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Plan Nam e: Ballengarra 1, 2, 3 & 4Plan No: 60799

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Locality / Site Safety MapCompartments 1, 2, 3 & 4Ballengarra State Forest Prepared by: Paul Williams

Date: 29/03/2017

Helicopter Landing Place:In private property.Cleared paddock through orchardWestern side of Red Hill Road479 545 E / 6 539 962 N31° 16' 47"S / 152° 47' 12"E

Emergency Telephone 000 / 112 Forests NSW (02) 6585 3744

Emergency Meeting PointIntersection of Red Hill Road &Cooperabung Range Road480 487E / 6 540 952 N31° 15' 56"S / 152° 47' 42"E

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Document title: C_1_2_3_4_Ballengarra_Harvest_Plan_Printed_Signitures

Version No.: 1 Page 1 of 17

Harvest Plan No. 60799 Approval Date: 8/09/17 Expiry Date: 19/09/2026 Warning: a printed copy of this document may be uncontrolled. Please verify this is the latest version prior to use.

HARVEST AND HAUL PLAN

State Forest Ballengarra Compartments 1, 2, 3 and 4

Management Area Kempsey IFOA Region Lower North East

Harvest Plan No. Native

60799

Plantation

HP2017-0003

Supply Zone 3 or

Kempsey Coastal (404)

Legal Conditions Native Forest Harvesting in accordance with IFOA conditions.

The plantation area in compartment 1 is Authorised as a Timber Plantation, under the Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999 (Registered Number CH1702P). Authorisation was granted in accordance with the Plantations and Reafforestation (Code) Regulation 2001. In the plantation, the operation must comply with: • Licence Conditions issued by Forests NSW under the Forestry Act (1916). • Forests NSW, Forest Practices Code - Part 1 Timber Harvesting in Forests

NSW Plantations November 2005. (Referred to as FPC). • Forests NSW, Forest Practices Code Part 4 Forest Roads and Fire Trails

(1999). • The Plantations and Reafforestation Act 2001. • Plantations and Reafforestation (Code) Regulation 2001 (referred to as the

PRA Code). • Part 7 (Div. 3) Fisheries Management Act (1994) as amended May 2003.

To implement this plan, you must hold a current Contractors Licence.

Standard Harvest Plan Conditions and Operating Procedures apply.

Survey expiry date for this plan is 2026.

Certification Timber products removed from the plan area are within the Defined Forest Area covered by Australian Forestry Standard and ISO14001 Certificate 13761

Prepared by Planner

Paul Williams

Date: 8/09/2017 Paul Williams

Approved by Planning Supervisor

Brent Bailey

Date: 8/09/2017 Brent Bailey

Abbreviations FT = Forest Technician, HC = Harvesting Coordinator, PtS= Protection Supervisor, HS = Harvesting Supervisor, RC = Roading Coordinator, Crew = Harvest Contractor/Forest Operators, IFOA = Integrated Forestry Operations Approval, TSL = Threatened Species Licence, EPL = Environment Protection




Licence, FL = Fisheries Licence, CH = Cultural Heritage, SOP = Standard Operating Procedure.

1. Harvest Area Details Plantation Cpt 1 Cpt 2 Cpt 3 Cpt 4 Total

Event ID JN9016563 130217 130218 130219 &

130221 130220

Gross Area (ha) 170 258 216 313 296 1082 Total Net Harvest Area 162 69 216 255 187 889 Area available for harvest 162 66 203 241 182 854

Expected harvest area 162 57 150 177 133 679 Estimated Yield 7770 570 1500 1770 1330 12870 Yield/ha 48 10 10 10 10 Slope (% 0-20 degrees) 100 90 66 73 79 74 Slope (% 20-25 degrees) 0 4 20 16 12 15 Slope (% 25-30 degrees) 0 6 14 11 9 11

Area available for harvest is net harvest area less slopes over 30. Expected harvest area is Area available for harvest less inaccessible / pre-merchantable areas/ non-commercial areas. Contractor must ensure timber removed is allocated to the correct compartment when entered into Electronic Delivery Docket.

