any portion…
§ 4582.3 The board shall, on or before May 1, 1985, adopt regulations regarding notice of intent to harvest timber, to be given within two working days following…
§ 4582.4 Notice of the filing of timber harvesting plans shall be made by the department to any person who requests, in writing, such notification.
§ 4582.5 Timber harvesting plans shall be applicable to a specific piece of property or properties and shall be based upon such characteristics of the property as…
§ 4582.6 (a) Upon receipt of the timber harvesting plan, the department shall place it, or a true copy of the plan, in a file available for public inspection in the…
§ 4582.7 (a) The director shall have 30 days from the date that the initial inspection is completed (10 of these days shall follow the date of final interagency review)…
§ 4582.71 (a) A timber harvesting plan may not be approved if the appropriate regional water quality control board finds, based on substantial evidence, that the timber…
§ 4582.75 The rules adopted by the board and the provisions of this chapter shall be the only criteria employed by the director when reviewing timber harvesting plans…
§ 4582.8 Within 10 days from the date that a timber harvesting plan is determined to be in conformance under Section 4582.7, or within 10 days from the date of receipt…
§ 4582.9 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the Director of Fish and Game or the State Water Resources Control Board may, not later than 10 days…
§ 4583 A timber harvesting plan shall conform to all standards and rules which are in effect at the time the plan becomes effective. Except for stocking standards in…
§ 4583.2 The registered professional forester who prepared the timber harvesting plan and or any other registered professional forester who is employed by the owner or…
§ 4583.5 If the board finds that the registered professional forester has made a material misstatement in the filing of a timber harvesting plan or report pursuant to…
§ 4584 Upon determining that this exemption is consistent with the purposes of this chapter, the board may exempt from this chapter, or portions of this chapter, a…
§ 4584.1 Rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to Section 4584, except subdivision (k) of Section 4584, shall comply with the following standards, as…
§ 4584.2 Rules and regulations adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (j) of Section 4584, shall comply with the following standards: (a) Notices of exemption…
§ 4584.5 Nothing in Section 4584 shall exempt the owner of any timber harvested from registering with the State Board of Equalization or from the payment of any…
§ 4585 (a) Within one month after completion of the work described in the timber harvesting plan or nonindustrial timber harvest notice, excluding work for stocking,…
§ 4586 Within six months of the receipt of the work completion report specified in Section 4585, the director shall determine, by inspection, whether the work…
§ 4587 (a) Within five years after completion of timber operations on an area identified in a report submitted pursuant to Section 4585 or nonindustrial timber…
§ 4588 Within six months of the receipt of the stocking report, the director shall determine, by inspection, whether the stocking has been properly completed. If the…
§ 4589 (a) The department and board, in consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the State Water Resources Control Board, shall, commencing December…
§ 4590 (a) (1) A timber harvesting plan approved by the department on or after July 1, 2012, is effective for a period of not more than five years, unless extended…
§ 4591 Amendments to the original timber harvesting plan may be submitted detailing proposed changes from the original plan. Substantial deviations from the original…
§ 4591.1 The board shall specify by regulation those deviations which may be undertaken by an operator without submission of an amended plan but which must subsequently…
§ 4592 Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a registered professional forester may in an emergency, on behalf of a timber owner or operator, file an…
§ 4592.5 (a) The department shall provide guidance and assistance to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing,…