Sustainability Regulations
N.S. Reg. 148/2001
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Forest Sustainability Regulations
made under
Section 40 of the
Forests Act
R.S.N.S. 1989, c. 179
and
Section 15 of the
Finance Act
S.N.S. 2010, c. 2
O.I.C. 2001-570 (December 7, 2001), N.S. Reg. 148/2001
as amended up to O.I.C. 2007-299 (May 25, 2007), N.S. Reg. 284/2007
Citation
1 These regulations may be cited as the Forest Sustainability Regulations .
Definitions
2 In these regulations
(a) “commercial” means, in reference to trees, having potential value for
commerce or trade;
Clause 2(
a) added: O.I.C. 2007-299, N.S. Reg. 284/2007.
(aa) “estimated required value” means the total value of a plan calculated pursuant
to subsection 10(3) to be included in a proposal;
Clause 2(
a) re-lettered (aa): O.I.C. 2007-299, N.S. Reg. 284/2007.
(b)“export” means export from the Province;
(c) “former regulations” means the Forest Sustainability Regulations made by
Order in Council 2000-148 dated April 5, 2000;
(d) “Fund” means the Sustainable Forestry Fund established by
Section 19A of the
Forests Act ;
(e)“import” means import into the Province;
(f) “industrial landowner” means a landowner who owns a wood processing
facility;
Clause 2(
f) amended: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
(g) “industrial lands” means lands owned by an industrial landowner;
(h) “plan” means a wood acquisition plan as described in
Section 3;
(i) “private landowner” means a landowner who does not own a wood processing
facility;
(j) “private lands” means lands owned by a private landowner;
(k) “proposal” means a part of a plan submitted pursuant to
Section 5;
(l) “registered buyer” means a person who
(
i) owns or operates a wood processing facility in the Province,
(ii) exports, or possesses for export, primary forest products,
(iii) imports primary forest products,
(iv) sells or acquires for sale more than 1000 m 3 solid of primary forest
products as a fuel, or
(
v) acquires primary forest products for producing energy;
Clause 2(
l) replaced: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
(m) “report” means a part of a plan submitted pursuant to
Section 6;
(n) “required value” means the total value of a plan calculated pursuant to
subsection 10(1) to be included in a report;
(o) “ RSR Regulations ” means the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations
made pursuant to the Forests Act ;
(p) “site” means an area where silviculture has been undertaken and completed;
(q) “third party” means any private landowner, individual, corporation, partnership
or organization that administers or implements a silviculture program on
behalf of a registered buyer;
(qa) “wood chips” means chips that are generated from a primary forest product by
a wood processing facility and that are transferred to a registered buyer for use
in secondary manufacturing or processing and reported pursuant to subclause
5(4)(a)(
v) of the RSR Regulations ;
Clause 2(qa) added: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
(r) “year-end account” means a statement of credits and deficiencies as calculated
in Form D,
Part IV.
Wood acquisition plan
3 A plan shall consist of a proposal and a report.
Plan options
(1) The estimated required value and the required value shall be met by either of the
following options, or a combination of the following options:
(
a) a silviculture program in accordance with
Section 8; or
(
b) a financial contribution to the Fund in accordance with
Section 7.
(2) A registered buyer shall specify in a proposal the amount of the estimated required
value to be met by each option set out in subsection (1).
(3) A registered buyer shall specify in a report the amount of the required value to be
met by each option set out in subsection (1).
Proposal submission requirement
(1) A registered buyer who acquires or intends to acquire in any calendar year primary
forest products from within Nova Scotia from industrial landowners or private
landowners in an amount equal to or greater than a volume of 5000 m 3 solid shall
submit a proposal to the Minister for approval, on or before February 28 of that year.
(2) Despite subsection (1), if after February 28 in any year, a person becomes a
registered buyer who is required to file a proposal pursuant to subsection (1), the
person shall file the proposal within 30 days.
(3) A person who was a registered buyer and acquired primary forest products in the
previous calendar year in an amount set out in subsection (1) is deemed to intend to
acquire primary forest products in the current calendar year and shall submit a
proposal in accordance with this Section.
