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- Forest Practices Code of BC ActOPERATIONAL AND SITE PLANNING REGULATION
PART 4.1 - SITE PLANS
B.C. Reg. 107/98 Deposited April 2, 1998
O.C. 0426/98 effective June 15, 1998 (Consolidated to December 12, 2003)
 36.1 (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), a person preparing a site plan must carry out the following assessments and make available to the district manager, upon request, the following information:
(a) if the cutblock is in a known scenic area, a visual impact assessment that demonstrates that the timber harvesting operations are consistent with the established visual quality objectives for that area;
(b) an assessment of a gully in a cutblock located on the Coast, carried out in accordance with the Ministry of Forests publication titled, "Gully Assessment Procedure Guidebook", as amended from time to time, if a person is proposing to carry out timber harvesting in the gully;
(c) a pest incidence survey, if required by the district manager, to determine the nature and extent of the forest health factors in the cutblock;
(d) an archaeological impact assessment that meets the requirements of the minister responsible for the Heritage Conservation Act if the district manager is satisfied that the assessment is necessary to adequately manage and conserve archaeological sites in the area.
(2) Information required by this section is not part of the site plan.
(3) For a minor salvage operation or an expedited major salvage operation, a visual impact assessment is not required unless requested by the district manager in writing.
(4) For an emergency harvesting operation, no assessments are required.
- 36.2 (1) A person must ensure that a site plan referred to in section 11.1 of the Act, for each cutblock under the plan, identifies
(a) the total area under the plan,
(b) the net area to be reforested,
(c) for each cutblock, the requirements of sections 16, 30 and 32 of the Timber Harvesting and Silviculture Practices Regulation,
(d) the standards units, and for each standards unit,
(i) the matters referred to in section 18.1 or 18.2, and
(ii) the requirements of section 31 of the Timber Harvesting and Silviculture Practices Regulation,
(e) the date the site plan was signed by the professional forester referred to in section 11.1 (1) (c) of the Act, and
(f) critical site conditions that affect the timing of operations and how they affect them.
(2) A person must ensure, for the area under a site plan and the area adjacent to that area, that the plan is accompanied by a map that illustrates the following items:
(a) the approximate size, shape and location of each cutblock;
(b) mappable reserves, including
(i) reserves for the retention of wildlife trees, and
(ii) riparian management areas;
(c) all streams, wetlands, lakes, and
(i) their riparian class, and
(ii) if they are streams in a community watershed, whether they are fish streams;
(d) known resource features, other than domestic water supply intakes;
(e) the approximate location of permanent access structures other than gravel or rock pits;
(f) areas of rock, wetland or other area that in the area's natural state is not capable of supporting a stand of trees that meets the stocking requirements referred to in section 18.1;
(g) areas of non-commercial forest cover that do not require the establishment of a free growing stand;
(h) reserve areas and forest cover polygons that do not require the establishment of a free growing stand;
(i) the location of each standards unit within the cutblock.
(3) A site plan must contain a statement that, with respect to an assessment referred to in section 36.1,
(a) procedures required by this regulation have been followed for any assessment that is required under section 36.1, and
(b) the site plan is consistent with the results or recommendations of any assessment required under section 36.1.
(4) The material specified in subsection (1) (c) and (d) is presented for information purposes only.
- 36.3 (1) The district manager may exempt a person referred to in section 21.1 of the Act from the requirement for a site plan if the district manager determines that the proposed timber harvesting on the area is limited to one or more of the following:
(a) harvesting timber on land that is, or will be, used for
(i) harvesting hay or grazing livestock in accordance with an agreement under the Range Act,
(ii) an experimental purpose,
(iii) growing Christmas trees, or
(iv) any use that is incompatible with the establishment of a free growing stand;
(b) activities referred to in section 28 (1) (a) of the Act;
(c) the felling and removal of timber that is damaged or in danger of being significantly reduced in value, lost or destroyed, if the volume does not exceed 500 m3;
(d) removal of special forest products.
(2) If an area is to be clearcut, the district manager may only exempt a person in respect of activities referred to in subsection (1) (b), (c) or (d) if, as a result of the activity, the area, together with any adjoining cutblock that has been clearcut and is subject to an exemption under this section, will result in a contiguous clearcut not exceeding 1 ha.
(3) If an area is to be harvested by a method other than clearcut, the district manager may only exempt a person in respect of activities referred to in subsection (1) (b), (c) or (d) if the area is not adjacent to land that is subject to an exemption under subsection (1).
(4) For the purposes of subsections (2) and (3), an area ceases to be subject to an exemption under this section when a free growing stand has been established on it.
(5) The district manager may exempt a person referred to in section 21.1 of the Act from the requirement for a site plan if the district manager determines that
(a) the requirement for the plan results from Crown timber being cut, removed, damaged or destroyed in contravention of section 96 of the Act, and
(b) the use of the area is incompatible with the establishment of a free growing stand.
(6) If the district manager exempts a person from the requirement for a site plan under section 29.1 of the Act,
(a) the district manager may place conditions on the person, and
(b) the person must comply with the conditions.
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