Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14 § 1051.3

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 1051.3 - Modified THP for Fuel Hazard Reduction

The purpose of 14 CCR §§ 1051.3-1051.7 is to encourage forest landowners to consistently manage vegetation to create fire resilient conditions, and reduce the threat, and potentially deleterious effects of unmanaged fire. These fire resilient conditions are to be achieved through the prescribed reduction and spatial rearrangement of surface and Ladder Fuels as well as thinning to reduce Stocking levels and increase vertical and horizontal spacing between standing stems. Operations pursuant to 14 CCR §§ 1051.3-1051.7 are expected to result in Project area conditions that reduce the rate of fire spread, duration and intensity of a fire, fuel ignitability, and ignition of tree crowns.

14 CCR §§ 1051.3-1051.7 provides for the utilization of Intermediate Treatments and special prescriptions, and is not intended to support even-aged or uneven-aged Regeneration Methods. Surface and ladder fuel reduction is the primary focus of 14 CCR §§ 1051.3-1051.7 rather than Overstory removal of Dominant and Codominant trees.

In addition to the standards prescribed in 14 CCR §§ 1051.3-1051.7, all other Rules of the Board adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act and applicable to Timber Harvesting Plans shall likewise apply to operations conducted under a Modified THP for Fuel Hazard Reduction.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 1051.3

1. New section filed 8-3-2011; operative 1-1-2012 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4554.5 (Register 2011, No. 31). For prior history, see Register 97, No. 41.
2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 10-31-2017 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2017, No. 44).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4551, 4551.5 and 4593, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4512, 4513, 4551, 4551.5, 4552 and 4593, Public Resources Code.