Forest Practices Code of BC Act

PART 3 - OPERATIONAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT AND FOR FOREST AND RANGE TENURE AGREEMENTS

DIVISION 1 - CONTENT OF OPERATIONAL PLANS

NOTE: This is not the current version of the Forest Practices Code. This document is available only as a reference for those sections repealed when the Forest and Range Practices Act came into force January 31, 2004.

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• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• PART 1 - DEFINITIONS
• PART 2 - STRATEGIC PLANNING, OBJECTIVES AND STANDARDS
• PART 3 - OPERATIONAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNMENT AND FOR FOREST AND RANGE TENURE AGREEMENTS
  • DIVISION 1 - CONTENT OF OPERATIONAL PLANS
  • DIVISION 2 - OPERATIONAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
  • DIVISION 3 - EXEMPTION FROM OPERATIONAL PLANNING REQUIREMENTS
  • DIVISION 4 - AMENDMENT AND REPLACEMENT OF OPERATIONAL PLANS
  • DIVISION 5 - NOTICE AND EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL PLANS
• PART 4 - FOREST PRACTICES SPECIFIC TO FOREST AND RANGE TENURE AGREEMENTS AND THE GOVERNMENT
• PART 5 - PROTECTION OF FOREST RESOURCES: GENERAL
• PART 6 - COMPLIANCE AND ENFORCEMENT
• PART 7 - GENERAL
• PART 8 - FOREST PRACTICES BOARD
• PART 9 - FOREST APPEALS COMMISSION
• PART 10 - REGULATIONS
• PART 10.1 - PILOT PROJECTS TO IMPROVE THE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR FOREST PRACTICES
• PART 11 - TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

10. (1) Subject to subsections (2) to (5), a forest development plan must comply with the following:

(a) it must cover a period of at least 5 years unless otherwise prescribed;

(b) it must include, for the area under the plan,

(i) maps and schedules describing

(A) the approximate size, shape and location of cutblocks proposed for harvesting during the period referred to in paragraph (a), and the approximate location of existing and proposed roads that will provide access to the cutblocks, and

(B) in accordance with the regulations, the timing of proposed timber harvesting and related forest practices, including road construction, modification, maintenance and deactivation, and

(ii) matters required by regulation;

(c) it must specify

(i) in accordance with the regulations, and to the extent required by the regulations, silvicultural systems and harvesting methods that will be carried out within the cutblocks, and

(ii) measures to protect prescribed forest resources;

(d) it must

(i) be consistent with any higher level plan, and

(ii) meet the requirements of this Act, the regulations and the standards

in effect 4 months before the date the plan is submitted for the district manager's approval or given affect by the district manager, unless the higher level plan or this Act, the regulations or the standards specify otherwise;

(e) it must be signed and sealed by a professional forester.

(2) Subsection (1) (d) does not apply to a cutblock to the extent provided in the regulations made under section 212.1.

(3) A forest development plan that proposes

(a) timber harvesting operations, or

(b) road construction and modification operations

relating to minor salvage operations need not contain, for the minor salvage operations, the matters referred to in subsection (1) (b) (i) and (c) (i), but must otherwise comply with subsection (1).

(4) A forest development plan that

(a) at any time before the coming into force of this subsection, was approved under section 41 or given effect under section 40, and

(b) was in effect immediately before the coming into force of this subsection

is conclusively deemed to have complied with subsection (1) (c) (ii) as that provision existed at the time the forest development plan was approved or was given effect.

11. A logging plan must comply with the following:

(a) it must include, for the area of a cutblock,

(i) maps describing the location of

(A) roads that will be constructed or modified, and

(B) timber harvesting and related forest practices that will be carried out, and

(ii) matters required by regulation;

(b) it must specify, in detail,

(i) how harvesting methods will be carried out, and

(ii) how methods for rehabilitation will be carried out for temporary roads, landings, excavated or bladed trails, and other areas where rehabilitation of soil disturbance is required;

(c) it must be consistent with any higher level plan in effect when the logging plan is submitted for the district manager's approval.

11.1 (1) A site plan referred to in section 21.1 must

(a) be consistent with the forest development plan,

(b) conform to this Act, the regulations and the standards, and

(c) be signed and sealed by a professional forester.

(2) A site plan under subsection (1) may apply to one or more areas, including one or more cutblocks.

12. A silviculture prescription must comply with the following:

(a) it must include, for the area under the prescription,

(i) long term management objectives set out

(A) in a forest development plan or, in the absence of a forest development plan, in a higher level plan, or

(B) in the absence of objectives set out in a forest development plan or a higher level plan, in accordance with the regulations, if any,

(ii) a description of the silvicultural system and post harvesting stand structure and site condition,

(iii) prescribed stocking requirements,

(iv) a map describing the approximate location of permanent access structures, temporary roads and landings,

(v) limits for temporary and permanent access structures and soil disturbance that may occur on the area, and

(vi) matters required by regulation;

(b) if it is a silviculture prescription referred to in section 22, it must

(i) be consistent, at the date it is submitted for the district manager's approval or given effect by the district manager,

(A) with any forest development plan that is in effect, or

(B) if a forest development plan is not required under this Act for the area under the prescription, with any higher level plan that is in effect, and

(ii) meet the requirements of this Act, the regulations and the standards in effect 4 months before the date the prescription is submitted for the district manager's approval or given effect by the district manager, unless this Act, the regulations or the standards specify otherwise;

(c) Repealed [2002-76-10]

(d) it must be signed and sealed by a professional forester.

16. A range use plan must compy with the following:

(a) it must include

(i) for the range land under the plan, a desription of

(A) grazing and hay cutting activities that will be carried out on the area,

(B) range development activities that will be constructed or carried out on the area, and

(C) matters required by regulation, and

(ii) for unfenced grazing land under the plan, a grazing schedule;

(b) it must be consistent with any higher level plan in effect when the range use plan is approved or given effect under Division 5 of this Part.

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