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Volume 48, No. 6

B.C. Reg. 106/2005

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 22, 2005

B.C. Reg. 106/2005, deposited March 18, 2005, pursuant to the FOREST AND RANGE PRACTICES ACT [Sections 5, 13, 17, 18, 141, 142, 146, 147, 149 to 151, 154 to 157, 159, 160 and 162]. Order in Council 272/2005, approved and ordered March 17, 2005.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Woodlot Licence Planning and Practices Regulation, B.C. Reg. 21/2004, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. de JONG, Minister of Forests ;

I. CHONG, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 2 (8) of the Woodlot Licence Planning and Practices Regulation, B.C. Reg. 21/2004, is amended by striking out "or designated official".

Section 8 (2) is repealed and the following substituted:

(2) The minister may exempt a woodlot licence holder from subsection (1) (b), (

e) or (h).

Section 9 (3) is amended by striking out "Minister of Water, Land and Air Protection, or a designated official" and substituting "minister responsible for the Wildlife Act ".

Section 13 is repealed and the following substituted:

Alternative performance requirements

(1) A woodlot licence holder may propose in a woodlot licence plan an alternative performance requirement that specifies in relation to the plan

(

a) an amount of soil disturbance for the purposes of

section 24 (1) (a),

(

b) an area for occupation by permanent access structures for the purposes of sections 25 (1) (a), (2) (

a) or (3) (a),

(

c) the stocking standards, regeneration date and free growing date for the purposes of

section 35 (1) (a),

(

d) the minimum riparian management area width, riparian reserve zone width and riparian management zone width for the purposes of one or more of

section 36 (4) (a), 37 (3) (

a) or 38 (2) (a),

(

e) the circumstances in which cutting, modification or removal of trees may occur in a riparian reserve zone for the purposes of

section 39 (1),

(

f) the circumstances in which road construction may occur in a riparian management zone for the purposes of

section 40 (1) (a),

(

g) the proportion of the woodlot licence area that may consist of wildlife tree retention areas for the purposes of

section 52 (1) (b),

(

h) the quantity of logs to be retained for the purposes of

section 54 (1) (a), and

(

i) the measures that relate to resource features for the purposes of

section 56 (1) (a).

(2) In proposing an alternative performance requirement under subsection (1), a woodlot licence holder must

(

a) specify in the holder's woodlot licence plan the provision to which the alternative performance requirement relates,

(

b) specify in the holder's woodlot licence plan the location to which the alternative performance requirement is applicable, and

(

c) submit to the minister a rationale for how the alternative performance requirement is consistent with the criteria described in

section 9, if any, to which the alternative performance requirement relates.

Section 17 (1) (

b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) if required by the minister, refer a copy of the plan, or a portion of the plan, to

(

i) any agency of government,

(iii) a person specified by the minister.

Section 18 (1), (2) (

a) and (

b) and (4) (

d) is amended by striking out "the Schedule" and substituting "Schedule 1".

7 The following

section is added to Division 2 of

Part 3:

Requirements if free growing stand cannot be established

35.1

(1) Subject to

section 108 of the Act, a woodlot licence holder who

(

a) is required to establish a free growing stand under

section 35 of this regulation, and

(

b) knows that the requirements of sections 35 and 36 of this regulation cannot be met

must

(

c) give notice to the minister that the requirements to establish a free growing stand cannot be met, giving the reasons, and

(

d) submit to the minister a proposal for establishing a free growing stand on the area, including the stocking standards, the free growing height and the latest date by which the stocking standards and free growing height will be achieved.

(2) The minister must approve a proposal submitted under subsection (1) if the minister considers that the proposal is consistent with

section 18 (3).

(3) The minister must give notice to the holder who submitted the proposal if the proposal has been approved or rejected and, if rejected, must provide written reasons.

(4) A rejection under subsection (3) is reviewable as set out in sections 80 and 81 of the Act and those sections and sections 82 to 84 of the Act apply in respect of the review.

(5) A holder who is notified under subsection (3) that the proposal has been approved must ensure that a free growing stand is established that conforms to the approved proposal.

Section 36.1 is repealed.

