British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Tree Seeds and Services Regulation (O.C. 503/2024)

O.C. 503/2024

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria page 1 of 5 On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Tree Seeds and Services Regulation, B.C. Reg. 138/2019, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. Minister of Forests Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Forest and Range Practices Act, S.B.C. 2002, c. 69, ss. 141, 143 and 158 Other: O.C. 345/2019 R10801724 503 July 15, 2024

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SCHEDULE 1

Section 3 of the Tree Seeds and Services Regulation, B.C. Reg. 138/2019, is amended (

a) in subsection (1) (

b) by striking out “climactic” and substituting “climatic”, and (

b) in subsection (2) by striking out “ $0.03” and substituting “ $0.04”. 2

Section 5 is amended (

a) by repealing subsection (1) and substituting the following:

(1) The fee to process seeds for registrati on and storage is the sum of all of the following fees that are applicable: (

a) if extraction of the seeds from cones is not required, $100; (

b) if extraction of the seeds from cones is required, the fee determined under subsection (2); (

c) if atypical effort is required to process the seeds or the person to whom the service is provided requests that the seeds be processed in a special manner, the fee determined under subsection (3). , (

b) in subsection (2) (

a) by striking out “$150” and substituting “$200”, (

c) in subsection (2) (b) (ii) (

A) by striking out “ $200” and substituting “$267”, (

d) in subsection (2) (b) (ii) (

B) by striking out “ $300” and substituting “$401”, (

e) by repealing subsection (2) (b) (iii), (

f) in subsection (3) by striking out “ subsection (2) (b) (iii)” and substituting “subsec- tion (1) (c)”, and (

g) in subsections (3) (

a) and (4) by striking out “ $60” and substituting “$80”. 3

Section 6 (1) is amended by striking out “ $24” and substituting “$32”. 4

Section 7 is amended (

a) in subsection (1) (

a) by striking out “$16” and substituting “$21”, and (

b) by repealing subsection (2) and substituting the following:

(2) The fee for pelleting is the sum of a basic fee of $83 and the fee per gram of seeds that the government is charged to have the seeds pelleted. 5

Section 8 is amended (

a) in subsections (1) and (3) (

b) by striking out “ $12” and substituting “$16”, and (

b) in subsection (3) (

a) by striking out “$6” and substituting “$8”.

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Schedule 1 is amended by repealing Tabl es 1 and 2 and substituting the following: Table 1 Orchard Seeds Table 2 Wild Seeds Item Column 1 Tree Column 2 Price per kg Column 3 Germination index 1 Alder, red $13 000 90% 2 Birch, paper $19 200 85% 3 Douglas-fir – coastal $5 330 90% 4 Douglas-fir – interior $5 100 90% 5 Fir, subalpine (balsam) $2 390 60% 6 Hemlock, western $7 000 90% 7 Larch, western $4 540 85% 8 Pine, lodgepole $9 860 90% 9 Pine, ponderosa (yellow) $1 600 85% 10 Pine, western white $3 050 85% 11 Redcedar, western $9 830 85% 12 Spruce, Sitka $4 000 90% 13 Spruce, white, Engelmann or any hybrid $5 150 85% Item Column 1 Tree Column 2 Price per kg Column 3 Germination index 1 Alder, red $533 65% 2 Birch, paper $493 75% 3 Cedar, yellow (cypress) $4 090 40% 4 Douglas-fir – coastal, 1966 crop $582 80% 5 Douglas-fir – coastal, other crops $1 020 90% 6 Douglas-fir – interior $757 90% 7 Fir, amabilis (Pacific silver) $329 75% 8 Fir, grand $264 80% 9 Fir, noble $230 60% 10 Fir, subalpine (balsam) $527 60% 11 Hemlock, mountain $2 420 85% 12 Hemlock, western $1 893 90% 13 Larch, western $2 075 85% 14 Pine, limber $3 400 45% 15 Pine, lodgepole – coastal $1 678 90% 16 Pine, lodgepole – interior $2 016 90%

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Schedule 2 is amended by repealing Tables 1, 2, 3 and 4 and substituting the following: Table 1 Processing Fees Table 2 Germination Tests 17 Pine, ponderosa (yellow) $329 90% 18 Pine, western white $1 235 85% 19 Redcedar, western $1 843 80% 20 Spruce, other than Sitka $909 90% 21 Spruce, Sitka $1 103 90% Item Column 1 Tree Column 2 Fee per hL of cones 1 Alder $126 2 Birch $126 3 Cedar, yellow (cypress) $126 4 Douglas-fir $107 5 Fir, amabilis (Pacific silver), grand, noble or subalpine (balsam) $227 6 Hemlock, western or mountain $136 7 Larch $126 8 Pine, limber, ponderosa (yellow), western white or whitebark $115 9 Pine, lodgepole $96 10 Redcedar, western $126 11 Spruce, black $147 12 Spruce, other than black $96 Item Column 1 Tree Column 2 Fee 1 Alder $57 2 Aspen $57 3 Birch $57 4 Cedar, yellow (cypress) $120 5 Douglas-fir $49 6 Fir, amabilis (Pacific silver), noble or subalpine (balsam) $120 7 Fir, grand $91 8 Hemlock $67 9 Larch $67 Item Column 1 Tree Column 2 Price per kg Column 3 Germination index

page 5 of 5 Table 3 Other Tests Table 4 Stratification 10 Pine, western white or whitebark $120 11 Pine, lodgepole, ponderosa (yellow) or limber $49 12 Redcedar, western $57 13 Spruce $49 Item Column 1 Test Column 2 Fee 1 Fungal assay actual cost 2 Moisture test $19 3 Purity test $49 4 Weight test $27 5 X-ray test $19 Item Column 1 Stratification Column 2 Fee 1 Stratification of yellow ce dar, western white pine and whitebark pine seeds $174 2 Stratification of other seeds for ≤ 4 weeks $53 3 Stratification of other seeds for > 4 weeks $73 Item Column 1 Tree Column 2 Fee

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Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 503/2024
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0503 2024
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	ba327f1a239a51b79b83cb77ade582c24d1689a4

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