Forestry: timber operations: maintenance of timberlands for fuels reduction.
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Majority
Fiscal committee
No
Appropriation
No
Current location
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- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill allows for wildfire fuels reduction projects in timberlands to use a timber harvesting plan as an alternative to complying with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). These projects, funded with public money, would be regulated as timber operations. The bill also clarifies that local agencies will not be required to reimburse the state for costs associated with this new program.
Key provisions
- Allows timber harvesting plans as an alternative to CEQA for wildfire fuels reduction projects.
- Defines projects exclusively for noncommercial wildfire fuels reduction.
- Requires these projects to be regulated as timber operations.
- Specifies that no reimbursement is required to local agencies or school districts.
- Adds Section 4581.5 to the Public Resources Code.
- Projects must be paid for in part or whole with public funds.
- Projects are subject to the Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act.
- Creates a new crime or infraction for regulatory purposes.
Who is affected
- Timberland landowners
- State Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
- Local agencies
- School districts
- Foresters
Notable changes
- Provides an alternative to CEQA for wildfire fuels reduction projects.
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