Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2889Introduced by Assembly Member CaballeroFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 760 of add Section 4592.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry and fire protection.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2889, as amended, Caballero. State Board of Forestry and Fire Prevention: professional foresters. Timber harvesting plans: Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.Existing law prohibits a person, as defined, from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan that meets specified requirements and is prepared by a professional forester for those operations has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires the department to review, approve, or require the modification of, timber harvesting plans in accordance with prescribed procedures.This bill would require the department to implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights, to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans, as provided.Existing law establishes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the board, among other things, to regulate professional foresters in the state. Existing law requires the board to consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every 6 months at regular meetings and authorizes the board, as necessary, to meet solely for the purpose of considering matters to carry out its functions and duties with regard to laws governing professional foresters.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those provisions prescribing meeting requirements for the board.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 4592.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:4592.5. (a) This section shall be known as the Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.(b) The department shall implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans. The bill of rights shall comply with all of the following requirements:(1) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan to the department shall have the right to assistance provided by the department and the board regarding the regulatory and permitting requirements applicable to timber harvest plans. The board shall make an ombudsperson available to work with and assist persons intending to file a plan at each location where the department accepts those plans for filing, review, and approval.(2) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to access all clearly written guidance documents prepared by the department that explain the regulatory process. In this connection, the department shall publish a list of all information required in a plan, using the rules of the board and an explanation of the criteria used to determine whether the information contained in a plan is adequate.(3) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely determination under Section 4582.7 and any relevant administrative regulations. The department shall promptly notify a person submitting such a plan regarding whether it is accurate, complete, and in proper order.(4) The department shall provide information to explain the meaning of the terms accurate, complete, and in proper order when used in connection with any determination regarding the completeness or sufficiency of a timber harvesting plan.(5) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know the basis for any determination that a plan is deficient and to understand what further information is needed to make a plan complete. After a plan is accepted as complete, the department and any other public agency that participates in the review of a plan shall not request any new or additional information that was not specified prior to the filing of an accepted plan.(6) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely decision on the approval of the plan, and the department shall comply with any time periods set forth for the review and approval of any plan as prescribed in statute or any relevant administrative regulations.(7) If a timber harvesting plan is returned to a person without a determination that it is accurate, complete, and in proper order, the director shall provide the ombudsperson and the person submitting the plan with information about what is needed to make the plan complete, and the ombudsperson shall assist the person in completing the plan.(8) The department shall provide a person submitting a timber harvesting plan with information on the designated lead agency that the person shall work with to comply with any plan requirements prescribed in this division or any relevant administrative regulations. (9) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know who will be reviewing the plan and to be provided with information on the estimated time for completion of the full plan review process.(c) For purposes of this section, plan or timber harvesting plan includes all forms or documents required to be submitted to the department for review, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting plan documents, modified timber harvesting plans, nonindustrial timber harvesting plans, timber harvesting plan exemptions for the harvesting or removal of Christmas trees, dead, dying, or diseased trees, fuelwood, or split products, fire hazard trees within 150 feet of a residence, or substantially damaged timberland, any public agency exemptions, private and public utility exemptions, timberland conversion permits, and notices of emergency timber operations.SECTION 1.Section 760 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:760.The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every six months at regular meetings and may, as necessary, meet solely for the purpose of considering matters to implement the provisions of this article.
Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2889Introduced by Assembly Member CaballeroFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 760 of add Section 4592.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry and fire protection.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2889, as amended, Caballero. State Board of Forestry and Fire Prevention: professional foresters. Timber harvesting plans: Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.Existing law prohibits a person, as defined, from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan that meets specified requirements and is prepared by a professional forester for those operations has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires the department to review, approve, or require the modification of, timber harvesting plans in accordance with prescribed procedures.This bill would require the department to implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights, to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans, as provided.Existing law establishes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the board, among other things, to regulate professional foresters in the state. Existing law requires the board to consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every 6 months at regular meetings and authorizes the board, as necessary, to meet solely for the purpose of considering matters to carry out its functions and duties with regard to laws governing professional foresters.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those provisions prescribing meeting requirements for the board.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2018
Amended IN Assembly March 19, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2889
Introduced by Assembly Member CaballeroFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Caballero
February 16, 2018
An act to amend Section 760 of add Section 4592.5 to the Public Resources Code, relating to forestry and fire protection.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2889, as amended, Caballero. State Board of Forestry and Fire Prevention: professional foresters. Timber harvesting plans: Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.