2. Management Conditions on Boundaries Boundary Conditions

Private Property The northern and north-eastern boundaries of these compartments adjoin private property. These PP boundaries needs to be located and marked by the FT. If the boundary is unclear in the field, contact the harvest planner for neighbour contact details such that agreed boundaries can be determined

Plantation Access Access to the plantation is only by 1.2 Trail off the “Old Pacific Highway” and Bedes Corner Trail to Upper Smiths Creek Road. Other forest trails that join with Upper Smiths Creek Road are not to be used as the adjoining neighbours have not agreed to FCNSW access.

Visual & noise Buffer There is a 25m visual and noise buffer adjacent to the private property dwelling. This buffer extends from the boundary fence and includes the road.

Neighbourhood Noise There are EPA regulations that relate to noise control when operating machinery within 100m from residential establishments.




Boundary Conditions

Dumps 1, 7 and 10 are adjacent to private property and there is potential for noise associated with timber harvest and haulage to affect residential areas that occur within 100m of the active operation.

Restrictions on forest operations will apply per the EPA regulations on neighbourhood noise.

• If working within 100m of a residential establishment, machinery (including chainsaws) operating hours will be limited to between 7am and 8pm Monday to Saturday, and 8am to 8pm on Sundays and Public Holidays.

• Timber haulage trucks may enter or exit the site between 7am and 8pm Monday to Friday, and 8am to 8pm on Weekends and Public Holidays.

The HC will monitor noise and dust resulting from the operation and take the appropriate action to minimise the effect on surrounding property owners.

SMZ / FMZ FMZ 3A – Harvesting Exclusion – Rock, Rainforest & Old Growth.

FMZ 3B – Visual protection – to be treated as FMZ 4,

FMZ 4 - General Management – available for harvest.

FMZ 5 – Hardwood Plantations

Regrowth/Non-regrowth zones

These compartments are entirely within the Regrowth zone. Tree retention conditions under the TSL (see flora & fauna section).

Cultural Heritage Surveys have been conducted and ACHO in consultation with local Aboriginal community representative. If any potential sites identified during harvesting a 20m interim exclusion is to be applied. Notify the Regional ACHO immediately such that final protection measure can be determined.

Modified Harvest Area Modified harvest areas have been located within this planning unit. A total harvest exclusion applies; existing trails and roads can be used for haulage if they traverse through these exclusions. HC to check that these sites are adequately marked immediately prior to harvesting commencing in the vicinity.

3. Expected Yields Native Forest

Product Estimates Volume (m3) Species Species Mix (Sawlog)

HQ Large & Small Sawlog (Quota) 2068 BBT 70%

Poles, Piles and Girders 517 SBG 10%




LQ Sawlog (Salvage) 1551 TWD 5%

Domestic Chip, Firewood 1034 Other 15%

Total 5170

Plantation

Product Estimates Volume (m3) Species Species Mix (Sawlog)

HQ Large & Small Sawlog (Quota) 1134 BBT 90%

Poles, Piles and Girders 810 FLG 10%

LQ Sawlog (Salvage) 972

Domestic Chip, Firewood 4860

Total 7776

4. Haulage Haulage Route Signage and Conditions

Upper Smiths Creek Road – 40km/h speed limit for all log trucks – Road is narrow with limited line of sight – HC to erect 40km/h signage.

Exits onto Old Pacific Highway from Dumps 2, 3 and 14 – HC to erect trucks entering signage on both sides of these access roads.

Haul Route Haulage will be via 2 access routes.

North & East of compartments will be via internal forest roads to Bedes Corner Road to Upper Smiths Creek road and then Pacific Highway.

Western area of compartments is via Bill’s Road Cooperabung Range Rd (gravel) and Cooperabung Drive (bitumen).

Access to highway as per attached Kunderbung to Kempsey map.

School Bus Routes Haulage contractor must apply Rural Road Safety Strategy Communication protocol.

