11 AAC 95.370. Slash

(a) In an area where slash treatment is necessary to prevent or reduce the spread of fire, an operator shall reduce the concentration of slash by scattering, piling or windrowing, mechanized chipping, compacting, burying, or controlled burning, or other method approved by the division. Controlled burning requires approval from the Department of Environmental Conservation under 18 AAC 50.030(e) and may require a burning permit from the division.

(b) When slash is disposed of by burning, an operator shall protect a riparian area from fire, and shall burn under weather conditions that minimize the chance of air quality degradation and fire escape.

(c) Unstable slash concentrations around a landing must be disposed of or dispersed by the operator to prevent entry into surface waters.

(d) Except where burning will be completed before the next spring, an operator shall deposit slash in a location where it is not likely to enter a stream.

(e) If operating within a potential or known bark beetle infestation area, an operator shall include a spruce slash reduction, isolation, or abatement plan in the detailed plan of operations.

(f) The division will, in its discretion, require the operator, timber owner, or landowner to submit a treatment plan for felled timber or log decks left in the field for more than one growing season in an area of potential bark beetle infestation.

History: Eff. 6/10/93, Register 126; am 2/24/2000, Register 153

Authority: AS 41.17.010

AS 41.17.055

AS 41.17.080

AS 41.17.098

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