§ 1526.1. Definitions.

The definitions contained in the California Forest Improvement Act of 1978 (commencing with PRC 4790) shall apply to this chapter as well as the definitions set forth below:

	PRC Sec.
	Containing
	Ref. Def.
“Act” means the California Forest Improvement Act of 1978. (Reference: Sections 4790-4799.05, Public Resources Code.)
“Applicant” means a landowner who has submitted an application for a cost sharing agreement. (Reference: Section 4797, Public Resources Code.)
“Board”	730
“Clean and Release” means weeding of unwanted competing vegetation to provide more growing space and nutrients for young trees. See the definition of “Precommercial Thinning” in this section and “Youth Growth Stand Improvement” in PRC 4793(t). (Reference: Sections 4793 and 4794.)
“Commercial species” means any tree species which can be planted, raised and harvested for wood products at a profit. (Reference: Section 4791, Public Resources Code.)
“Cost sharing agreement” means the writing wherein the participant agrees to complete a project and in return the Director agrees to provide a percentage of the total cost of the project. (Reference: Section 4795, Public Resources Code.)
“Cost sharing payment” means funds advanced by the Director to a participant pursuant to a cost sharing agreement. (Reference: Section 4798, Public Resources Code.)
“County with high unemployment”	4793(a)
“Department” (Reference: Sections 4792 and 4794, Public Resources Code.)	700(a)
	700(b),
“Director” means the Director of Forestry or his/her duly authorized representative. (Reference: Sections 4790-4799.05, Public Resources Code.)	701, 709
“Eligible landowner” means a landowner meeting the requirements of PRC 4793(b) and these procedures. (Reference: Section 4793, Public Resources Code.)
“Fiscal Year” means the twelve month period beginning July 1 of one calendar year and ending June 30 of the following calendar year. (Reference: Section 4799.02(k), Public Resources Code.)
“Fish and wildlife habitat improvements”	4793(b)
“Followup work”	4793(d)
“Forest land” means land of the type historically used as commercial forest land and meeting the requirements of PRC 4793(e).
	4793(e)
“Forest land conservation measures”	4793(f)
“Forest land with demonstrated potential for improved forest resource management”	4793(g)
“Forest Resources”	4793(h)
“Guidelines” means the resource protection guidelines set forth in Article 8 of this subchapter. (Reference: Section 4799.02, Public Resources Code.)
“Intermittent stream” see “stream” this section.
“Lake” means a permanent natural body of water of any size or an artificially impounded body of water having a surface area of at least one acre (.405 ha), isolated from the sea, and having an area of open water of sufficient depth and permanency to prevent complete coverage by rooted aquatic plants. (Reference: Section 4551.5, Public Resources Code.)
“Management plan” means a long-term forest and land management plan satisfying PRC 4799. (Reference: Section 4799(1), Public Resources Code.)
“Parcel” means a unit of land delineated by a County Assessor for tax purposes in the county where the project is or will take place. (Reference: Section 4797(e)(1)-(2), Public Resources Code.)
“Participant” means a landowner who has entered into a cost sharing agreement with the Director. (Reference: Section 4795, Public Resources Code.)
“Perennial stream;” see “stream” this section.
“Person”	4793(m)
“Practices” means those categories of forest resource improvement work listed in PRC 4794 and 14 CAC 1527 as eligible for assistance through cost sharing agreements. (Reference: Section 4794, Public Resources Code.)
“Precommercial thinning” means the reduction of the number of stems in an overcrowded young stand of commercial trees to a pre-determined number, spacing, or basal area to achieve a reasonably optimum rate of growth to meet management objectives. This concept also may include the incidental removal of non-commercial trees or other unwanted competing woody vegetation. (Reference: Section 4794, Public Resources Code.)
“Prevailing cost” means the maximum compensation allowed for activities addressed in 14 CAC 1527(a) (2), (3), (4), (5) and (7) as adopted by the Board pursuant to 14 CAC 1530.1.
“Procedures” means Chapter 9.5 of Division 1.5, Title 14, California Administrative Code, 14 CAC 1525-1545.8. (Reference: Section 4799.02, Public Resources Code.)