Traffic Control Numerous trails within this unit are used by the general public to gain access into the State Forest. It is the responsibility of the harvesting crew to provide and implement a traffic management plan that will ensure the safety of all road users whilst harvesting within 2 tree lengths of these trails.




Load Limits Nil limitations known.

Operating hours Restrictions apply to haulage contractors, refer to table 2 above.

5. Community Issue Detail Conditions

Notifications Required Neighbours All relevant notifications have been conducted. A notification list for FCNSW staff is available from the planning folder.

Permit to Enter Required Bede’s Corner Trail Required Permit to Enter signed and stored in

HP folder

Neighbours Neighbours have been notified during planning. HC should endeavor to contact neighbours (where they occur within 250m of active operations) prior to operations commencing to inform of likely duration of harvest , boundary marking and other general enquiry. Contact Planner for details as required.

Forest Permits Apiary Permitted apiarists have been notified of the planned operation. Any subsequent feedback to the Planner that impacts operations will be advised to the RC and/or HC.

Forest Permits The Tourism & Partnerships team maintain an events calendar, covering all permitted events on State Forest, as well as others that they get notified about, but don’t require a permit. Event details, including contacts are available if you click on the event.

http://fcportal.fcnsw.local/Hardwood/TeamSite/stewardship/RecreationAndTourism/Lists/Calendar/calendar.aspx

6. Infrastructure Infrastructure Conditions

Boundary Fences If a fence is damaged due to harvesting, then the contractor will repair as soon as possible. No harvesting debris within 5m’s of boundary fences and all roads on boundaries must be left in a drivable condition.






Infrastructure Conditions

Elite/Plus Trees There are elite / plus trees in compartment 1 plantation area and these are to be retained and protected. Harvesting debris should not accumulate within 5 m of Plus trees. Where debris does accumulate, the crew must remove it or flatten to < 1m high.

Gravel Pits No gravel pits within compartments.

Mapped Trails All mapped trails are to be left in a drivable condition post-harvest to facilitate forest maintenance and fire suppression.

7. Harvesting Conditions – NATIVE FOREST ONLY (refer Section 11 for Plantation)

Silviculture Type Harvesting Objectives and Condition for each stand condition

STS Light/ Medium

The entire native forest areas of net harvest area will be treated with light to medium STS.

The objective is to harvest the merchantable component of the mature aged crop and retain the vigorous younger age class trees. FTs to mark growers for retention where operationally appropriate.

Crew to remove all merchantable stems not marked for retention and ensure mechanical disturbance creates a suitable seed bed for regeneration.

Retain a canopy cover of greater than 50%.

The crew must avoid damage to areas of advanced regeneration/pre-merchantable stems where possible to minimise damage to retained trees.

Pre/Non - merchantable Areas

Throughout the compartment there are pre/non - merchantable areas that will be identified by the FT’s. HC to liaise with FT’s on identifying these areas which will be excluded from harvesting.

Monitoring Planning assumptions have been with respect to current market availability of timber products (e.g. greatly reduced market for wood chip material). As such BA removal has only been planned to reach a maximum of 25 % when measured across the NHA of this compartment (refer IFOA limit table below).

As market conditions may change, the HC must conduct Basal Area monitoring in areas treated with STS Light.

HC is to monitor BA retention during harvesting using BA post-harvest sweeps, randomly located across different stand types to ensure average BA is maintained as per the planned assumptions made in the table below.

Evidence of BA monitoring and the approximate plot location must be documented by HC. Ideally, monitoring of BA should occur prior to leaving each dump to ensure any variance to planned outcomes can be rectified.

IFOA Limits Light STS Non-merchantable/Unviable Total STS Tract Ha’s 517 175 692




Silviculture Type Harvesting Objectives and Condition for each stand condition

Pre-harvest BA (m2/ha) 21 21 14,532 Post-harvest BA (m2/ha) 14 21 10,913 Planned Removal 33% 0% 25%

8. Tree Retention – Native Forest ONLY- refer to TSL booklet for full conditions

Prescription Condition/Responsibility

Mark-Up – the FT is responsible for marking up the forest ahead of harvesting operations consistent Forest Mark Up and Tree Retention SOP

Compartment Mark-Up Survey

(5.1 (h), 5.2 and 5.13)

Compartment mark-up surveys must be conducted at least 300m in advance of operations. The survey must search for threatened and protected species features listed in conditions 5.1 (h), 5.2 5.13 of the TSL.

