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Regulations
- Forest Practices Code of BC ActOPERATIONAL AND SITE PLANNING REGULATION
PART 3 - FOREST DEVELOPMENT PLANS
Division 1 - Scope and General Content for
Development Plans
B.C. Reg. 107/98 Deposited April 2, 1998
O.C. 0426/98 effective June 15, 1998 (Consolidated to December 12, 2003)
Division 1 - Scope and Content for Forest Development Plans
- 8. The requirements of this Part apply only to a forest development plan,
cutblock or road referred to in sections 18 or 19 of the Act.
Area under forest development
plans
- 9. (1) A person
must ensure that a forest development plan addresses an area
sufficient in size to include all areas affected by the timber
harvesting and road construction or modification operations
proposed under the plan.
(2) If the
district manager determines that the area under a proposed forest
development plan does not meet the requirements of subsection (1),
the district manager may, in a notice given to the person, specify
the area that the plan must address.
(3) A person who
receives a notice under subsection (2) must comply with the
notice.
(4) A notice under
subsection (2) must set out the person's right to a review and
appeal under subsection (5) and include the title and address of
the review official to whom a request for a review may be made.
(5) A person who receives a notice under subsection (2) may request a review and appeal of
the district manager's determination and Division 4 of Part 6 of the Act applies to that
review and appeal.
Signature required for forest development
plans
- 10. A forest development plan must contain the signature of the person required
to prepare the plan or a person who has authority to sign the plan on that person's
behalf.
Maximum cutblock size
 11. (1) The maximum size of a cutblock must not exceed
(a) 40 ha for the following areas:
(i) Coast forest region;
(ii) the following portions of the Southern Interior forest region:
(A) Arrow Boundary forest district;
(B) Cascades forest district;
(C) Columbia forest district;
(D) Headwaters forest district, except that portion of the district that is in the Robson Valley timber supply area;
(E) Kamloops forest district;
(F) Kootenay Lake forest district;
(G) Okanagan Shuswap forest district;
(H) Rocky Mountain forest district, and
(b) 60 ha for the following areas:
(i) Northern Interior forest region;
(ii) the following portions of the Southern Interior forest region:
(A) 100 Mile House forest district;
(B) Central Cariboo forest district;
(C) Chilcotin forest district;
(D) that portion of the Headwaters forest district that is in the Robson Valley timber supply area;
(E) Quesnel forest district.
(2) The maximum size for a cutblock specified under subsection (1) does not apply to a
cutblock located within an area covered by a higher level plan if
(a) the higher
level plan specifies that cutblocks may be larger, or
(b) the higher level plan specifies conditions that must be met in order for larger
cutblock sizes to be approved and, the district manager is satisfied that the conditions are met.
(3) Despite subsection (1), the district manager may
(a) refuse to approve a forest development plan that includes a cutblock that meets the
requirements of that subsection if the district manager is of the opinion that a cutblock
smaller than that specified in subsection (1) is required
(i) for
hydrological reasons,
(ii) to manage
wildlife values,
(iii) to
manage recreation or scenic values, or
(iv) for other similar reasons, or
(b) approve a forest development plan that includes a cutblock that is larger than that
specified in subsection (1)
(i) if
(A)
harvesting is being carried out to recover timber that was
damaged by fire, insects, wind or other similar events and
wherever possible, the cutblock incorporates structural
characteristics of natural disturbance, or
(B) the silvicultural system proposed for the area
(I) is
other than clearcut or seed tree, and
(II) retains 40% or more of the pre-harvest basal area, or
(ii) if the district manager is of the opinion that the larger cutblock is designed to
be consistent with the structural characteristics and the temporal and spatial
distribution of natural openings.
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