Existing law prohibits a person, as defined, from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan that meets specified requirements and is prepared by a professional forester for those operations has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires the department to review, approve, or require the modification of, timber harvesting plans in accordance with prescribed procedures.This bill would require the department to implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights, to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans, as provided.Existing law establishes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the board, among other things, to regulate professional foresters in the state. Existing law requires the board to consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every 6 months at regular meetings and authorizes the board, as necessary, to meet solely for the purpose of considering matters to carry out its functions and duties with regard to laws governing professional foresters.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those provisions prescribing meeting requirements for the board.
Existing law prohibits a person, as defined, from conducting timber operations, as defined, unless a timber harvesting plan that meets specified requirements and is prepared by a professional forester for those operations has been submitted to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Existing law requires the department to review, approve, or require the modification of, timber harvesting plans in accordance with prescribed procedures.
This bill would require the department to implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights, to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans, as provided.
Existing law establishes the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection and requires the board, among other things, to regulate professional foresters in the state. Existing law requires the board to consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every 6 months at regular meetings and authorizes the board, as necessary, to meet solely for the purpose of considering matters to carry out its functions and duties with regard to laws governing professional foresters.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in those provisions prescribing meeting requirements for the board.
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## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 4592.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:4592.5. (a) This section shall be known as the Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.(b) The department shall implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans. The bill of rights shall comply with all of the following requirements:(1) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan to the department shall have the right to assistance provided by the department and the board regarding the regulatory and permitting requirements applicable to timber harvest plans. The board shall make an ombudsperson available to work with and assist persons intending to file a plan at each location where the department accepts those plans for filing, review, and approval.(2) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to access all clearly written guidance documents prepared by the department that explain the regulatory process. In this connection, the department shall publish a list of all information required in a plan, using the rules of the board and an explanation of the criteria used to determine whether the information contained in a plan is adequate.(3) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely determination under Section 4582.7 and any relevant administrative regulations. The department shall promptly notify a person submitting such a plan regarding whether it is accurate, complete, and in proper order.(4) The department shall provide information to explain the meaning of the terms accurate, complete, and in proper order when used in connection with any determination regarding the completeness or sufficiency of a timber harvesting plan.(5) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know the basis for any determination that a plan is deficient and to understand what further information is needed to make a plan complete. After a plan is accepted as complete, the department and any other public agency that participates in the review of a plan shall not request any new or additional information that was not specified prior to the filing of an accepted plan.(6) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely decision on the approval of the plan, and the department shall comply with any time periods set forth for the review and approval of any plan as prescribed in statute or any relevant administrative regulations.(7) If a timber harvesting plan is returned to a person without a determination that it is accurate, complete, and in proper order, the director shall provide the ombudsperson and the person submitting the plan with information about what is needed to make the plan complete, and the ombudsperson shall assist the person in completing the plan.(8) The department shall provide a person submitting a timber harvesting plan with information on the designated lead agency that the person shall work with to comply with any plan requirements prescribed in this division or any relevant administrative regulations. (9) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know who will be reviewing the plan and to be provided with information on the estimated time for completion of the full plan review process.(c) For purposes of this section, plan or timber harvesting plan includes all forms or documents required to be submitted to the department for review, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting plan documents, modified timber harvesting plans, nonindustrial timber harvesting plans, timber harvesting plan exemptions for the harvesting or removal of Christmas trees, dead, dying, or diseased trees, fuelwood, or split products, fire hazard trees within 150 feet of a residence, or substantially damaged timberland, any public agency exemptions, private and public utility exemptions, timberland conversion permits, and notices of emergency timber operations.SECTION 1.Section 760 of the Public Resources Code is amended to read:760.The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every six months at regular meetings and may, as necessary, meet solely for the purpose of considering matters to implement the provisions of this article.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 4592.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:4592.5. (a) This section shall be known as the Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.(b) The department shall implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans. The bill of rights shall comply with all of the following requirements:(1) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan to the department shall have the right to assistance provided by the department and the board regarding the regulatory and permitting requirements applicable to timber harvest plans. The board shall make an ombudsperson available to work with and assist persons intending to file a plan at each location where the department accepts those plans for filing, review, and approval.