California Administrative Code

(a) Following the hearing, the Board shall determine: (1) Whether the alleged violations cited in the Director's Proposed Order are supported by substantial evidence in light of the whole record (as defined in § 1057.4) before it; and (2) Whether to affirm, modify, or set aside, …

If time allows, the Executive Director shall consult with the Chair before granting an emergency permit. If time does not allow consultation prior to granting the permit, the Executive Director shall notify the Chair as soon as possible after granting the emergency permit.

The Executive Director shall grant an emergency permit, upon reasonable terms and conditions, which may include an expiration date and a requirement to submit a regular permit application by a specified date, if he or she finds that: (a) An emergency exists and requires action mo…

There shall be at least one plot per acre, with a minimum of 20 plots, for each timber operating area sampled. The Timber Owner or his/her agent is encouraged, in lieu of sampling the entire logged area or area being sampled, to delineate by ocular estimate the least stocked 40 a…

Plots shall be placed on the area being sampled in a uniform grid. The grid shall be considered uniform if the distance between lines does not exceed by two and one half times the distance between plots on the lines. The starting point of each plot line shall be referenced to a s…

Roads and Landings that will not be regenerated, meadows, Wet Areas, rocky areas, and areas not normally bearing timber shall not be used as plot centers for sampling purposes. Stream protection zones may be excluded from the sample where Stocking cannot be achieved due to legal …

If the Director agrees that an area is obviously stocked, then the sampling procedures are waived. If the Director does not agree that the Stocking requirements of the Act and applicable Rules of the Board have been met, the following shall occur: (a) The Director shall return th…

(a) If the project described in an application for a material amendment to an administrative permit would constitute a minor repair or improvement, the application shall be made in the same form as an application for an administrative permit as required by Section 10610. (b) If t…

Each LTO shall: (a) Inform the responsible RPF and Plan submitter, either in writing or orally, of any site conditions which in the LTO's opinion prevent implementation of the approved NTMP or Notice. (b) Keep a copy of the applicable approved Notice and amendments available for …

For each Notice of Timber Operations submitted, within fifteen days before, and not later than the day of the start up of a Timber Operation, the Submitter of the Notice, unless the NTMP identifies another Person as responsible, shall notify CAL FIRE of the start of Timber Operat…

(a) “Minor Deviations” means any change, minor in scope, in a Plan which can reasonably be presumed not to make a significant change in the conduct of Timber Operations and which can reasonably be expected not to significantly adversely affect Nonindustrial Timberland productivit…

(a) Upon receipt of the filed Plan in accordance with 14 CCR § 1090.16 the Director shall place it, or a true copy thereof, in a file available for public inspection, and shall transmit a copy to CDFW, CGS, and to the appropriate RWQCB, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the…

Interdisciplinary review teams shall be established by the Director to review Plans and assist the Director in the evaluation of proposed NTMP(s) and its impacts on the environment. The review team composition, function, tasks and procedures shall be the same as those described i…

(a) General. This Article establishes requirements applicable to Sustained Yield, watershed impacts, and fish and wildlife. (b) Authority and Intent. This Article carries out the Legislature's direction that the Board adopt regulations to assure the continuous growing and harvest…

The Director shall review and approve or disapprove a SYP. The Director's determination shall be based on multi-disciplinary review used to determine whether the SYP satisfies the requirements of MSP and, in case of watershed and fisheries and wildlife issues, whether the SYP ide…

In the case of an Emergency as specified in the Rules of the Board (14 CCR § 1052.1), the SYP submitter shall notify the Director of such departure in writing and shall comply with § 1091.13. This notice shall accompany any notice required by § 1052 for cutting timber on an Emerg…

The Director's determination shall be based upon multi-disciplinary review and evaluation of the elements of the successive SYP submission to determine if the successive SYP satisfies the requirements of MSP, identifies potentially significant adverse impacts, and includes Feasib…

If submitted, a SYP shall address issues of sustained timber production, watershed impacts and fish and wildlife by preparing an SYP for a Management Unit. The SYP shall not replace a THP. However, to the extent that sustained timber production, watershed impacts and fish and wil…

“Management Unit” means the part or parts of Timberland ownership which are analyzed together as part of an SYP and may include areas outside of an ownership when addressing watershed and wildlife issues. The Management Unit shall be limited to one forest District. The landowner …

Within ten working days of the date a PTHP is found in conformance, the Director shall transmit a notice thereof to the agencies and Persons referred to in 14 CCR § 1092.18 and for posting at the places named in 14 CCR § 1092.17. A copy of the notice shall be filed with the Secre…

Changes that are not “Minor Deviations” as defined in 14 CCR § 895.1 are presumed to be Substantial Deviations if they potentially could have a significant adverse affect on timber productivity or values relating to soil, water quality, watershed, wildlife, fisheries, range and f…

(a) Any land ownership change upon which there is an unapproved work completion report or Stocking report, must be reported to the Director. (b) Prior to recordation, the existing PTHP Timberland owner shall notify the acquiring Timberland owner of the existence of the PTHP, the …

All parties who submitted the PTHP, or their successors, must sign the request to the Director for cancellation of a PTHP. Once cutting has commenced, the PTHP may not be canceled except as to lands not harvested.

