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Title 76 - Forests and Fore...
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Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices.
Chapter 76.09 - Forest Practices.
76.09.010 Legislative finding and declaration.
76.09.020 Definitions.
76.09.030 Forest practices board—Created—Membership—Terms—Vacancies—Meetings—Compensation, travel expenses—Staff.
76.09.040 Forest practices rules—Adoption—Review of proposed rules—Hearings—Fish protection standards—Program for the acquisition of riparian open space.
76.09.050 Rules establishing classes of forest practices—Applications for classes of forest practices—Approval or disapproval—Notifications—Procedures—Appeals—Waiver.
76.09.055 Findings—Emergency rule making authorized.
76.09.060 Form and contents of notification and application—Reforestation requirements—Conversion of forestland to other use—New applications—Approval—Emergencies.
76.09.063 Forest practices permit—Habitat incentives agreement.
76.09.065 Fee for applications and notifications related to the commercial harvest of timber—Forest practices application account—Creation—Applications submitted to a local governmental entity.
76.09.067 Application for forest practices—Owner of perpetual timber rights.
76.09.070 Reforestation—Requirements—Procedures—Notification on sale or transfer.
76.09.080 Stop work orders—Grounds—Contents—Procedure—Appeals.
76.09.090 Notice of failure to comply—Contents—Procedures—Appeals—Hearing—Final order—Limitations on actions.
76.09.100 Failure to comply with water quality protection—Department of ecology authorized to petition appeals board—Action on petition.
76.09.110 Final orders or final decisions binding upon all parties.
76.09.120 Failure of owner to take required course of action—Notice of cost—Department authorized to complete course of action—Liability of owner for costs—Lien.
76.09.130 Failure to obey stop work order—Departmental action authorized—Liability of owner or operator for costs.
76.09.140 Enforcement.
76.09.150 Inspection—Right of entry.
76.09.160 Right of entry by department of ecology.
76.09.170 Violations—Conversion to nontimber operation—Penalties—Remission or mitigation—Appeals—Lien.
76.09.180 Disposition of moneys received as penalties, reimbursement for damages.
76.09.190 Additional penalty, gross misdemeanor.
76.09.205 Appeals board review.
76.09.240 Forest practices—County, city, or town to regulate—When—Adoption of development regulations—Enforcement—Technical assistance—Exceptions and limitations—Verification that land not subject to a notice of conversion to nonforestry uses—Reporting of information to the department of revenue.
76.09.250 Policy for continuing program of orientation and training.
76.09.260 Department to represent state's interest—Cooperation with other public agencies—Grants and gifts.
76.09.270 Annual determination of state's research needs—Recommendations.
76.09.280 Removal of log and debris jams from streams.
76.09.290 Inspection of lands—Reforestation.
76.09.300 Mass earth movements and fluvial processes—Program to correct hazardous conditions on sites associated with roads and railroad grades—Hazard-reduction plans.
76.09.305 Advisory committee to review hazard-reduction plans authorized—Compensation, travel expenses.
76.09.310 Hazard-reduction program—Notice to landowners within areas selected for review—Proposed plans—Objections to plan, procedure—Final plans—Appeal.
76.09.315 Implementation of hazard-reduction measures—Election—Notice and application for cost-sharing funds—Inspection—Letter of compliance—Limitations on liability.
76.09.320 Implementation of hazard-reduction program—Cost sharing by department—Limitations.
76.09.330 Legislative findings—Liability from naturally falling trees required to be left standing.
76.09.340 Certain forest practices exempt from rules and policies under this chapter.
76.09.350 Long-term multispecies landscape management plans—Pilot projects, selection—Plan approval, elements—Notice of agreement recorded—Memorandums of agreements—Report, evaluation.
76.09.360 Single multiyear permit.
76.09.368 Intent—Small forestland owners—Alternate plan processes/alternate harvest restrictions—Report to the legislature.
76.09.370 Findings—Forests and fish report—Adoption of rules.
76.09.390 Sale of land or timber rights with continuing obligations—Notice—Failure to notify—Exemption.
76.09.405 Forest and fish support account—Created.
76.09.410 Road maintenance and abandonment plans—Fish passage barriers.
76.09.420 Road maintenance and abandonment plans—Rules—Checklist—Report to the legislature—Emergency rules.
76.09.430 Application to RCW 76.13.150.
76.09.440 Small forestland owner—Fish passage barriers.
76.09.450 Small forestland owner—Defined.
76.09.460 Notice of conversion to nonforestry use—Denial of permits or approvals by the county, city, town, or regional governmental entity—Enforcement.
76.09.470 Conversion of land to nonforestry use—Action required of landowner—Action required of county, city, town, or regional governmental entity.
76.09.480 Identification of projects that mitigate infrastructure and noninfrastructure development.
76.09.490 Forest practices hydraulic project—Department may request information/technical assistance from the department of fish and wildlife—Concurrence review process.
76.09.900 Short title.
76.09.905 Air pollution laws not modified.
76.09.910 Shoreline management act, hydraulics act, other statutes and ordinances not modified—Exceptions.
76.09.915 Repeal and savings.
76.09.920 Application for extension of prior permits.
76.09.925 Effective dates—1974 ex.s. c 137.
76.09.935 Severability—1974 ex.s. c 137.