(2) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to access all clearly written guidance documents prepared by the department that explain the regulatory process. In this connection, the department shall publish a list of all information required in a plan, using the rules of the board and an explanation of the criteria used to determine whether the information contained in a plan is adequate.(3) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely determination under Section 4582.7 and any relevant administrative regulations. The department shall promptly notify a person submitting such a plan regarding whether it is accurate, complete, and in proper order.(4) The department shall provide information to explain the meaning of the terms accurate, complete, and in proper order when used in connection with any determination regarding the completeness or sufficiency of a timber harvesting plan.(5) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know the basis for any determination that a plan is deficient and to understand what further information is needed to make a plan complete. After a plan is accepted as complete, the department and any other public agency that participates in the review of a plan shall not request any new or additional information that was not specified prior to the filing of an accepted plan.(6) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely decision on the approval of the plan, and the department shall comply with any time periods set forth for the review and approval of any plan as prescribed in statute or any relevant administrative regulations.(7) If a timber harvesting plan is returned to a person without a determination that it is accurate, complete, and in proper order, the director shall provide the ombudsperson and the person submitting the plan with information about what is needed to make the plan complete, and the ombudsperson shall assist the person in completing the plan.(8) The department shall provide a person submitting a timber harvesting plan with information on the designated lead agency that the person shall work with to comply with any plan requirements prescribed in this division or any relevant administrative regulations. (9) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know who will be reviewing the plan and to be provided with information on the estimated time for completion of the full plan review process.(c) For purposes of this section, plan or timber harvesting plan includes all forms or documents required to be submitted to the department for review, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting plan documents, modified timber harvesting plans, nonindustrial timber harvesting plans, timber harvesting plan exemptions for the harvesting or removal of Christmas trees, dead, dying, or diseased trees, fuelwood, or split products, fire hazard trees within 150 feet of a residence, or substantially damaged timberland, any public agency exemptions, private and public utility exemptions, timberland conversion permits, and notices of emergency timber operations.
SECTION 1. Section 4592.5 is added to the Public Resources Code, to read:
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4592.5. (a) This section shall be known as the Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.(b) The department shall implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans. The bill of rights shall comply with all of the following requirements:(1) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan to the department shall have the right to assistance provided by the department and the board regarding the regulatory and permitting requirements applicable to timber harvest plans. The board shall make an ombudsperson available to work with and assist persons intending to file a plan at each location where the department accepts those plans for filing, review, and approval.(2) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to access all clearly written guidance documents prepared by the department that explain the regulatory process. In this connection, the department shall publish a list of all information required in a plan, using the rules of the board and an explanation of the criteria used to determine whether the information contained in a plan is adequate.(3) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely determination under Section 4582.7 and any relevant administrative regulations. The department shall promptly notify a person submitting such a plan regarding whether it is accurate, complete, and in proper order.(4) The department shall provide information to explain the meaning of the terms accurate, complete, and in proper order when used in connection with any determination regarding the completeness or sufficiency of a timber harvesting plan.(5) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know the basis for any determination that a plan is deficient and to understand what further information is needed to make a plan complete. After a plan is accepted as complete, the department and any other public agency that participates in the review of a plan shall not request any new or additional information that was not specified prior to the filing of an accepted plan.(6) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely decision on the approval of the plan, and the department shall comply with any time periods set forth for the review and approval of any plan as prescribed in statute or any relevant administrative regulations.(7) If a timber harvesting plan is returned to a person without a determination that it is accurate, complete, and in proper order, the director shall provide the ombudsperson and the person submitting the plan with information about what is needed to make the plan complete, and the ombudsperson shall assist the person in completing the plan.(8) The department shall provide a person submitting a timber harvesting plan with information on the designated lead agency that the person shall work with to comply with any plan requirements prescribed in this division or any relevant administrative regulations. (9) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know who will be reviewing the plan and to be provided with information on the estimated time for completion of the full plan review process.(c) For purposes of this section, plan or timber harvesting plan includes all forms or documents required to be submitted to the department for review, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting plan documents, modified timber harvesting plans, nonindustrial timber harvesting plans, timber harvesting plan exemptions for the harvesting or removal of Christmas trees, dead, dying, or diseased trees, fuelwood, or split products, fire hazard trees within 150 feet of a residence, or substantially damaged timberland, any public agency exemptions, private and public utility exemptions, timberland conversion permits, and notices of emergency timber operations.
