In addition to the requirements of Section 4598.6, to be eligible to participate in agreements or receive grants pursuant to Section 4598.5, the landowner shall do all of the following:
(a) Submit a proposal to the department detailing the long-term forest and land management plans for approval by the director. The proposal shall set forth an analysis of timberland conditions and capabilities relative to carbon sequestration and fire resiliency. The proposal shall describe the management objectives and shall provide for all of the following:
(1) Increased direct carbon sequestration through increased growth and inventory and long-term uneven-aged management of the timberlands.
(2) Improved resistance to wildland fire.
(3) Maintenance of large old trees across the watershed.
(4) Optimized timber growth potential of the timberland consistent with maintaining carbon additionally over the baseline.
(5) Measurable metrics demonstrating greenhouse gas reductions achieved by the long-term management to be analyzed in the PTEIR.
(b) Submit a project application in the form prescribed by the director containing information the board deems necessary to evaluate the PTEIR.
(c) Agree to comply with state or federal laws applicable to the work carried out pursuant to any program timber harvesting plan developed pursuant to a PTEIR.
(d) Agree to provide to the department, upon completion of each program timber harvesting plan undertaken pursuant to a PTEIR, a report detailing greenhouse gas reductions achieved by the plan.
(e) Agree to provide to the department any data or metrics on greenhouse gas reductions as required by law.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 11. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.)
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