(a) From the start of the Working Forest Harvest Notice preparation, but before commencement of operations, the responsible RPF, or Supervised Designee, shall meet with either the LTO or person who is identified in the Working Forest Harvest Notice who will be on the ground and d…

(a) The Director shall prepare a Notice of Filing which shall contain the basic information contained in the Notice of Preparation to Harvest Timber pursuant to 14 CCR § 1094.3, plus the assigned WFMP number. (b) Within two (2) working days of the date the Plan is filed, the Dire…

If the Director determines that a Plan is not in conformance with the Board Rules, the Plan shall be returned in accordance with 14 CCR § 1054. In addition, the Director shall state any changes and reasonable conditions that in the Director's professional judgment are needed to b…

The following definitions apply to this article: (a) “Designated Agent” means a person granted sole authority, through written certification of all the Working Forest Landowner(s) designated in a submitted or approved WFMP, to conduct those activities specifically assigned to a D…

If the Director determines that the Plan is in conformance with Board Rules, then the person submitting the Plan shall be notified timber operations thereunder may only commence after submission of a Working Forest Harvest Notice as prescribed in 14 CCR § 1094.7.

Persons bringing pismo clams into the State at any time that such clams are legal to import under the provisions of section 2369 of the Fish and Game Code shall comply with the following regulations: (a) Pismo clams taken outside of this State must not be brought into, nor posses…

(a) When the Commission receives the draft descriptive notice, it may invite written comment or hold a public hearing and shall thereafter determine by a majority vote of those present and voting whether it wants to initiate the amendment process. (b) If the Commission determines…

The conversion permit application shall be in a form prescribed by the Director and shall require but not be limited to the following information: the name and address of the applicant; the name and address of the Timberland owner of record; the name and address of the Timber Own…

In addition to the requirements of § 1104.3, the applicant shall pay a fee in the amount of $100 for the cost of processing an application for conversion where the land proposed to be converted lies within a TPZ. Fees for the recording of documents pursuant to this article shall …

A conversion Plan in a form prescribed by the Director shall become a part of the application. The Plan conversion shall set forth in detail information pertaining to present and future use, soils, topography, conversion techniques, conversion time schedule and such other informa…

The Director or the Board upon appeal may require that the applicant provide such further or additional proof or information as in the Director's or Board's judgment is necessary to allow him to decide whether or not to issue a conversion permit pursuant to PRC §§ 4621.2 and 4623…

(a) The Director shall issue a conversion permit if: (1) in his judgment the bona fide intent of the applicant to convert is established; (2) he makes the written findings pursuant to PRC § 4621.2, when applicable; (3) he makes the written findings pursuant to PRC § 21081, if an …

Prior to the start of Timber Operations, the applicant shall submit to the Director a Timber Harvesting Plan applicable to Timber Operations set forth in the conversion Plan. The THP may be submitted concurrently with the Timberland Conversion Permit application but the Director …

In determining pursuant to PRC § 4621.2(c) whether or not Timberlands within a TPZ that are the subject of a conversion application may be put to another reasonable or comparable timber-growing use, the Director or the Board upon appeal shall consider timber stand volume, timber …

As an aid to the Director or the Board upon appeal in making the findings and approving the proposed conversion pursuant to PRC § 4621.2, the Director or the Board upon appeal may upon their own initiative consult with or request reports from appropriate experts. The Director or …

The following abbreviations are applicable throughout this Chapter. “CAC” California Administrative Code. “Gov. C.” Government Code. “PRC” Public Resources Code. “RPF” Registered Professional Forester.

(a) Each local government and district; required to prepare a component of the Suisun Marsh Local Protection Program and the Solano County Local Agency Formation Commission shall include in their components of the Suisun Marsh Local Protection Program an initial environmental ass…

The Commission may file for review a proposed amendment to the certified Suisun Marsh local protection program or a component thereof only if the proposed amendment is submitted pursuant to a resolution of the entity that proposes the amendment adopted after the entity held at le…

(a) Within ten (10) working days of receipt by the Commission of a proposed amendment to the local protection program or component thereof, the Executive Director shall determine whether the proposed amendment meets the submittal requirements of Section 11210. (b) If the Executiv…

The Commission shall process a proposed amendment to the Suisun Marsh local protection program or to any component thereof in accordance with Sections 11202 through 11208, except that amendments designated as minor by the Executive Director under Sections 11213 and 11214 shall be…

(a) Any relevant evidence shall be admitted if it is the sort of evidence on which responsible persons are accustomed to rely in the conduct of serious affairs, regardless of the existence of any common law or statutory rule that might make improper the admission of such evidence…

At least ten (10) days prior to the Commission's consideration of a recommended enforcement decision referred to it either directly by the Executive Director or by the enforcement committee, the staff shall mail by first class mail or send by email, and shall also make available …

(a) Commission permit revocation orders shall be signed by the Executive Director and shall contain the following: (1) the names of the person or persons who have violated a term or condition of a Commission permit or a Commission cease and desist order or who have misstated any …

(a) This Article shall apply to an enforcement action if the Executive Director determines: (1) that an alleged violation is one of the types identified in Section 11390; (2) that the alleged violation has not resulted in significant harm to the Bay's resources or to existing or …

(a) The following standardized fines shall apply to the following types of alleged violations: (1) for the failure to return an acknowledged, executed Commission permit before commencing the work authorized by the permit, or, for any permit issued to authorize previously commence…

(a) No local marsh development authorization shall become effective until all time periods for appealing the action within the local government and to the Commission have expired without the filing by any aggrieved person or by any two members of the Commission of an appeal or un…

§ 450.16. Change of Business or Corporate Name. [Renumbered] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I67CA42735A1E11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=Category…