(4) A proposal required pursuant to subsection (1) shall be in Form C and shall include
(a)a calculation of the estimated required value; and
(
b) a selection of options pursuant to subsection 4(2) for meeting the estimated
required value.
Report submission requirement
(1) A registered buyer who acquired in any calendar year primary forest products from
within Nova Scotia from industrial landowners or private landowners in an amount
equal to or greater than a volume of 5000 m 3 solid shall submit a report to the
Minister for approval, on or before February 28 of the year immediately following
the year the primary forest products were acquired.
(2) Despite subsection (1), if a person who was a registered buyer submitted a plan that
reported deficiencies, the person shall meet these deficiencies in the year the
deficiencies were reported and shall submit a report to the Minister for approval on
or before February 28 of the subsequent year.
(3) The report required pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) shall be in Form D and shall
(
a) include
(
i) a calculation of the required value,
(ii) adjustments to the required value using credits and deficiencies from
previous year(s),
(iii) a
summary of silviculture completed and payments made to the Fund for
meeting the required value,
(iv) a
summary and details for the silviculture program completed,
(
v) a completed year-end account statement; and
(
b) be accompanied, in a form and format specified by the Minister, by accurate
and complete information on the following for each site where silviculture has
been completed
(
i) the geographical coordinates circumscribing the aerial extent of each site
where silviculture has been completed,
(ii) the area in hectares that is covered by the site where silviculture has been
completed,
(iii) the silviculture category and information as specified in
Schedule I that
applies to the silviculture completed,
(iv) the name of the landowner for the site where silviculture has been
completed.
Financial contributions to Fund
(1) A registered buyer shall make all contributions required to be made to the Fund in
accordance with subsection 4(3) no later than at the time of submission of the report
for the year for which the contributions apply.
(2) A registered buyer may make a contribution to the Fund prior to the submission of
the report for the year for which the contributions apply.
(3) If a contribution made to the Fund by a registered buyer prior to the submission of
the report exceeds the contribution required to be made by the registered buyer in
accordance with subsection 4(3), the registered buyer may request in writing that the
excess contribution be returned.
(4) If a contribution made to the Fund by a registered buyer prior to the submission of
the report is less than the contribution required to be made by the registered buyer in
accordance with subsection 4(3), the registered buyer shall submit the contribution
still owing no later than at the time of submission of the report for the year for which
the contributions apply.
Silviculture program
(1) Where a registered buyer selects the option of a silviculture program pursuant to
subsection 4(3), the silviculture program shall
(
a) be administered by one of the following, or a combination of the following:
(i)the registered buyer,
(ii) a registered bargaining agent under the Nova Scotia Primary Forest
Products Marketing Act who has a collective agreement pertaining to
silviculture programs and is administering the silviculture program on
behalf of the registered buyer,
(iii) a third party administering the silviculture program on behalf of the
registered buyer;
(
b) be based on the silviculture categories described and set out in
Schedule 1;
(
c) have silviculture credit values that are based on the value of individual
silviculture credits established by the Minister pertaining to the year for which
the report was submitted;
(
d) be carried out so that the silviculture completed adheres to the technical
standards set out in
Schedule 1;
(
e) be carried out so that no one site can be submitted for more than one
silviculture category except as noted in
Schedule 1; and
(
f) only include silviculture undertaken subsequent to January 1, 1998.
(2) The Minister shall allow a credit equivalent to 10% of the amount of the value of the
completed silviculture program, as calculated in Form D, in consideration of the
costs of administering the silviculture program.
(3) The Minister may adjust the value of individual silviculture credits on an annual
basis and shall notify registered buyers of any adjustments on or before October 31
of the calendar year immediately before the year in which the adjustment shall apply.
(4) A registered buyer shall complete the silviculture program during the calendar year
in which the primary forest products are acquired.
(5) The Minister shall report periodically on the silviculture completed in association
with approved plans.
Monitoring and adherence to technical standards
(1) Despite the approval of a registered buyer’s plan, the Minister shall conduct a
monitoring program to verify that the registered buyer is in compliance with these
regulations, including but not limited to adherence to the technical standards set out
in
Schedule 1.