Section 42 is amended by striking out "section 78 (1)" and substituting "section 79 (1) ".

10 The following sections are added:

Protection of fish habitat in fisheries sensitive watersheds

57.1

(1) In this section, "fisheries sensitive watershed" means an area identified in

Schedule 2

(

a) with significant downstream fisheries values continued under

section 180 (

f) of the Act and significant watershed sensitivity continued under

section 180 (

g) of the Act, and

(

b) for which there is no fisheries sensitive watershed objective.

(2) Until December 31, 2005, the holder of a woodlot licence must ensure that the cumulative hydrological effects of primary forest activities in any part of a fisheries sensitive watershed that is in the woodlot licence area do not result in a material adverse impact on the habitat of the fish species for which the fisheries sensitive watershed was established.

Safeguards for water through licensed waterworks in community watersheds

58.1

(1) In this section, "community watershed" means a community watershed

(

a) that is continued under

section 180 (

e) of the Act, and

(

b) for which a water quality objective has not been

(

i) continued under

section 181 of the Act, or

(ii) established under the Government Actions Regulation.

(2) If water is being diverted for human consumption through a licensed waterworks in a community watershed, the holder of a woodlot licence must ensure that the cumulative hydrological effects of primary forest activities within any part of the community watershed that is in the woodlot licence area do not result in

(

a) a material adverse effect on the quantity of water or the timing of the flow of the water from the licensed waterworks, or

(

b) the water from the licensed waterworks having a material adverse impact on human health that cannot be addressed by water treatment required under

(

i) an enactment, or

(ii) the licence pertaining to the waterworks.

11 Sections 95 and 96 are repealed.

12 The following

section is added:

Application of Code to forest development plans

97 The Code and the Code regulations apply to a forest development plan described in

section 199 of the Act and to a forest development plan prepared under

section 200 (1) of the Act.

13 The

Schedule is renamed as

Schedule 1 and the following

Schedule is added:

Schedule 2

Fisheries Sensitive Watersheds

(Section 57.1)

Item

Fisheries Sensitive Watershed

Forest District

Effingham River

South Island

Escalante River

South Island

Gordon River

South Island

Harris Creek

South Island

Hatton Creek

South Island

Hemmingsen Creek

South Island

Klanawa River

South Island

Macktush Creek

South Island

Nahmint River

South Island

San Juan River

South Island

Toquart River

South Island

Artlish River

Campbell River

Memekay River

Campbell River

Finn Creek

Headwaters

Gold Creek (Upper Adams Watershed)

Headwaters

Raft River

Headwaters

Upper Adams River

Headwaters

Otter Creek

Headwaters

Hiuhill Creek

Kamloops

Barriere River

Kamloops

Bonaparte River

Kamloops

Deadman River

Kamloops

Nicol/Upper Lussier River

Rocky Mountain

Coyote Creek

Rocky Mountain

Thunder River

Rocky Mountain

Albert River

Rocky Mountain

Palliser River (source to Albert)

Rocky Mountain

Bradford River

Rocky Mountain

Horsefly River

Central Cariboo

Cottonwood River

Quesnel

Bonaparte River

100 Mile House

Boucher Creek (Babine landscape unit)

Skeena Stikine

Nilkitkwa Lake (Babine landscape unit —

consists of several watersheds tributary to

the lake to be managed on an individual basis)

Skeena Stikine

West Babine (Torkelson landscape unit —

9 mile and 5 mile creeks only)

Skeena Stikine

Gramaphone Creek (Reiseter landscape unit)

Skeena Stikine

Toboggan Creek (Trout Creek landscape unit)

Skeena Stikine

Jonas Creek (Telkwa landscape unit)

Skeena Stikine

Cumming Creek (Telkwa landscape unit)

Skeena Stikine

Pacofi Creek

Queen Charlotte Islands

Awun River (Talking Bear Creek Sub-basin)

Queen Charlotte Islands

Bolean Creek

Okanagan Shuswap

Wap River

Okanagan Shuswap

Harris Creek

Okanagan Shuswap

Naswhito Creek

Okanagan Shuswap

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