Section 11 AAC 95.190 - Applicability(a) The provisions of this chapter apply to an operation on state land, other public land, or private forest land if all of the following criteria are met:(1) the operation is on forest land as defined in AS 41.17.950;(2) the operation involves any of the following activities:(A) harvesting, including felling, bucking, yarding, decking, hauling, log dumping, log transfer, log rafting, and related road construction, reconstruction, improvement, or maintenance;(B) road construction or reconstruction, material source development, and, maintenance of an existing road or bridge not within the operation area, but connected with, the harvesting operation;(D) precommercial thinning;(F) any other activity leading to, or connected with commercial timber harvest; and(3) a commercial operation that intersects, encompasses, or borders on surface waters or a riparian area, or that, for a single landowner or operator, equals or exceeds in the aggregate the following acreage:(A) 10 acres in Region I;(B) 40 acres in Region II; or(C) 40 acres in Region III for landowners who own more than 160 acres in total; if a landowner has a total ownership of 160 acres or less, then an operation on any of that 160 acres or less is not a commercial forest operation.(b) A land use conversion involving a commercial forest operation that meets the criteria in (a) of this section must meet the requirements of 11 AAC 95.200.Eff. 6/10/93, Register 126Operations in waters containing fish may be subject to laws and regulations governing fish in AS 16 and 5 AAC.
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