(2) A registered buyer shall ensure that the silviculture completed and reported in
accordance with
Section 6, continues to adhere to the technical standards set out in
Schedule 1 for 18 months following the submission of the report.
(3) If, as a result of the monitoring program, it is determined that a registered buyer’s
site with respect to which a report has been submitted has failed to adhere to the
technical standards set out in
Schedule 1, the silviculture credit calculated for that
site in effect for the year for which the report was submitted plus the credit
previously allowed for administration costs shall be deemed to be a deficiency
applied to the registered buyer’s plan for the year following notification.
(4) If, as a result of the monitoring program, it is determined that the area in hectares that
is covered by a site where silviculture has been completed is less than what was
reported by the registered buyer in accordance with Form D,
Part V, the Minister
shall recalculate the silviculture credit and the difference in silviculture credit
calculated for that site plus the credit previously allowed for administration costs
shall be deemed to be a deficiency applied to the registered buyer’s plan for the year
following notification.
(5) If, as a result of the monitoring program, it is determined that the area in hectares that
is covered by a site where silviculture has been completed is larger than what was
reported by the registered buyer in accordance with Form D,
Part V, the Minister
shall recalculate the silviculture credit and the difference in the silviculture credit
calculated for that site plus the credit allowed for administration costs in accordance
with subsection 8(2) shall be deemed to be a credit applied to the registered buyer’s
plan for the year following notification.
(6) The Minister shall give notice of a deficiency applied pursuant to subsection (3) or
(4) by personal service on the registered buyer or by registered mail to the address of
the registered buyer as noted on Form A of the RSR Regulations .
Calculation of required value and estimated required value
(1) For the purposes of a report, the required value shall be calculated using the
following formula:
[(A x B) + C x D)] = E
(
a) where A is the volume of softwood primary forest products acquired in the
relevant calendar year by the registered buyer from within Nova Scotia from
industrial landowners and private landowners and reported in Form B, Parts II
and III of the RSR Regulations plus the volume of softwood wood chips
acquired from registered buyers, less the volume of softwood wood chips
generated and transferred to other registered buyers, in the relevant calendar
year and reported in
Part VI of Form B of
Schedule 1 to the RSR Regulations ;
Clause 10(1)(
a) amended: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
(
b) where B is the rate of $3.00 per m 3 solid of softwood primary forest products;
(
c) where C is the volume of hardwood primary forest products acquired in the
relevant calendar year by the registered buyer from within Nova Scotia from
industrial landowners and private landowners and reported in Form B, Parts II
and III of the RSR Regulations plus the volume of hardwood wood chips
acquired from registered buyers, less the volume of hardwood wood chips
generated and transferred to other registered buyers, in the relevant calendar
year and reported in
Part VI of Form B of
Schedule 1 to the RSR Regulations ;
Clause 10(1)(
c) amended: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
(
d) where D is the rate of $0.60 per m 3 solid of hardwood primary forest products;
(
e) where E is the required value.
(2) Despite subsection (1), if the actual volume of primary forest products acquired in
the relevant calendar year by the registered buyer from within Nova Scotia from
industrial landowners and private landowners and reported in Form B, Parts II and III
of the RSR Regulations is less than 5000 m 3 solid, then E is deemed to be zero.
(3) For the purposes of a proposal, the value of E is the estimated required value and
shall be calculated in accordance with the formula set out in subsection (1) except
that the values of A and C shall be based upon estimated volumes of primary forest
products intended to be acquired in the current year, instead of actual volumes
acquired.
(4) The rates set out in clauses (1)(
b) and (
d) shall be reviewed by the Minister at least
every 5 years.
Adjustments to required value
11 The required value may be decreased
(
a) by applying credits from approved plans submitted by the registered buyer
from previous years;
(
b) as a result of a credit identified through monitoring in accordance with
Section
9; or
(
c) as a result of a credit for administration costs associated with a silviculture
program in accordance with subsection 8(2).