4592.5. (a) This section shall be known as the Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.(b) The department shall implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans. The bill of rights shall comply with all of the following requirements:(1) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan to the department shall have the right to assistance provided by the department and the board regarding the regulatory and permitting requirements applicable to timber harvest plans. The board shall make an ombudsperson available to work with and assist persons intending to file a plan at each location where the department accepts those plans for filing, review, and approval.(2) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to access all clearly written guidance documents prepared by the department that explain the regulatory process. In this connection, the department shall publish a list of all information required in a plan, using the rules of the board and an explanation of the criteria used to determine whether the information contained in a plan is adequate.(3) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely determination under Section 4582.7 and any relevant administrative regulations. The department shall promptly notify a person submitting such a plan regarding whether it is accurate, complete, and in proper order.(4) The department shall provide information to explain the meaning of the terms accurate, complete, and in proper order when used in connection with any determination regarding the completeness or sufficiency of a timber harvesting plan.(5) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know the basis for any determination that a plan is deficient and to understand what further information is needed to make a plan complete. After a plan is accepted as complete, the department and any other public agency that participates in the review of a plan shall not request any new or additional information that was not specified prior to the filing of an accepted plan.(6) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely decision on the approval of the plan, and the department shall comply with any time periods set forth for the review and approval of any plan as prescribed in statute or any relevant administrative regulations.(7) If a timber harvesting plan is returned to a person without a determination that it is accurate, complete, and in proper order, the director shall provide the ombudsperson and the person submitting the plan with information about what is needed to make the plan complete, and the ombudsperson shall assist the person in completing the plan.(8) The department shall provide a person submitting a timber harvesting plan with information on the designated lead agency that the person shall work with to comply with any plan requirements prescribed in this division or any relevant administrative regulations. (9) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know who will be reviewing the plan and to be provided with information on the estimated time for completion of the full plan review process.(c) For purposes of this section, plan or timber harvesting plan includes all forms or documents required to be submitted to the department for review, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting plan documents, modified timber harvesting plans, nonindustrial timber harvesting plans, timber harvesting plan exemptions for the harvesting or removal of Christmas trees, dead, dying, or diseased trees, fuelwood, or split products, fire hazard trees within 150 feet of a residence, or substantially damaged timberland, any public agency exemptions, private and public utility exemptions, timberland conversion permits, and notices of emergency timber operations.
