California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 7.5 - Nonindustrial Timber Management Plan

• Section 4593.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial acreage of timberlands of the state are held by private nonindustrial owners and that it is the...
• Section 4593.2.
  Notwithstanding Section 4521, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern construction of this article:(a) “Nonindustrial timberlands” means timberland owned by a nonindustrial tree farmer.(b) “Nonindustrial...
• Section 4593.3.
  A nonindustrial timber management plan may be filed with the department in writing by a person who intends to become a nonindustrial tree farmer with...
• Section 4593.4.
  The board shall adopt regulations regarding the notice of receipt of the proposed nonindustrial timber management plan. The notice shall be given within two working...
• Section 4593.5.
  The department shall provide notice of the filing of nonindustrial timber management plans to any person who requests, in writing, that notification.(Added by Stats. 1989,...
• Section 4593.6.
  Upon receipt of the nonindustrial timber management plan, the department shall place it, or a true copy thereof, in a file available for public inspection...
• Section 4593.7.
  (a) The director has 45 days from the date the initial inspection is completed as provided in Section 4604, or a longer period mutually agreed upon...
• Section 4593.8.
  The nonindustrial tree farmer may submit a proposed amendment to the approved plan and may not take any action which substantially deviates, as defined by...
• Section 4593.9.
  The nonindustrial tree farmer may take actions which do not substantially deviate from the approved plan without the submittal of an amendment, but those actions...
• Section 4593.10.
  (a) Upon a change of ownership of the land described in the nonindustrial timber management plan, the transferring landowner shall provide the acquiring landowner with written...
• Section 4593.11.
  The nonindustrial tree farmer may cancel the nonindustrial timber management plan by submitting a written notice to the department. Once timber operations have commenced pursuant...
• Section 4594.
  The nonindustrial tree farmer who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all or any portion of any timberland within the boundaries of an...
• Section 4594.2.
  The registered professional forester who prepares the nonindustrial timber management plan or prepares the notice, or any other registered professional forester who is employed by...
• Section 4594.4.
  If the board finds that a registered professional forester has made any material misstatement in any nonindustrial timber harvesting notice, nonindustrial timber management plan, or...
• Section 4594.6.
  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, if a registered professional forester certifies by written declaration, on behalf of the timber owner or operator, that...
• Section 4594.7.
  If it is determined that the objectives of uneven aged management and sustained yield are not being met by a nonindustrial tree farmer, or there...

Last modified: October 22, 2018