298. Relevant matters when planning logging operations and road works etc.
Forests NSW is to take into account, determine or identify the matters set out in Schedule 9, to the extent that they are relevant, in planning a logging operation and ancillary road
construction for which a site specific operational plan is required.
299. Assessment of dispersibility of soils in vicinity of drainage feature or wetland
(1) This clause applies to the following:
(a) works relating to any part of a road, bush track, extraction track or fire trail within 20 metres of a drainage feature or wetland (as described in clause 342), and (b) works relating to a crossing of a drainage feature or of a wetland (within the
meaning of Chapter 5).
(a) an assessment of the dispersibility of soils within 20 metres of the drainage feature or wetland (along the route of the road, track or trail concerned) has first been carried out by an approved soil assessor in accordance with the
requirements of Schedule 10 to determine whether highly erodible soil (within the meaning of that Schedule) is present in the area, or
(b) Forests NSW has determined (in writing) that the soils within 20 metres of the drainage feature or wetland (along the route of the road, track or trail concerned) are to be treated as highly erodible (for the purpose of clause 342).
(3) The results of an assessment of the dispersibility of soils may not be relied on (for the purpose of determining whether or not clause 342 applies) unless the person who has carried out the assessment certifies that the assessment complied with the
requirements of Schedule 10.
(4) To avoid doubt, this clause does not apply to works relating to a fire trail or to a crossing of a drainage feature or a wetland by a fire trail that are carried out solely for the purpose of emergency fire fighting or the use of such a crossing during emergency fire fighting.
300. Site specific operational plan for logging operations and road works
(1) The site specific operational plan for a forestry operation must:
(a) address the application of the provisions of Chapter 5 to the operation, in so far as these appear to be relevant to the operation concerned, and
(b) specify how they will be applied to, or be given effect to in, the operation.
For example, in the case of a proposed logging operation, the application of Part 5.3 to any existing roads or bush tracks within the compartment or tract that are proposed to be used in the operation needs to be addressed in the plan.
(2) If Forests NSW develops site specific measures under clause 317 for a forestry operation before the commencement of the operation, those measures are to be included in the site specific operational plan for the operation.
301. Operational map requirements
(1) For the purposes of Chapter 5, the operational map for a logging operation or ancillary road construction is to show or include the following information:
Existing roads
(a) location of any existing natural surface roads, bush tracks and fire trails, (b) location of any existing sealed or gravelled roads,
(c) names of any existing roads (if available),
New roads and other proposed road works
(d) location of any natural surface roads, bush tracks and fire trails proposed to be constructed, created, re-opened or up-graded in the forestry operation,
(e) location of any sealed or gravelled roads proposed to be constructed or up- graded in the forestry operation,
(f) names of any proposed roads (if available),
Drainage feature and wetland crossings
(g) location of any drainage feature and wetland crossings (by roads, bush tracks or fire trails),
(h) in the case of a logging operation, approximate location of any drainage feature crossing by an extraction track,
Log dumps, borrow pits, gravel pits
(i) in the case of a logging operation, the location of any existing or proposed log dump (other than a log landing) or any gravelled loading bay, proposed to be constructed or used in the operation,
(j) in the case of a logging operation, the location of any log landing proposed to be constructed or used in the operation or the areas along relevant roads where they may not be constructed,
(k) the location of any gravel pit or borrow pit proposed to be created or used in the operation.
(2) The operational map is to clearly distinguish between any existing roads, bush tracks and fire trails and any roads, bush tracks and fire trails proposed to be constructed in the operation. Further, the operational map is to indicate, in relation to each existing road, bush track and fire trail shown on the map, whether:
(a) it is proposed to use the road, track or trail in the operation, and
(b) it is proposed to re-open or up-grade or maintain the road, track or trail in the operation.
(The names shown on the map for roads are to be the same as the names used for those roads in the other sections of the site specific operational plan of which the map forms a part.)
Note: See also clause 73 in Chapter 1 which requires the operational map to indicate which roads, bush tracks and fire trails are proposed to be used in the operation concerned. (Schedule1 summarises the matters or information that must be included on an operational map under various provisions of this approval.)
(3) A road, bush track or fire trail is not required to be shown on the operational map if its total length is no more than 40 metres.
302. Additional details for logging operations and road works in monthly advice
The monthly advice required to be given to DECCW and DII (Fisheries) under Part 1.4 is to contain the following additional information in relation to proposed logging operations and ancillary road construction included in the advice:
(a) the event ID for the operation,
(b) whether clause 342 (Roads and tracks in highly erodible soils near drainage features or wetlands) applies,
(c) if the operation is a logging operation, the total length of existing roads and bush tracks proposed to be used in the operation,
(d) the total length of any roads or bush tracks proposed to be constructed, re-opened or upgraded in, or in connection with, the operation,
(e) the number of drainage feature crossings proposed to be constructed in, or in connection with, the operation,
(f) if the operation is a logging operation, the number of drainage feature or wetland crossings proposed to be used in the operation.
303. Retaining written records of matters relevant to planning forestry operations
(1) In addition to the records required to be made and kept under Chapter 5, Forests NSW must ensure that a written record of the following is kept (for at least 4 years):
(a) any assessment of soil regolith or dispersibility of soil undertaken as required by Schedule 9 or clause 299 (including all the written records of the soil assessor required to be made under clause 6 of Schedule 10),
(b) any calculation for the purpose of 344 to determine whether a culvert crossing will contain the peak flow from a rainfall event referred to in that clause,
(c) any calculation of flow velocity of water under a bridge or through a culvert for the purpose of clause 343 or 344 respectively.
(2) Any approval given by Forests NSW for the purposes of Chapter 5 is to be kept for at least 4 years.
(3) A copy of a written record or approval referred to in this clause is to be provided to DECCW or DII (Fisheries) if requested.