No Koala star search triggers were identified during pre-harvest surveys.

Hollow-bearing and Recruitment tree retention (H and R)

Regrowth Zone - 5.6 (d), (e) & (f), conditions apply.

Additional H trees for Greater Glider condition does not apply.

FT must select and mark 5 H trees/ha where available and one R for each H retained.

Significant Food Resources

(5.6 g (iii))

FT must mark for retention Gloss-black Cockatoo feed trees.

Harvesting - crew and HC responsibilities

Protection of Retained Trees 5.6 (g)

Trees marked or selected for retention must not be felled.

The crew must minimise damage to H, R and E trees must by using directional felling.

Harvesting debris should not accumulate within 5 m of retained trees. Where debris does accumulate the crew must remove or flatten to < 1m high.

The HC must be notified of any badly damaged retained trees and they must assess and record if a replacement retained tree is required.

Stag Retention (Dead standing trees 5.6 (f)

The crew should retain stags where safe to do so.




Prescription Condition/Responsibility

The crew must record the date, DBH, risk and location of unsafe stags removed

Significant food resources The crew should avoid damaging flowering or fruiting banksias or grass trees.

Impenetrable Understory Impenetrable Understory has been indicatively mapped as a pdf map for the FT. The FT must field check and map these areas during mark-up and handover unmarked areas to the HC.

In areas mapped by the FT as Impenetrable Understory procedures for harvesting in un-marked forest must be implemented by the HC and Crew.

9. Site-Specific Flora and Fauna - Native Forest Only

Condition Boundary Type

Prescription

Riparian Habitat Protection (5.7)

(Lidar Corrected)

2 bars Implement filter strip (hard) and protection zone (soft) around drainage features as shown on the HPOM. Refer to SOP1.

FT must mark the location of UMDL with the ψ symbol and 1st order protection zone boundary with 2 bars.

The crew will locate and protect all 2nd order and above streams with GPS.

Ground Habitat (5.17 d)

N/A Commercial firewood collection permitted in these compartments.

Rainforest (5.04) 4 bars Mapped Exclusion

HCVOG (5.03) 3 bars Mapped Exclusion

Rocky Outcrop (5.11)

3 bars 20 m buffer on outcrops > 0.1 ha or cliffs > 3m high

Yellow-bellied Glider (6.17 (g)i)

Modified Harvest

Sap feed tree (100 m radius) occurs (see HPOM). FT must mark for retention the 15 feed trees required under condition 6.17.

Ridge & Headwater Habitat (5.08)

3 bars Mapped Exclusion

Owl Landscapes (6.09)

3 bars Mapped Exclusion – Ballengarra Coast Planning Unit

TEC No mapped TEC occurs within these compartments




Condition Boundary Type

Prescription

Fish N/A Potential Threatened Fish habitat occurs downstream of this harvest area (Purple-spotted Gudgeon). No UMDL logging is permitted (Class 1 aquatic habitat).

10. Soil & Water - Native Forest Only – Refer to EPL Booklet for full conditions

Issue Assessment Conditions

EPL Scheduled Activity/Licensed No/No

Tree removal not planned to exceed that of 30 trees / ha (>40 cm dbhob) when averaged across NHA. Contact Planning supervisor if market conditions permit a higher tree removal intensity

Unmapped drainage Line harvesting

Not Permitted - Fisheries –

Class 1 aquatic habitat

Implement filter strip (hard) and protection zone (soft) around drainage features as shown on the HPOM. An assessment must be made by the FT/HC as to whether features are drainage lines or drainage depressions. In these compartments, UMDLs receive the same protection as if they were a mapped 1st order stream. FT must mark the location of UMDL and 1st order protection zone boundary with 2 bars. Refer to SOP1.

