STILLWATER PILOT PROJECT REGULATION

B.C. Reg. 96/01, Deposited April 5, 2001
O.C. 0427/01, effective April 5, 2001
consolidated to August 5, 2003

PART 8 - REPORTS AND RECORDS

Silviculture surveys

64. For areas harvested under a cutting permit, sections 45 to 47 of the Timber Harvesting and Silviculture Practices Regulation apply to the licensee as if the licensee were the holder of a silviculture prescription.

Timber harvest commencement and free growing reports

65. The licensee must submit on or before January 31 of each year a report in Forms B and C of the Timber Harvesting and Silviculture Practices Regulation, describing the following:

(a) timber harvesting that was completed more than 4 weeks before the date of the report;

(b) a statement, signed and sealed by a professional forester, that an area under a cutting permit has achieved free growing in accordance with the forest stewardship plan;

(c) a map illustrating the areas to which paragraphs (a) and (b) apply.

Annual TFL report to include activities under forest stewardship plan

66. The licensee must report all activities that took place in a calendar year under a forest stewardship plan in the annual report as required under section 11.01 of TFL 39.

Annual report to ministers

67. (1) For the purpose of section 221.2 of the Act, the licensee must prepare and submit to the ministers an annual report not later than

(a) 3 months after the anniversary of the approval of the forest stewardship plan, and

(b) on every anniversary of the date specified in paragraph (a) .

(2) The report prepared under subsection (1) must include the following:

(a) a review of the performance of the licensee in the previous year with respect to forest practices carried out under a forest stewardship plan;

(b) assessment of the Stillwater pilot project with respect to the monitoring and evaluation criteria in Part 9, including:

(i) the results of monitoring and evaluation under Part 9;

(ii) review of the implementation process;

(iii) results of changes implemented in the previous year to improve performance;

(iv) strategies and targets to provide for continuous improvement over previous years' results.

Five-year performance review

68. (1) The licensee must prepare a performance review.

(2) The performance review prepared under subsection (1) must be submitted to the Minster of Forests and the Minster of Environment Lands and Parks no later than

(a) 3 months after the fifth anniversary of the approval of a forest stewardship plan, and

(b) if a forest stewardship plan is extended under section 55, 3 months following the expiry of the forest stewardship plan.

(3) The performance review prepared under subsection (1) must include the following:

(a) consolidation of the 5 annual reports prepared under section 67 to show performance over time;

(b) assessment of the results after 5 years against the monitoring and evaluation criteria in Part 9;

(c) recommendations for improvement.

Accurate records of forest practices

69. The licensee must at all times maintain accurate records of the forest practices carried out under a forest stewardship plan.

Management plan submission to include forest stewardship plan

70. The licensee must provide a copy of the current forest stewardship plan with the management plan submitted under section 35 of the Forest Act.