4592.5. (a) This section shall be known as the Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.(b) The department shall implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans. The bill of rights shall comply with all of the following requirements:(1) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan to the department shall have the right to assistance provided by the department and the board regarding the regulatory and permitting requirements applicable to timber harvest plans. The board shall make an ombudsperson available to work with and assist persons intending to file a plan at each location where the department accepts those plans for filing, review, and approval.(2) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to access all clearly written guidance documents prepared by the department that explain the regulatory process. In this connection, the department shall publish a list of all information required in a plan, using the rules of the board and an explanation of the criteria used to determine whether the information contained in a plan is adequate.(3) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely determination under Section 4582.7 and any relevant administrative regulations. The department shall promptly notify a person submitting such a plan regarding whether it is accurate, complete, and in proper order.(4) The department shall provide information to explain the meaning of the terms accurate, complete, and in proper order when used in connection with any determination regarding the completeness or sufficiency of a timber harvesting plan.(5) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know the basis for any determination that a plan is deficient and to understand what further information is needed to make a plan complete. After a plan is accepted as complete, the department and any other public agency that participates in the review of a plan shall not request any new or additional information that was not specified prior to the filing of an accepted plan.(6) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely decision on the approval of the plan, and the department shall comply with any time periods set forth for the review and approval of any plan as prescribed in statute or any relevant administrative regulations.(7) If a timber harvesting plan is returned to a person without a determination that it is accurate, complete, and in proper order, the director shall provide the ombudsperson and the person submitting the plan with information about what is needed to make the plan complete, and the ombudsperson shall assist the person in completing the plan.(8) The department shall provide a person submitting a timber harvesting plan with information on the designated lead agency that the person shall work with to comply with any plan requirements prescribed in this division or any relevant administrative regulations. (9) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know who will be reviewing the plan and to be provided with information on the estimated time for completion of the full plan review process.(c) For purposes of this section, plan or timber harvesting plan includes all forms or documents required to be submitted to the department for review, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting plan documents, modified timber harvesting plans, nonindustrial timber harvesting plans, timber harvesting plan exemptions for the harvesting or removal of Christmas trees, dead, dying, or diseased trees, fuelwood, or split products, fire hazard trees within 150 feet of a residence, or substantially damaged timberland, any public agency exemptions, private and public utility exemptions, timberland conversion permits, and notices of emergency timber operations.
4592.5. (a) This section shall be known as the Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights.
(b) The department shall implement a Timber Harvesters Bill of Rights to ensure the uniform and efficient implementation of processes and procedures regulating the filing, review, approval, required modification, completion, and appeal of decisions relating to timber harvesting plans. The bill of rights shall comply with all of the following requirements:
(1) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan to the department shall have the right to assistance provided by the department and the board regarding the regulatory and permitting requirements applicable to timber harvest plans. The board shall make an ombudsperson available to work with and assist persons intending to file a plan at each location where the department accepts those plans for filing, review, and approval.
(2) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to access all clearly written guidance documents prepared by the department that explain the regulatory process. In this connection, the department shall publish a list of all information required in a plan, using the rules of the board and an explanation of the criteria used to determine whether the information contained in a plan is adequate.
(3) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely determination under Section 4582.7 and any relevant administrative regulations. The department shall promptly notify a person submitting such a plan regarding whether it is accurate, complete, and in proper order.
(4) The department shall provide information to explain the meaning of the terms accurate, complete, and in proper order when used in connection with any determination regarding the completeness or sufficiency of a timber harvesting plan.
(5) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know the basis for any determination that a plan is deficient and to understand what further information is needed to make a plan complete. After a plan is accepted as complete, the department and any other public agency that participates in the review of a plan shall not request any new or additional information that was not specified prior to the filing of an accepted plan.
(6) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to a timely decision on the approval of the plan, and the department shall comply with any time periods set forth for the review and approval of any plan as prescribed in statute or any relevant administrative regulations.
(7) If a timber harvesting plan is returned to a person without a determination that it is accurate, complete, and in proper order, the director shall provide the ombudsperson and the person submitting the plan with information about what is needed to make the plan complete, and the ombudsperson shall assist the person in completing the plan.
(8) The department shall provide a person submitting a timber harvesting plan with information on the designated lead agency that the person shall work with to comply with any plan requirements prescribed in this division or any relevant administrative regulations.
(9) A person submitting a timber harvesting plan shall have the right to know who will be reviewing the plan and to be provided with information on the estimated time for completion of the full plan review process.
(c) For purposes of this section, plan or timber harvesting plan includes all forms or documents required to be submitted to the department for review, including, but not limited to, timber harvesting plan documents, modified timber harvesting plans, nonindustrial timber harvesting plans, timber harvesting plan exemptions for the harvesting or removal of Christmas trees, dead, dying, or diseased trees, fuelwood, or split products, fire hazard trees within 150 feet of a residence, or substantially damaged timberland, any public agency exemptions, private and public utility exemptions, timberland conversion permits, and notices of emergency timber operations.
The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration of professional foresters at least once every six months at regular meetings and may, as necessary, meet solely for the purpose of considering matters to implement the provisions of this article.