The crew will locate and protect all 2nd order and above streams with GPS.

Inherent hazard level 2 Nil

Dispersible Soils No Nil

Mass Movement / Instability No Nil

Acid Sulphate Soils No Nil

Seasonality Conditions No Nil

Historical or existing erosion No Nil

Ground cover >70% Nil

Burning conditions No Nil

Log Dumps SOP 5 HC is responsible for authorising moving the location of a log dump.

Roading management during harvesting

SOP 6 Refer to SOP 6.




Issue Assessment Conditions

HC is responsible for monitoring road and crossing drainage during haulage.

Wet Weather and Rutting SOP 6 Crew is responsible for implementing automatic closures and following notified closures.

HC is responsible for ensuring crew notified when notified closure is lifted.

Snigging SOP 8 Crew is responsible for progressive drainage of snig tracks

Snig Track Crossings SOP 9 HC is responsible to ensure snig track crossings are approved prior to use and rehabilitated upon completion.

11. Crossing Approvals – Native Forest Only All crossing approvals are shown on the operational map – any other feature crossings must be assessed, recorded below and approved by the Planning Supervisor before use.

Crossing EPA

Approval

Conditions

12. Standard Operating Procedures - Native Forest Only

The following SOP’s apply to this plan. FCNSW staff and the crew must hold a copy on site whilst operating and comply with the conditions set out in each SOP.

Procedure Number

Title

1 Drainage Feature Protection

2 Exclusion Zone Boundary Management




3 Forest Mark-Up

4 Operating in Inherent Hazard Level 3 Areas

5 Log Dump Operation and Use

6 Road and Crossing Management and Wet Weather Controls

7 Safety Requirements

8 Snig Track Construction

9 Snig Track Crossings

10 Documentation and approvals




13. Harvesting Conditions – Plantation Only

Silviculture Type Harvesting Objectives and Condition for Stand

Authorised Plantation

Clear-fall operation with seed tree retention.

To assist with the re-establishment the harvesting crew will:

• Retain co-dominant trees with good form and healthy crowns as seed trees with an average spacing of 60 metres (the larger the crown, the better for seed trees). Do not retain suppressed trees as seed trees.

• remove all merchantable trees.

• to reduce soil compaction the use of ‘walkover’ technique is maximised, especially on heavy traffic areas such as entry to the dump site;

• Ensure stump height of harvested trees is minimal (see FPC Condition 6.2)

• In order to assist in control of post logging windrow burn, no coarse woody debris is to be left within 50m of neighbours dwellings or infrastructure (e.g. fences). Where possible tree boles and crowns should be removed from this debris free zone.

14. Protection of Biodiversity and Unique or Special Wildlife Values – Plantation Only

Condition 13.1 of the FPC (Part 1) applies. If any threatened species are detected during the course of harvesting, harvesting must cease in the vicinity of the observation and the Harvesting Forester must be notified.

Feature Harvesting - Crew and HC responsibilities

Unverified EEC

For the Plantation Clearfall Area ONLY – Areas of Unverified EEC have been indicatively mapped on the HPOM. These areas represent modelled Swamp Sclerophyll Forest on Coastal Floodplains potential EEC. These areas MUST BE confirmed by the Regional Ecologist or Field Technician prior to harvesting commencing within 2 tree lengths. Any areas of confirmed EEC must be marked in the field as a 4 BAR exclusion. No trees to be fallen into or out of these exclusions.

Unique or special wildlife values (any endangered species, TEC

If the Harvesting Coordinator or contractor becomes aware of unique or special wildlife values (any endangered species, TEC or species presumed extinct) in the plantation area the Senior Field Ecologist must be immediately notified




or species presumed extinct)

(Condition 13.1 FPC). Logging should cease in the immediate vicinity until such time that suitable prescriptions can be implemented.

Hollow Bearing Trees Hollow bearing trees that provide fauna habitat should be retained where they exist and where safe to do so (refer to PRA Code, clause 23).

