Cal. Code Regs. tit. 14 § 1093.1

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

Section 1093.1 - Guidelines for Orderly Evaluation of Activities Proposed by an RMP

An RMP shall specify measures to be applied to a road system within a Road Management Unit to protect, maintain, enhance or restore environmental resources as required by the Forest Practice Act and the Forest Practice Rules, and consistent with other laws and regulations and the objectives of the Timberland owner. Specific objectives and requirements of an RMP shall include:

(a) Identification of the long-term access and transportation objectives of the Timberland owner(s).

(b) Identification of the Beneficial Uses of water and the biological resources that could be affected by road management activities, including aquatic and terrestrial wildlife, rare, threatened or endangered Species.

(c) Identification of issues regarding public safety, soil productivity, soil stability, and air quality associated with fugitive dust that could be affected by road management activities.

(d) Identification, prioritization and implementation of road-related activities that will:

(1) avoid or mitigate significant adverse impacts to resources identified in subsections (b) and (c) above.

(2) reduce long-term management costs.

(3) protect and maintain the quality and Beneficial Uses of water (as defined in the applicable Water Quality Control Plan) where they are in good condition, and, insofar as Feasible, restore them where they are impaired.

(e) Identification of noxious weed Species (as defined by the State of California Department of Food and Agriculture, Division of Plant Health & Pest Prevention Services, Noxious Weed Species and Noxious Weed Seed Lists A, B, C, and Q at https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/IPC/encycloweedia/weedinfo/winfo_table-sciname.html) when populations of such Species could be expanded by road management activities.

(f) The RMP shall be prepared by an RPF. The RPF may be required to utilize the services of other licensed professionals or qualified experts pursuant to PRC § 752(b).

(g) The information and management practices in an RMP will be scaled to the current and historical condition, and sensitivity of the Beneficial Uses of water and the resources identified in (b) and (c) above.

(h) The RMP may be as extensive and detailed as the Timberland owner desires and may contain approaches to solving problems that include exceptions, in lieu, or alternative practices that meet the requirements of the Forest Practice Rules.

Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 1093.1

1. New section filed 11-29-2007; operative 1-1-2008 pursuant to Public Resources Code section 4554.5(a) (Register 2007, No. 48).
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).
3. Change without regulatory effect amending first paragraph and subsections (e) and (g) filed 8-1-2022 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2022, No. 31).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4551, 4551.5, 4553, 4562.7 and 21000(g), Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 751, 4512, 4513, 4551, 4551.5, 4562.5, 4562.7, 21000 and 21001, Public Resources Code; Sections 100, 1243 and 13050(f), Water Code; Sections 1600 and 5650(c), Fish and Game Code; and NRDC v. Arcata National Corp. (1976) 59 Cal. App. 3d 959, 131 Cal. Rptr. 172.