Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations


FORT ST. JOHN PILOT PROJECT REGULATION
– Continued –

B.C. Reg. 278/2001
(last amendment: August 5, 2003)



Part 1 – Interpretation and Application

Part 2 – Participants

Part 3 – Basic Planning and Performance Requirements

Division 1 – Pre-existing Plans, Prescriptions and Permits

Division 2 – Forest Development Plans

Division 3 – Site Level Planning

Division 4 – Authorizations and Variances

Division 5 – Field Performance Requirements

Part 4 – Sustainable Forest Management Plans

Division 1 – Content

Division 2 – Approval Process

Division 3 – Effect of Approval of Sustainable Forest Management Plan

Division 4 – Amendments

Division 5 – Forest Operations Schedules

Part 5 – Public Accountability

Division 1 – Public Advisory Group

Division 2 – Pilot Project Monitoring and Evaluation

Division 3 – Enforcement

Division 4 – Public Access to Information

Part 6 – General

Schedule A – Balancing Competing Values and Interests

Part A1 – Management Zones and Their Objectives

Part A2 – Fort St. John Pilot Project Management Zone Map

Schedule B – Forest Development Plans

Part B1 – Preparation

Part B2 – Review and Comment

Part B3 – Approval

Schedule C – Preparing Forest Operations Schedules

Schedule D – Riparian Management

Schedule E – Green up

Schedule F – Reforestation

Schedule G – Maximum Administrative Penalties


  Schedule G – Maximum Administrative Penalties

  [am. B.C. Reg. 350/2002, Sch. E, s. 4; 292/2003, Sch. D, s. 19.]
  (Section 55)
 
 

Column 1
Enactment

Column 2
Description

Column 3
Penalty

11 (1)

Did not submit declaration before requesting an authorization

$2 000

16 (2)

Did not prepare a site level plan where required

$5 000

18

Did not prepare a site level plan where required

$5 000

19 (1)

Did not ensure that a site level plan met the specified requirements

$5 000

19 (2)

Did not ensure that a site level plan met the specified requirements

$5 000

20 (4)

Did not notify the district manager as required

$5 000

20 (5)

Did not comply with specified review and comment requirements

$2 000

20 (6)

Did not comply with a request to forward assessments to resource agencies

$2 000

20 (9)

Carried out a forest practice contrary to section 20 (9)

$10 000

21

Did not carry out a required archaeological impact assessment

$5 000

22 (1)

Carried out timber harvesting in a cutblock without having met the specified requirements

$20 000

22 (2)

Carried out road construction, modification or deactivation operations without having met the specified requirements

$20 000

22 (3)

Used a specified road for the purposes of timber harvesting and related purposes without having met the specified requirements

$5 000

22 (4)

Carried out a treatment on a backlog area or on a well-growing stand without having met the specified requirements

$5 000

23 (2)

Carried out harvesting under an authorization before specified appraisal data submitted

$20 000

26

Did not comply with the requirements of any notice, authorization or condition specified by the district manager

$20 000

28 (1) (a), (b), (c), (d), (f) or (g)

Did not ensure that a forest practice met the prescribed requirements

$50 000

28 (1) (e)

Did not ensure that a forest practice met the prescribed requirements

$100 000

28 (2)

Did not take reasonable measures to mitigate any damage to the environment resulting from a contravention of section 28 (1)

$100 000

29 (1)

Did not ensure maintenance of the required amount of area in cutblocks in wildlife trees or wildlife tree patches

$20 000

29 (2)

Did not ensure maintenance of the required proportion of pre-harvesting coarse woody debris in cutblocks

$20 000

30 (1)

Exceeded the specified limit for the area that may be occupied by permanent access structures

$50 000

30 (2)

Did not deactivate permanent access structures where required

$50 000

30.1 Exceeded the specified limit for the area that may be occupied by soil disturbance $50 000

31 (1)

Did not ensure that roads provide for safe usage by the types and levels of traffic for which the road was intended

$2 000

31 (2)

Did not maintain a specified road until the deactivation of the road or the notification referred to in section 31 (2)

$50 000

31 (3)

Did not obtain the consent of the district manager or the regional manager where required before connecting a road to a forest service road

$5 000

32 (3)

Did not reforest specified areas in accordance with the specified requirements

$100 000

32 (8)

Did not carry out silviculture regimes that are designed to achieve the specified target stocking requirements

$5 000

33

Did not ensure the destruction of insect broods within the specified time when using trap trees or pheromones to concentrate insect populations

$5 000

34

Did not prepare a sustainable forest management prescription during the prescribed period

$10 000

42

Did not carry out forest practices in a manner consistent with the landscape level strategies contained in the sustainable forest management plan

$50 000

44 (1)

Did not submit the required assessment and proposal within the specified time where a higher level plan has come into effect after the approval of a sustainable forest management plan

$20 000

44 (3)

Did not implement a proposal approved by the regional manager

$20 000

46 (1)

Did not establish and maintain a public advisory group

$10 000

46 (2) (a)

Did not confirm membership to the public advisory group as required

$2 000

46 (2) (b)

Did not publish a notice specifying the membership of the public advisory group as required

$2 000

49 (1)

Did not maintain records and plans as required

$5 000

49 (2)

Did not produce records and plans as required

$5 000

50 (1)

Did not submit to and pay for a periodic independent audit as required

$10 000

50 (2)

Did not have the audit carried out within the prescribed period

$10 000

51 (1)

Did not submit an annual report as required

$10 000

51 (2)

Did not submit an annual report as required

$10 000

51 (3)

Did not provide a copy of the annual report to the district manager and the public advisory group as required

$2 000

53 (3)

Did not comply with the minister's request related to an evaluation of the pilot project

$5 000

55 (3)

Did not take the measures specified by the district manager to rehabilitate the area

$50 000

55 (4)

Did not take the measures specified by the district manager to rehabilitate the area

$50 000

57 (1)

Did not make copies of all plans and assessments available as required

$10 000

57 (2)

Did not make a copy of a proposed sustainable forest management plan available to the public as required

$5 000

57 (3)

Did not make the specified information available for review by the public

$5 000

60 (5)

Did not comply with a condition imposed by the minister

$10 000


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