15. Soils and Water Protection – Plantation Only– Refer Plantation FPC

Feature Condition/ Category

Soil Regolith - Plantation

Regolith 3 – as per Authoristaion

Rainfall Erosivity 5000 - 5999

Mass Movement Hazard Present

No

Dispersible Soils No

Drainage Feature Protection Areas (DFPA) - as per Table 11.1 of FPC for soil regolith 1

Feature Drainage Feature Protection Area

Measure From Buffer Zone condition

5 m Zone Buffer Zone (m)

Depression N 5 Centre of depression

Harvesting allowed, subject to conditions

Drainage Line Y 10 Top edge of banks

Harvesting allowed, subject to conditions

River (3rd order or higher, permanent)

Y 20 Top edge of banks

Harvesting excluded

Wetland - > 0.1 ha Y 20 Edge of wetland

Harvesting excluded

The 0 - 5 m Zone – No harvesting or machinery in 5m zone other than exceptions allowed under condition 11.1.2 of FPC. Take all practical precautions to avoid falling into the 5 m zone. Wetland and River Buffer Zones - No harvesting Drainage lines and drainage depressions - see FPC Condition 11 Trees planted in the buffer zone of drainage lines and drainage depressions may be harvested if the top 200 mm of soil in the area is dry enough to avoid the risk of soil erosion to the edge of the drainage feature, and the tracks or wheels of harvesting and extraction machinery must not enter the area within 5 metre zone of a drainage line. Trees in and between the bed and banks of drainage lines must not be felled




Machinery operating in the buffer zone must: • Not create water channels • Minimise soil exposure by using slash, litter or other ground cover • Use walkover extraction techniques where possible • Prevent skewing of machinery tracks • Elevate the leading edge of the log when skidding • No snigging along drainage depressions, or earthworks allowed in 5 m buffer zone of a drainage

depression Falling into Drainage Features • Where necessary, trees can be felled into rivers and drainage lines (Refer Condition 11.1.2 of FPC)

Crowns, logs and debris (greater than 10cm in diameter and/or three metres long) must be removed with minimal disturbance to the beds and banks.

• Tree matter can only be left with HCC approval. Drainage Feature Crossings – See Clauses 37-41 PRA Code, & 11.4 of FPC for full description of conditions • The location and type of all drainage feature crossings must be approved by the Harvesting Forester

and must be marked in the field prior to crossing construction. • Crossing construction must minimise depositing loose material into the drainage feature or any

disturbance to its bed and banks. • 5 and 20m drainage must be constructed on approaches to extraction track crossings. • Temporary slash crossings may be constructed on drainage lines or depressions where the crossing

point is shallow and dry, the surrounding soil is dry, water is prevented from entering the crossing from the approaches and no earthworks are required to enable machinery to cross the drainage line or depression.

• Temporary crossings over a drainage feature must be removed with 5 days of the completion of harvesting.

• Road crossings, permanent crossings and crossings of rivers must be designed as per the requirements of the PRA code.

16. Operational Conditions – Plantation Only

Feature Condition/ Category

Slope Limits for Harvesting

(PRA Code – Clause 59)

Slope limits for snigging within the plantation area is 25 degrees (for a given soil regolith of R3 and Rainfall Erosivity of 5000 - 5999).

Windrow and Debris management

Windrows and debris heaps: Must be located outside buffer zones of drainage features or places or relics of cultural heritage. Must be heaped with minimum disturbance to topsoil. Must be located across the slope of the land where practical.




Wet Weather Controls Condition 14 of the FPC describes a comprehensive list of wet weather controls that apply to this operation. Hauling is prohibited over any road during wet weather if resulting rutting is likely to be more than 150 millimetres deep for any distance exceeding 20 metre’s (FPC 14.5).

Tracks, Dumps and Roads

Extraction Tracks All extraction tracks must be drained, maintained and managed in accordance with Division 2 of the PRA Code and Conditions 6 and 9 of the FPC:

• Wherever practicable, walkover extraction techniques are to be used in preference to snig track construction.

