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Volume 49, No. 3

B.C. Reg. 15/2006

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

February 14, 2006

B.C. Reg. 15/2006, deposited February 10, 2006, pursuant to the FOREST ACT [Section 151 (2) (n)]. Order in Council 57/2006, approved and ordered February 9, 2006.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that, effective April 1, 2006, the Scaling Regulation, B.C. Reg. 446/94, is amended as set out in the attached schedule.

— R. COLEMAN, Minister of Forests and Range and Minister Responsible for Housing; G. CAMPBELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council.

Schedule

Section 6 (h) (ii) of the Scaling Regulation, B.C. Reg. 446/94, is amended by striking out "computed net volume" and substituting "gross scale".

Section 7 (

a) of the

Schedule of Coast Timber Grades,

Part 3 – Broadleaf Species and Yew , is amended by striking out "Sawlog" and substituting "Sawlog, Grade Code W".

3 The

Schedule of Interior Timber Grades, All Species, is repealed and the following substituted:

Schedule of Interior Timber Grades

All Species

Firmwood Reject, Grade Code Z

1 (

a) A log where

(

i) heart rot or hole runs the entire length of the log and the residual collar of the firmwood constitutes less than 50% of the gross scale of the log,

(ii) rot is in the log and the scaler estimates the net length of the log to be less than 1.2 m, or

(iii) sap rot or charred wood exists and the residual firmwood is less than 10 cm in diameter at the butt end of the log.

(

b) That portion of a log that is less than 10 cm in diameter or that portion of a slab that is less than 10 cm in thickness.

Undersized Log Grade, Grade Code 6

2 A log higher in grade than firmwood reject and cut from a tree which was below the minimum diameter, including the bark, at stump height.

Premium Sawlog, Grade Code 1

3 A log 2.5 m or more in length and 8 cm or more in radius, or a slab 2.5 m or more in length and 20 cm or more in width and 20 cm or more in thickness measured at a right angle to the growth rings, where:

(

a) for a hemlock or balsam log or slab, at least 90 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber,

(

b) for a cedar log or slab up to and including 25 cm in radius at the midpoint, at least 90 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber, or, if the midpoint radius is greater than 25 cm, at least 75 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber,

(

c) for all other species, at least 75 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber, and

(

d) for all species, at least 75 percent of the lumber will be merchantable.

Sawlog, Grade Code 2

4 A log 2.5 m or more in length and 5 cm or more in radius, or a slab 2.5 m or more in length and 15 cm or more in width and 15 cm or more in thickness measured at a right angle to the growth rings, where:

(

a) for a hemlock log or slab, at least 75 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber,

(

b) for a cedar log or slab up to and including 25 cm in radius at the midpoint, at least 75 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber, or, if the midpoint radius is greater than 25 cm, at least 50 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber,

(

c) for a balsam log, at least 67 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber,

(

d) for all other species, at least 50 percent of the gross scale can be manufactured into lumber, and

(

e) for all species, at least 50 percent of the lumber will be merchantable.

Lumber Reject, Grade Code 4

5 A log or slab higher in grade than firmwood reject and lower in grade than sawlog.

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