12 The required value shall be increased by
(
a) adding deficiencies carried forward from the approved plan submitted by the
registered buyer for the previous calendar year; or
(
b) adding deficiencies identified through monitoring in accordance with
Section
Carry-forward and deficiency provisions
(1) Subject to subsection (4), if the total value of credits and payments reported by the
registered buyer in Form D,
Part IV is less than the total of the required value and
any deficiencies from the previous year as calculated in Form D,
Part IV, the
difference shall be deemed to be a deficiency applied to the registered buyer’s plan
for the following year.
Subsection 13(1) amended: O.I.C. 2007-299, N.S. Reg. 284/2007.
(2) If the total value of credits and payments reported by the registered buyer in Form D,
Part IV is more than the total of the required value and any deficiencies from the
previous year as calculated in Form D,
Part IV, the difference shall be deemed to be
a credit applied to the registered buyer’s plan for the following year.
(3) Carry-forward credits and deficiencies shall be calculated and applied according to
the proportion of the volume of primary forest products acquired and reported by the
registered buyer in Form D,
Part III.
(4) Whether their volume of primary forest products is acquired from an industrial
landowner or a private landowner, a registered buyer shall not
(
a) have a deficiency greater than 20% of their respective required values; or
(
b) carry forward a deficiency for longer than 1 year.
Subsection 13(4) replaced: O.I.C. 2007-299, N.S. Reg. 284/2007.
(5) A registered buyer may carry forward a non-refundable credit in excess of the
required value.
(6) If a registered buyer has deficiencies in excess of 20% of the required value, interest
shall accrue on the amount due and payable from time to time at the rate of interest
published by the Bank of Canada as the Chartered Bank’s Administered Interest
Rates - Prime Business Loan in effect in the first week of January of the year in
which the interest is payable plus 3% compounded monthly commencing February
28 of the year in which the report was due to be submitted.
Approval of plan
(1) A plan shall be approved by the Minister provided that the registered buyer has met
the requirements of the regulations.
(2) The Minister shall notify a registered buyer within 60 days of the submission of a
report as to whether the plan is approved.
(3) The Minister shall give notice pursuant to subsection (1) by personal service on the
registered buyer or by registered mail to the address of the registered buyer as noted
on Form A of the RSR Regulations .
(4) The Minister may request additional information from a registered buyer in support
of a plan.
Revocation of registration
(1) The Minister may revoke the registration of a registered buyer under the RSR
Regulations , where the registered buyer
(
a) fails to submit a plan, or part thereof, as required by these regulations;
(
b) submits false information in a plan, or part thereof;
(
c) acquires primary forest products after receiving notice pursuant to
Section 14
that a plan has not been approved; or
(
d) fails to make required payments to the Fund.
(2) The Minister shall give notice of a revocation made pursuant to subsection (1) by
personal service on the registered buyer or by registered mail to the address of the
registered buyer as noted on Form A of the RSR Regulations .
Offences
16 Every registered buyer who fails to submit a plan, or part thereof, as required by these
regulations, is guilty of an offence.
17 Every registered buyer who submits false information in a plan, or part thereof, is guilty of
an offence.
18 Every registered buyer who acquires primary forest products after receiving notice
pursuant to
Section 14 that a plan has not been approved, is guilty of an offence.
Section 19 repealed: O.I.C. 2007-299, N.S. Reg. 284/2007.
19A(1) A registered buyer who has submitted a plan for the calendar year 2003 shall carry
out the program in adherence with the technical standards set out in
Schedule 1 that
were in force before January 1, 2004.
(2) The required value of a report to be submitted for the calendar year 2003 shall be
calculated in accordance with
Section 10, except that 70% of the volume of primary
forest products acquired in the calendar year 2003 specified in clauses 10(1)(
a) and
(
c) must be used for the values A and C.
Section 19A added: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
Schedule 1
Technical Standards
Forest Sustainability Regulations
General requirements for all silviculture categories
1 No site where silviculture has been conducted can be submitted under more than one
silviculture category in any given year, except for any of the following silviculture category
combinations, which can be submitted for the same year:
(a) 1 and 3;
(b) 2 and 3;
(c) 6 and 7(b);
(d) 7(
a) and (b);
(e) 7(
b) and (c);
(f) 1(
b) and 7(c).
