NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR
REGULATION 35/08
Timber Royalty Regulations (Amendment)
under the
Forestry Act
(O.C. 2008-118)
(Filed June 10, 2008)
Under the authority of section 35 of the Forestry Act, the Lieutenant-Governor
in Council makes the following regulations.
Dated at St. John's, May 6, 2008.
Gary Norris
Clerk of the Executive Council
REGULATIONS
Analysis
CNLR 962/96
as amended
1. Paragraph 2(c) of the Timber Royalty Regulations is repealed and the following
substituted:
(c) "commercial cutting permit return"
means a form showing the total of all volumes cut and royalty owing for each of
the prescribed 3 month periods ending
March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of the year in
accordance with a commercial cutting permit;
2. Section 7 of the regulations is amended by
deleting the phrase " June 30, September 30, December 31 and March
31" and substituting instead the phrase "March 31, June 30, September
30 and December 31".
3. The Schedule to the regulations is repealed and
the following substituted:
Schedule
Royalty
Rates for Timber Commencing January 1, 2008
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Sawlog
Rates
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All Species
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$5.56/m3
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Pulpwood
Rates
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All Species
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$5.56/m3
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Commercial
Fuelwood Rates
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Roundwood (as per pulpwood)
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$5.56/m3
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Whole Tree Chips
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$1.70/green tonne
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Christmas
Trees (Commercial)
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1-200 Trees
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$250.00
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Additional Trees
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$1.00 per tree
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Christmas
Trees (Domestic)
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No charge for a Christmas Tree for personal
use.
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Other
Harvested Species
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Taxus
Canadensis (Canadian Yew)
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$0.25/kg
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Reduction Schedule
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Class
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Amount
of Reductions
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Notes
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Steep
Slopes
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(a) 15-25%
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33%
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Applied only in broken
or choppy terrain conditions.
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(b) 25+ %
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67%
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May only be harvested by
environmentally sensitive methods.
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Low
Volume Stands
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(a) 90 - 60 m3 /ha
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33%
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Based on net merchantable
volume using each district average cull unless formal cull survey available.
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(b) less than 60 m3 /ha
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67%
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Based on net merchantable
volume using each district average cull unless formal cull survey available.
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Dead
Timber
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(a) 26-75% dead
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33%
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(b) 76-100% dead
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67%
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Isolated
Stands
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(a) by distance
800-1000 metres
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33%
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Distance to nearest
stand edge.
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> 1000 metres
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67%
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Distance to nearest
stand edge.
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(b) by wet ground conditions
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33%
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Winter harvesting only.
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Operator Constructed Road
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½ - 2 km
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33%
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All road constructed to
approved department standards.
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>2km
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67%
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May apply to winter
roads used to access isolated stands.
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Designated Salvage Areas
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Up to 100%
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With District Manager's
approval in accordance with an approved plan.
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Modified Cutting Areas
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Up to 67%
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With District Manager's
approval in accordance with an approved plan.
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Environmentally Sensitive Equipment
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33%
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Examples: wide-tires,
tracks, yarders, extra cable lengths, etc.
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Enhanced Forest
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67% premium
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Areas silviculturally
treated (i.e., planted, thinned etc) will be subject to premium base rate
(5.56 x 167%=$9.29/ m3)
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Snowclearing – Amount of Reductions
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Snow
Depth
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0-5 Km
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5-10
km
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10+ km
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0.3-0.5 m
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10%
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20%
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30%
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0.51-1.0 m
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20%
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30%
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40%
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1.0+m
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30%
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40%
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50%
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1. Available only to operators doing the
clearing.
2. Available only for areas designated
by the District Ecosystem Manager as being available for winter harvest.
Conditions for Reductions
1. Reductions may be applied
cumulatively i.e., $5.56 x 67%x33% etc. as conditions may warrant.
2. The minimum royalty (except for
salvage areas) following any combination of reductions shall be $1.50/ m3.
3. Reductions may only be applied in
accordance with the resource management objectives of a given district plan
4.
All reductions must be auditable.
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