Statutes and Regulations

Regulations – Forest and Range Practices Act

FORT ST. JOHN PILOT PROJECT REGULATION
B.C. Reg. 278/2001

Last Amendment: B.C. Reg. 360/2006


*Contents*
Section

Part 1 – Interpretation and Application
	1	Interpretation
	2	Special circumstances when Crown timber may be cut, etc.
	3	Inapplicable provisions of the Act and regulations
	4	Repealed
	5	Balancing competing values and interests

Part 2 – Participants
	6	Becoming a participant
	7	Ceasing to be a participant

Part 3 – Basic Planning and Performance Requirements
	Division 1 – Pre-existing Plans, Prescriptions and Permits
	8	Extension of forest development plans
	9	Pre-existing silviculture prescriptions
	10	Pre-existing cutting permits, road permits and road use permits
	Division 2 – Forest Development Plans
	11	Information required for pre-existing forest development plans – Repealed
	12	Forest development plans required
	13	Approval of forest development plans or amendments
	14	Repealed
	15	Term of forest development plans
	Division 3 – Site Level Planning
	16	Site level plans required before timber harvesting or reforestation
	17	Repealed
	18	Site level plans required before construction, modification or deactivation of roads
	19	Site level plan content
	20	Notification of site level plans and of amendments to them
	20.1	Amending a site level plan under section 9 that contains an applicable performance standard
	20.2	Amendments to specified plans that do not require approval
	20.3	District manager actions if amendments wrongly made
	20.4	Where amendments may not be made without approval
	21	Archaeological impact assessment
	Division 4 – Authorizations and Variances
	22	Authority to commence operations required
	23	District manager may authorize timber harvesting and road construction
	23.1	Information required before requesting an authorization
	24	Effect of authorization
	25	Authority of the district manager to vary a performance requirement
	26	Compliance with notices, authorizations, conditions and variances
	Division 5 – Field Performance Requirements
	27	General
	28	General constraints on forest practices
	29	Stand level biodiversity
	30	Permanent access structures
	30.1	Soil disturbance for specified site level plans
	31	Roads
	32	Reforestation
	33	Forest health

Part 4 – Sustainable Forest Management Plans
	Division 1 – Content
	34	Requirement for a single plan
	35	Content of the plan
	Division 2 – Approval Process
	36	Interpretation
	37	Public advisory group review and comment
	38	Public review and comment
	39	Approval
	Division 3 – Effect of Approval of Sustainable Forest Management Plan
	40	Effect of approval on operational plans
	41	Effect of approval on permits and authorizations
	42	Effect of approval on performance requirements
	Division 4 – Amendments
	43	Optional amendments
	44	Required amendments
	Division 5 – Forest Operations Schedules
	45	Preparation and submission of forest operations schedule

Part 5 – Public Accountability
	Division 1 – Public Advisory Group
	46	Establishment
	47	Mandate
	48	Operation
	Division 2 – Pilot Project Monitoring and Evaluation
	49	Maintenance and production of records
	50	Periodic independent audit of participants
	51	Annual report
	52	Monitoring of participants by government
	53	Evaluation of pilot project by government
	54	Role of the Forest Practices Board
	Division 3 – Enforcement
	55	Administrative remedies
	56	Offences
	Division 4 – Public Access to Information
	57	Ongoing public access to information

Part 6 – General
	58	Assignability
	59	Declaration of completed obligations
	60	Cancellation of pilot project and transition
	61	Definitions for Schedule A

Schedule A – Balancing Competing Values and Interests
Part A1 – Management Zones and Their Objectives
Part A2 – Fort St. John Pilot Project Management Zone Map

Schedule B – Forest Development Plans
Part B1 – Preparation
	62	Forest development plans: content
	63	Site-specific variation under plans
	64	Area under forest development plans
	65	Maximum cutblock size
	66	Forest health assessment required before review of forest development plans
	67	Map and information requirements for all forest development plans
	68	Category I cutblocks and roads for information purposes only
	69	Category A cutblocks

Part B2 – Review and Comment
	70	District manager may require referral of plan
	71	Notice
	72	Submitting forest development plan and assessments
	73	Review
	74	Comments
	75	Scope of review and comment
	76	Submitting a proposed forest development plan and comments

Part B3 – Approval
	77	Limited protection for cutblocks and roads
	78	Protection for cutblocks and roads

Schedule C – Preparing Forest Operations Schedules
	79	When information not required
	80	Forest operations schedule general content
	81	Map and information requirements for all forest operations schedules
	82	District manager may require referral of forest operations schedule
	83	Notice
	84	Submitting a forest operations schedule
	85	Review
	86	Comments
	87	Scope of review and comment
	88	Submitting a proposed forest operations schedule and comments

Schedule D – Riparian Management
	89	Definition
	90	Riparian classes of streams
	91	Minimum widths of riparian reserve zones and riparian management zones
	92	Riparian classes of wetlands
	93	Minimum widths of riparian reserve zones and riparian management zones for wetlands
	94	Riparian classes of lakes
	95	Minimum widths of riparian reserve zones and riparian management zones for lakes

Schedule E – Green up
	96	Greened-up
	97	Harvesting adjacent to areas that are not greened-up

Schedule F – Reforestation
	98	Stocking requirements
	99	Use of seed
	100	Use of livestock in site preparation

Schedule G – Maximum Administrative Penalties

[Provisions relevant to the enactment of this regulation: Forest and Range Practices Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 69, sections 209 and 211]

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