2 Only silviculture undertaken after January 1, 1998, is eligible.
(1) No site where silviculture has been conducted and the credit has been claimed can be
reclaimed in the same silviculture category during the life of the forest stand on that
same site, except for categories 7(
a) and (
c) where minimum reclaim periods apply.
(2) Sites claimed for categories 7(
a) and 7(
c) are not subsequently eligible for categories
1 to 6.
4 For a silviculture program to be considered as a softwood or hardwood program, the
following conditions apply:
Hardwood silviculture program
- 25% or more of the trees on each site claimed in the program must be commercial
hardwood trees
- limited to silviculture categories 1, 3, 5, 6, and 7
Softwood silviculture program
- 25% or more of the trees on each site in the program must be commercial softwood
trees
- all silviculture categories apply to the softwood silviculture program.
Technical Standard for Completed Silviculture
Silviculture Category 1: Natural Regeneration Establishment
(
a) Regeneration and fill plant less than 300/ha
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the site must contain at least 1500
commercial crop trees per hectare
• the minimum acceptable stocking level of
commercial crop trees on the site is
equivalent to 80% at 2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• the height of commercial crop trees must be
10 cm or greater
• the average height of
commercial softwood species
for the site must be 2 m or
less
• the average height of
commercial hardwood
species for the site must be
6 m or less
• commercial crop tree species must be
listed by percent for each site
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species must be
submitted for each site
(
b) Regeneration and fill plant 300/ha or greater
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the site must contain at least 1500
commercial crop trees per hectare
• the minimum acceptable stocking level of
commercial crop trees on the site is
equivalent to 80% at 2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• the height of commercial crop trees must be
10 cm or greater
• the site must contain at least 300 living
planted trees per hectare
• commercial crop tree species must be
listed by percent for each site
• average height in metres for up to 2
height classes of the listed commercial
crop tree species must be submitted for
each site
Silviculture Category 2: Plantation
(
a) Plantation Establishment
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the site must contain at least 1500 living
planted/natural softwood commercial crop
trees per hectare
• the minimum acceptable stocking level of
commercial softwood crop trees on the site
is equivalent to 85% at 2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• the site must contain at least 900 living
planted trees per hectare
• the maximum acceptable
stocking level of naturally
regenerated commercial
softwood crop trees on the
site is equivalent to 50% at
2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• commercial softwood crop tree species
must be listed by percent for each site
• a plantation establishment site may be
submitted for a silviculture credit in the
year in which it was planted
• this category can only be claimed for
softwood species
(
b) Intensive Plantation
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the site must contain at least 2000 living
planted/natural softwood commercial crop
trees per hectare
• the minimum acceptable stocking level of
commercial softwood crop trees on the site
is equivalent to 90% at 2.1 x 2.1 m spacing
• the average height of the softwood crop
trees must be at least 1.2 m
• the site must contain at least 1500 softwood
crop trees per hectare that are released on
the site
• the maximum acceptable
stocking level of naturally
regenerated commercial
softwood crop trees on the
site is equivalent to 50% at
2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• commercial softwood crop tree species
must be listed by percent for each site
• this category can only be claimed for
softwood species
• successful claim for category 2 or 2(
a) required
Silviculture Category 3: Early Competition Control
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the site must contain at least 1500 living
planted/natural commercial softwood
and/or hardwood crop trees per hectare that
are released on the site
• the minimum acceptable stocking level of
commercial crop trees on the site must be
equivalent to 80% for natural stands and
85% for plantations, at 2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• plantation sites must contain a minimum of
900 planted trees per hectare that are
released on each site
• commercial softwood and/or hardwood
crop tree species must be listed by
percent for each site
• this category applies to both natural
stands and plantations
• evidence of manual or chemical treatment
is required
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species must be
submitted for each site
Silviculture Category 4: Density Control and Release in Plantations
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the average height of softwood crop trees
on the site must be at least 2 m
• the number of commercial softwood crop
trees on the site must be at least 1500/ha
• the minimum acceptable stocking level for
