Interior Pricing Policy Changes

The Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations is planning two changes to the Interior Market Pricing System (MPS) in response to the Mountain Pine Beetle (MPB) epidemic. For MPB damaged timber, there will be a shift to cruised based billing using a single stumpage rate for all the merchantable timber. At the same time, there will be move to MPS A, where the stand value is determined directly from equations based on 5 years of competitive timber auctions.

More detail is available in the attachments below:

• MPS B to A Transition: Cutting Permit Consignment – Effective July 12, 2010
• Interior MPS - 2010 Update – Effective July 1, 2010
• 2010 Interior Appraisal Manual – Effective July 1, 2010
• Cruising Manual - Amendment No.1 – June 28, 2010
• Cruise Based Billing Weigh Scale Instructions – June 28, 2010
• Weight Scaling and Extension of Kiln Re-Drying – June 23, 2010
• Cutblock Blending – Effective June 1, 2010
• Transition Provision for Interior Timber Pricing Policy Changes – Effective July 1, 2010
• 2010 Cruising Manual – Effective May 15, 2010
• Proposed Changes to British Columbia Interior Pricing Policy – May 12, 2010
• Memo from the Deputy Minister – April 1, 2010

As more information becomes available it will be posted to this site

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