N.J. Admin. Code § 7:3-5.3

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 17, September 3, 2024

Section 7:3-5.3 - Title page

(a) A plan's title page shall include the following:

1. A title for the plan, as follows: "Forest Stewardship Plan for ";

2. The legal name, mailing address, and phone number of the owner or owners and, if in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:3-5.1(g) an individual is signing the certification on behalf of a corporation or other non-individual, the individual's name and relationship to the owner;

3. The name of the Approved Forester with whom the owner prepared the plan;

4. The property's street address, if available, and each county, and each municipality within the county, in which the property in whole or part is located and, for each municipality, the block and lot numbers from the municipal tax map for each lot that is part of the property;

5. The acreage of the property as a whole and of the property's forest land, accurate to the nearest hundredth of an acre;

6. Whether the owner intends to submit the plan with an application for farmland assessment; and

7. The certifications specified in (c) below.

(b) The title page shall include space for the New Jersey Forest Service to record the date the plan was received for review, the date of the notice of approval, the start and end dates of the plan period, and the ID number assigned by the New Jersey Forest Service.

(c) The title page shall include the following certifications:

1. To be signed and dated by the owner:

"I certify that I am the owner of the property or am authorized by the owner to make this certification. I have read the within forest stewardship plan and the information contained in the plan is true. To the best of my knowledge, the plan meets the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Program rules at N.J.A.C. 7:3-5 and applicable Federal and State law. The owner agrees to implement the plan, as approved or as subsequently amended"; and

2. To be signed and dated by the Approved Forester:

"I prepared the within forest stewardship plan in consultation with the owner of the property. I certify that, to the best of my knowledge, the plan meets the requirements of the Forest Stewardship Program rules at N.J.A.C. 7:3-5 and applicable Federal and State law."

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:3-5.3

Adopted by 49 N.J.R. 3824(a), effective 12/18/2017