commercial softwood crop trees is
equivalent to 85% at 2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• the average height of trees on
the site must not be greater
than 6 m
• the number of commercial
softwood crop trees on the
site must not be more than
3500/ha
• commercial softwood crop tree species
must be listed by percent for each site
• this category can be claimed for a
silviculture credit for softwood
plantations only
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species must be
submitted for each site
Silviculture Category 5: Density Control and Release in Natural Stands
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the average height of commercial softwood
crop trees on the site must be at least 2 m
• the average height of commercial hardwood
crop trees on the site must be at least 6 m
• the number of commercial crop trees on the
site must be at least 1500/ha
• the acceptable minimum level of stocking
of commercial crop trees on the site must
be equivalent to 80% at 2.4 x 2.4 m spacing
• the average height of
commercial softwood crop
trees on the site must be no
greater than 7 m
• the average height of
commercial hardwood crop
trees on the site must be no
greater than 9 m
• the number of commercial
crop trees on the site must not
be more than 3500/ha
• commercial crop tree species must be
listed by percent for each site
• this category can be claimed for a
silviculture credit for naturally
established stands only, not previously
claimed plantation sites
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species must be
submitted for each site
Silviculture Category 6: Commercial Thinning
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the post-treatment residual basal area must
be at least 16 m 2 /ha
• the post-treatment residual
basal area for softwood
silviculture sites must not be
larger than 30 m 2 /ha
• the post-treatment residual
basal area for hardwood
silviculture sites must not be
larger than 24 m 2 /ha
• commercial crop tree species must be
listed by percent for each site
• the basal area of remaining commercial
crop trees must be made up of no more
than 50% of balsam fir, and no more than
25% of poplar and red maple combined
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species must be
submitted for each site
Silviculture Category 7: Forest Quality Improvement
(
a) Crop tree release
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the number of commercial crop trees
released must be at least 100
• the average diameter measured at 1.3 m
from ground of released commercial crop
trees must be at least 15 cm with no crop
tree smaller than 10 cm in diameter
• the total post-treatment residual basal area
must be at least 15 m 2 /ha
• the number of commercial
crop trees released must not
be more than 125/ha
• commercial crop tree species must be
listed by percent for each site
• acceptable commercial crop tree species
include sugar maple, yellow birch, white
ash, red oak, eastern white pine, red pine,
white birch, red spruce, red maple and
eastern hemlock
• crop tree crowns must be released on at
least 3 sides
• a silviculture credit cannot be claimed for
the same site more than once in a 10-year
period
• released crop trees must be marked for
identification on each site
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species must be
submitted for each site
(
b) Crop tree pruning
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
• the number of commercial crop trees
pruned must be at least 125/ha
• the pruned height of a crop tree must be at
least 5 m
• the average height of commercial crop trees
must be at least 8 m
• commercial crop tree species must be
listed by percent for each site
• acceptable commercial crop tree species
include sugar maple, yellow birch, white
ash, red oak, eastern white pine, red pine,
white birch and red maple
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species must be
submitted for each site
(
c) Selection management for tolerant softwood, mixed wood or hardwood stands
Minimum
Maximum
Limitations
Total post-treatment basal area:
• must be at least 16 m 2 /ha
• must contain at least 5 m 2 /ha basal area of
the following tolerant species: red spruce,
white pine, eastern hemlock, eastern cedar,
balsam fir, sugar maple, yellow birch,
beech, red oak, white ash
Number of height classes post-treatment:
• there must be 3 height classes or more on
the site with a minimum difference of 3 m
in average height between height classes,
and one height class must have an average
height of greater than 10 m
Stocking of crop trees:
• the minimum acceptable stocking level for
commercial crop trees is 80% at 2.4 x 2.4 m
or equivalent spacing for each site
Total post-treatment basal
area :
• must be smaller than 30 m 2
/ha
• commercial crop tree species must be
listed by percent for each site
• a silviculture credit cannot be claimed on
the same site more than once in a 10-year
period
• average height in metres of the listed
commercial crop tree species in the upper
canopy must be submitted for each site
Spacing of crop trees:
• the minimum acceptable spacing for
softwood species with a height of 3 m to
7 m is 1.5 m
• the minimum acceptable spacing for
hardwood species with a height of 6 m to
9 m is 1.5 m
Schedule 1 replaced: O.I.C. 2007-299, N.S. Reg. 284/2007.
