§ 4597.12. — 4597.12. (Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 648, Sec. 1.)

California § 4597.12.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code PRC: Public Resources Code - PRC
• Div. 4.: DIVISION 4. FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
• Part 2.: PART 2. PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
• Ch. 8.: CHAPTER 8. Z'berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973
• Art. 7.7.: ARTICLE 7.7. Working Forest Management Plan

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(a)
For an approved working forest management plan, the director shall convene a meeting with the interdisciplinary review team, as that term is used in subdivision (a) of Section 1037.5 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations, every five years to review the plan’s administrative record, information obtained pursuant to subdivision (b), and any other information relevant to verify that operations have been conducted in accordance with the plan and applicable laws and regulations. Participation by review team agencies shall be at the discretion of each agency. If at this meeting a member of the review team determines that a field inspection is necessary to verify that operations have been conducted in
accordance with the plan and applicable laws and regulations, then a field inspection may be conducted.
(b)
For the purposes of subdivision (a), the board, in consultation with the review team agencies, shall adopt regulations that require the department to develop a plan summary before each five-year review that allows the review team to analyze information including, but not limited to, the number of notices of timber operations, the acreage operated under each notice, the violations received, and the volume harvested in relation to projections of harvest in the plan. If the department or a review team agency does not have direct access to information needed for the plan summary, the department may require the landowner to provide this information.
(c)
For the
purpose of allowing the public to monitor a working forest management plan, the department shall provide the public, in writing or on its Internet Web site, notice of each five-year review and a copy of the plan summary. The public may submit to the review team additional information relevant to the purpose of the five-year review and the review team may consider this information when conducting its review.
(d)
This section does not authorize the public disclosure of proprietary information without first obtaining the landowner’s consent.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 648, Sec. 1. (AB 904) Effective January 1, 2014.