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Forest Practices Code Transition

Forest Practices Code Transition. Roads With Ron Davis Chief Engineer, MOF. Road Changes Summary. Streamline process by removing joint approvals and most DM approvals Move from process to results wherever possible through transition

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Forest Practices Code Transition

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  1. Forest Practices CodeTransition Roads With Ron DavisChief Engineer, MOF

  2. Road Changes Summary • Streamline process by removing joint approvals and most DM approvals • Move from process to results wherever possible through transition • Streamlining through consolidation by removing overlap and duplication

  3. What is the intent of the Changes • Move from rules to results wherever possible during the transition period

  4. Simplified Roads Cycle

  5. Planning & Design Changes - RLAD Content • Wherever professional design content has been specified by the joint practices board (engineers and foresters) • no professional content is specified in the Road Regulation • RLAD still must be prepared before road is constructed or modified • RLAD content requirements reduced: • MAP - location of road with stream or lake crossings

  6. Planning & Design ChangesRLAD Content -continued • RLAD content requirements reduced: • results of visual and archeological assessments, where required • where roads cross unstable terrain, measures to provide stability (note: no terrain stability field assessment specified)

  7. Planning & Design ChangesApprovals • DM approval for RLAD required only in 3 circumstances • Work in riparian management areas, other than crossings • Within 100 m upstream of a known licensed community water supply intake • If crossing an unstable or potentially unstable area, where the licensee proposes measures that will not result in the least likelihood of landslides

  8. Planning & Design ChangesApprovals - continued • In any one of the 3 circumstances (potential high risk) licensee will submit RLAD for approval • Required content: • Map • results of visual and archeological assessments • Measures for unstable terrain • Rationale for proposed option

  9. Planning & Design ChangesDrainage • Establishes new peak flow criteria for bridges and culverts with a planned life of the structure at the site of up to 3 years (Q10)

  10. Construction Changes • Site preparation procedures reduced to stability result for most situations • Road surfacing requirements replaced by requirements to minimize sediment transport and provide for industrial level of user safety • Removed requirement for Construction Surveys

  11. Construction Changes - continued • Revegetation - • no District Manager involvement • natural regeneration is a specified option

  12. Maintenance / Inspection Changes Bridges & Major Culverts • Inspection frequency remains the same • Removed content of an Inspection Record and the need for a qualified inspector

  13. Maintenance / Inspection Changes Roads • Removed criteria for the schedule and frequency of inspections • Removed District Manager involvement in timing of work

  14. Deactivation Changes • One level of road deactivation - equivalent to permanent deactivation and now incorporates closure of the road by erecting a barricade • No requirement to prepare Deactivation Prescriptions except in unstable terrain • District Manager no longer approves Deactivation Prescriptions

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