• Snig track drainage must be located and constructed to ensure that water flow or potential water flow does not occur on snig track or extraction track surfaces for distances exceeding those given in 9.2 of the FPC.

• Constructed snig track cross-banks must have a minimum effective unconsolidated height of 35 cm or consolidated height of 25 cm.

• If downhill snig tracks connect to a dump, tracks must enter the dump from the side, or a drainage cross-bank above where the track enters the dump must be constructed at the end of each day.

Log Dumps All logs dumps must be managed as per Condition 14, 17 of the FPC and 60-61, 64 of the PRA Code. • Field location of log dumps must utilise the most level site available,

consistent with the location indicated on the Operational Map. It is permissible for the Harvesting Coordinator to move the location up to 200m from the indicated position to achieve this provided the new location is within the plantation area.

• Dumps must not be located in any buffer zone. • Runoff from log dumps must not be discharged into drainage features or

extraction tracks and must be dispersed onto stable surfaces. • Dumps must be re-shaped, drained and, where it is considered that

slash/debris cover and natural revegetation will not stabilise the surface, the dump must be enrichment planted or grass seeded.

• Excavators and truck mounted loaders may be used as stationery loaders when there is runoff from log dump surface. All other machinery must remain stationary when there is run-off from the dump surface. This condition does not apply to gravelled dumps (FPC 14.2.4 and PRA 64C)

• Bark and logging debris must not be stacked against retained trees. Following completion of logging on a log dump, bark and logging debris must be stacked 5 metre’s away from the surrounding forest and




separated from other flammable material by mineral soil for a distance of 5 metre’s.

• Pushing bark around the dump with a blade is to be discouraged. Where bark has been pushed with the blade, the excavator must shake the soil out of the bark prior to the bark being added to the bark heap.

• Large amounts of bark should not be accumulated around the dump. Upon completion of each log dump, bark must be re-distributed throughout the surrounding harvest area. Bark piles must not exceed one grapple load or push of the blade (approx. 2 cubic metre’s) and be deposited no closer than two metre’s apart.

• Off cuts must be stacked separately, away from the bark heaps. Roads Roads must be managed as per conditions 18-20 of the FPC. • The HCC must ensure that roads in use are inspected twice weekly to ensure

pavement and drainage is maintained. • Blading off may only occur if it will cause no, or only minimal, damage to the

road surface and soil material must be re-spread as soon as practicable. • A section of road with a non-functioning culvert must be repaired within 72

hrs

17. Tree Marking Code – Plantation Only Contractor selection is permitted. If tree marking occurs manually than the following table should be referenced.

Feature Symbol

Compartment boundary (where not defined by clear features, such as a road or drainage line)

“O” or Yellow tape

Native Forest Exclusion “NF” with horizontal ring Buffer Zone Two horizontal lines / rings

Extraction System, OR Road/Track line “I” or white tape Dump site (with optional dump number reference) “D” or red tape

Approved crossing site “” TREE MARKING

Individual tree marked for removal “•” or dots Directional felling mark “” over “•”

Retained trees not to be removed or damaged (e.g. grower) One horizontal line or ring Cancellation Mark (Mark to formally cancel previous marks) “X”




18. Operational Plan Briefing – Native Forest and Plantation Operations:

A briefing of this operational plan was conducted by:

Person Role Nature of Briefing Date

19. Acknowledgement of Briefing: I acknowledge that I have received a copy of the plan documents and that I have been briefed on the conditions of the Plan. I understand the operational control requirements as outlined in the plan and take responsibility for the implementation of plan conditions relevant to my responsibilities

Name Role Signature Date




Operational Diary: Both Native Forest and Plantation Operations

Date Issue Action Required

Action Completed Initials

Record: Daily activities (eg tree marking, dump 2); Condition 5.2 of TSL items - EEC locations, rocky outcrops, koala scats, feed tree identification etc), discussions with stakeholders/neighbours/ site visitors; areas of impenetrable understorey; unviable areas not marked, non-conformances; harvesting issues identified, twice weekly road and crossing drainage checks

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