Schedule 2
Forms
Form C - Wood Acquisition Plan: Proposal
Part I - Submission of Plan
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Business type:
Wood Acquisition Plan Proposal Submission:
(please mark which forms are included in this submission)
Form C,
Part II Calculation of Estimated Required Value
Form C,
Part III Selection of Options
Submission and approval of the wood acquisition plan comprising this proposal and the
report in Form D constitutes an agreement between the registered buyer and the Minister .
Signature of registered buyer Date
Signature of witness Date
Signature of Minister or delegate Date
Signature of witness Date
Form C - Wood Acquisition Plan : Proposal
Part II - Calculation of Estimated Required Value
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Calculation of Estimated Required Value Based on Primary Forest Products and Wood
Chips Intended to be Acquired from within Nova Scotia
Primary forest products and
wood chips to be acquired from
within Nova Scotia
Volume
(m 3 solid*)
Plus Volume
Chips**
Acquired
(m 3 solid)
Minus Volume
Chips**
Transferred
(m 3 solid)
Net Volume for
Required Value
(m 3 solid)
Rate
Estimated
Required
Value
Softwood
Industrial lands
$3.00
Private lands
$3.00
Hardwood
Industrial lands
$0.60
Private lands
$0.60
Total estimated required value
*Volumes of Primary Forest Products (PFP) are to be converted to cubic meters solid from other units using conversion
factors used under the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations .
**Wood chips from Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations , Form B,
Part VI
Form C,
Part II replaced: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
Form C - Wood Acquisition Plan: Proposal
Part III - Selection of Options
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Contributions to Sustainable Forestry Fund (SFF) Proposed Silviculture Program (PSP)
Estimated Required
Value to SFF
Estimated Required
Value to PSP
Softwood
Industrial lands
Softwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Private lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Private lands
Total estimated required payment
Total estimated required value to PSP
Form D - Wood Acquisition Plan: Report
Part I - Submission of Plan
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Business type:
Wood Acquisition Plan Report Submission:
(please mark which forms are included in this submission)
Form D,
Part II
Calculation of Required Value
Form D,
Part III
Silviculture Program and SFF Payments Completed
Form D,
Part IV
Year-end Account Statement
Form D,
Part V
Form and Format of Silviculture Site Submissions
Sustainable Forestry Fund: (indicate payment(
s) submitted)
Payment to Sustainable Forestry Fund included in this submission
Interim payment(
s) made prior to submission
I certify that the information given in this report is correct and complete and fully discloses
my wood acquisitions and Wood Acquisition Plan requirements.
Signature of registered buyer Date
Signature of witness Date
Approval of the wood acquisition plan comprising this report and the proposal in Form C
constitutes an agreement between the registered buyer and the Minister
Signature of Minister or delegate Date
Signature of witness Date
Form D - Wood Acquisition Plan: Report
Part II - Calculation of Required Value
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Calculation of Required Value Based on Primary Forest Products and Wood Chips
Acquired from within Nova Scotia
Primary forest products and wood
chips acquired from within Nova
Scotia
Volume
PFP
(m 3 solid*)
Plus Vol.
Chips**
Acquired
(m 3 solid)
Minus Vol.
Chips**
Transferred
(m 3 solid)
Net Volume
for Required
Value
(m 3 solid)
Rate
Required
Value
Softwood
Industrial lands
$3.00
Private lands
$3.00
Hardwood
Industrial lands
$0.60
Private lands
$0.60
Total required Value
*Volumes of Primary Forest Products (PFP) are to be converted to cubic meters solid from other units using conversion
factors used under the Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations .
