The timber harvesting plan shall be filed with the department in writing by a person who owns, leases, or otherwise controls or operates on all or any portion of any timberland and who plans to harvest the timber thereon. If the person who files the plan is not the owner of the timberland, the person filing the plan shall notify the timberland owner by certified mail that the plan has been submitted and shall certify that mailing to the department. The plan shall be a public record and shall include all of the following information:
(a) The name and address of the timber owner.
(b) The name and address of the timber operator if known at the time of filing. If the timber operator is not known at the time of filing, the plan submitter shall notify the department as soon as the timber operator is known, but in any case before timber operations begin.
(c) A description of the land on which the work is proposed to be done, including a United States Geological Survey quadrangle map or equivalent indicating the location of all streams, the location of all proposed and existing logging truck roads, and indicating boundaries of all site I classification timberlands to be stocked in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section 4561 and any other site classifications if the board establishes specific minimum stocking standards for other site classifications.
(d) A description of the silvicultural methods to be applied, including the type of logging equipment to be used.
(e) An outline of the methods to be used to avoid excessive accelerated erosion from timber operations to be conducted within the proximity of a stream.
(f) Special provisions, if any, to protect any unique area within the area of timber operations.
(g) The expected dates of commencement and completion of timber operations.
(h) A certification by the registered professional forester preparing the plan that he or she or a designee has personally inspected the plan area.
(i) Any other information the board provides by regulation to meet its rules and the standards of this chapter.
(j) This section shall become operative on January 1, 1996.
(Repealed (in Sec. 2) and added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 756, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1993. Section operative January 1, 1996, by its own provisions.)
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