“Program” means all the Director's activities relating to the selection and administration of projects. (Reference: Sections 4790.5 and 4792, Public Resources Code.)
“Project” means a forest resource improvement project. (Reference: Section 4799.02, Public Resources Code.)
“Project area” means the lands included for treatment by any eligible practice except writing a management plan. (Reference: Section 4799.02, Public Resources Code.)
“Reforestation”	4793(o)
“Registered Professional Forester” means a person who holds a valid license as a professional forester. (Reference: Sections 750-783, Public Resources Code.)
“Restocked”	4793(p)
“Slash” means branches, limbs or stems less than 4 inches (10.2 cm) in diameter left on the ground as a result of the project.	4525.7
“Small business entity”	4793(q)
“Snag” means a standing dead tree or a standing section thereof, regardless of species. (Reference: Title 14, California Administrative Code, Section 895.1.)
“Special Treatment Areas” mean specific areas that have been legally designated and described by the appropriate public agency or commission as: Wild and scenic rivers, scenic highways, historical and archaeological sites (excepting old logging sites, abandoned railroad grades, mills or towns), ecological reserves, key habitat areas of endangered species of plants and animals; national, state, regional, county and municipal parks; and those areas within 200 feet (60.96 m), as measured along the surface of the ground from the established bound aries of such areas or the edge of the traveled surface of such highways. It is not the intent of these provisions to include within the meaning of “special treatment areas” any riding, hiking or other recreational trails including, but not limited to, the Pacific Crest Trail. (Reference: Title 14, California Administrative Code Section 895.1.)
“Stream” means a natural perennial or intermittent water course as designated by a solid line or dash and three dots symbol on the largest scale United States Geological Survey map most recently published or as corrected on the management plan map to reflect conditions as they actually exist on the ground. (Reference: Section 4799, Public Resources Code.)
“Stream and lake protection zone” means the strip of land around lakes and on each side of streams 50 feet (15.24 m), slope distance, from the stream or lake transition line. (Reference: Section 4799, Public Resources Code.)
“Stream and lake transition line” means that line closest to the stream or lake where riparian vegetation is permanently established. (Reference: Section 4562.7, Public Resources Code.)
“Substantially damaged” means areas of forest land of 3 contiguous acres (1.214 contiguous ha) or more whereon wildfire, insects, disease, wind, flood or other substantial damage caused by an act of God reduces stocking below the requirements of PRC 4561 and applicable administrative regulations. (Reference: Title 14, California Administrative Code Section 895.1.)
“Substantial deviation” means an important or fundamental change in the proposed project including changes in:
(a) the area to be treated by any practice;
(b) practices proposed for the project;
(c) measures designed to mitigate impacts of a proposed project. (Reference: Section 4799.02, Public Resources Code.)
“Timberland protection zone” means the land use zone established pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 51100) of Part I of Division I of Title V of the Government Code. (Reference: Section 4795.5(a), Public Resources Code.)
“Uses incompatible with forest resource management”	4793(s)
“Wet meadows, marshes and other wet areas” means those natural areas except cutover lands as defined in PRC 4522.5 that are moist on the surface throughout most of the year and support exotic vegetation, grasses and forbs. (Reference: Section 4799, Public Resources Code.)
“Zone” means a land use zone designated by the county where the project is or will take place. (Reference: Section 4799.02, Public Resources Code.)

HISTORY

1. Amendment filed 4-15-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 16).

2. Editorial correction of effective date of 4-15-83 order filed 4-22-83 (Register 83, No. 17).

3. Amendment filed 8-31-84; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 84, No. 35).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 4799.02, Public Resources Code . Reference: Sections 700, 701, 709, 730, 750-783, 4523, 4525.7, 4531, 4551.5, 4562.7 and 4790-4799.05, Public Resources Code.