**Wood chips from Registration and Statistical Returns Regulations , Form B,
Part VI
Adjustments to Required Value Using Credits/Deficiencies from Prior Year(
s) Credits Carried Forward
Credits Available
Credits
Applied
Current Year
Remaining
Credits
Carried
Forward
Carried Forward
From Prior
Years
From
Monitoring
Total
Softwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Deficiencies
Deficiencies
from
Previous Year
Deficiencies
from
Monitoring
Total Deficiencies
Applied
Softwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Total deficiencies
Form D,
Part II replaced: O.I.C. 2004-5, N.S. Reg. 2/2004.
Form D - Wood Acquisition Plan: Report
Part III - Silviculture Program and SFF Payments Completed
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Program Completed:
Summary of Completed Silviculture and Payments
Total SFF Payments
Current Year
Completed Silviculture
Credit
Silviculture Credits
+ 10% Admin
Softwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Silviculture Program Completed: Details
Softwood Program
Industrial lands
Area Hectares
Credit/ha
Silviculture Credit
Silviculture Category
Softwood
a) Natural Regeneration + fill plant (< 500/ha)
b) Natural Regeneration + fill plant ( ≥ 500/ha)
2. Plantation Establishment
3. Early Competition Control
4. Plantation: Density Control & Release
5. Natural: Density Control & Release
6. Commercial Thinning
a) Crop Trees Released
b) Crop Trees Pruned
c) Selection Managed
Sub Total
Private lands
Area Hectares
Credit/ha
Silviculture Credit
Silviculture Category
Softwood
a) Natural Regeneration + fill plant (< 500/ha)
b) Natural Regeneration + fill plant ( ≥ 500/ha)
2. Plantation Establishment
3. Early Competition Control
4. Plantation: Density Control & Release
5. Natural: Density Control & Release
6. Commercial Thinning
a) Crop Trees Released
b) Crop Trees Pruned
c) Selection Managed
Sub Total
Hardwood Program
Industrial lands
Area Hectares
Credit/ha
Silviculture Credit
Silviculture Category
Hardwood
a) Natural Regeneration + fill plant (< 500/ha)
b) Natural Regeneration + fill plant (≥ 500/ha)
5. Natural: Density Control & Release
6. Commercial Thinning
a) Crop Trees Released
b) Crop Trees Pruned
c) Selection Managed
Sub Total
Private lands
Area Hectares
Credit/ha
Silviculture Credit
Silviculture Category
Hardwood
a) Natural Regeneration + fills (< 500/ha)
b) Natural Regeneration + fills (≥ 500/ha)
5. Natural: Density Control & Release
6. Commercial Thinning
a) Crop Trees Released
b) Crop Trees Pruned
c) Selection Managed
Sub Total
Form D - Wood Acquisition Plan: Report
Part IV - Year-end Account Statement
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Summary of Credits from Prior Years and Current Year
Credits Applied
from Prior Years
Total Payments
to SFF Current Year
Silviculture
Credits + 10%
Administration
Total of Credits
and Payments
Softwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Total Payment for Current Year
2. Statement of Account Balance
Total of Credits
and Payments
to PSP
Total
Deficiencies
Remaining
Credits
Balance
Required Value
from
Part II
Year-end Account Balance Credit
(+ or -) Deficiency
Softwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Current Year
Credits
Prior Year
Unused Credits
Current and Prior Year Credits
to Carry Forward
Current Year Deficiencies to Carry
Forward ( ≤ 20% of
Required Value)
Softwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Hardwood
Industrial lands
Private lands
Form D - Wood Acquisition Plan: Report
Part V - Form and Format of Silviculture Site Submissions
Year:
Registered buyer ID:
Registered buyer name:
Data Submitted
From
Period of Silviculture Completed Included in this Report
Type
Format
Number
Submitted
Form in which data is submitted:
Disk
Data submitted must include:
i) geographical coordinates circumscribing the site
ii) area in hectares of each site
iii) identification of silviculture category
iv) name of landowner
E-mail/FTP
Tape
Other (specify)
Format of data submitted
Arc/Info Format:
e00 (export file)
MTM ATS77 □
UTM NAD83 □
Arc/Info Format:
generate files
Other digital file
format (specify)
Signature of registered buyer Date