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Reforestation
Site Requirements
The following
options are prioritized:
1c. 1st
option-reforestation to occur on construction site or in the
project right-of-way being used for the construction.
2nd option-reforestation
to occur on any public land within the county and watershed
which the construction occurred.
3rd option-reforestation
to occur in the county or watershed in the State in which the
construction activity is located.
4th option-if
all opportunities for reforestation have been exhausted to
the satisfaction of the Department of Natural Resources, payment
for forested area cleared can be-paid into the Reforestation Law
fund (see section 2c for the clearing fee).
The following
criterion apply to all planting sites, per options 1 through 3,
above:
*Open unforested
planting sites must be at least one half acre in size.
*Sites which
adjoin other forest and must be at least one-quarter acre in size.
*Free standing
strip plantings must be a minimum of 5o, wide.
*Site must
not be in forested condition before planting.
*Site must
have relatively normal soil profile and be essentially free of
obstructions from previous uses. * Site must remain in forested
condition for the foreseeable future.
2c. Failure
of constructing agency to locate site(s) and implement reforestation/afforestation
requires a $500/acre payment, submitted to the State's Reforestation
Fund. NOTE: Projects for which construction bids are
let after July 1, 1992 are subject to $4,356/acre (10 cents/sq.
ft.) fee due to amendments made to the Reforestation Law. Fee
is due upon final clearing and determination per post construction
review by Forest Service personnel. Maryland Department of Natural
Resources will not authorize payment without sufficient proof
that constructing agency has exhausted all planting opportunities
(as listed in 1c, above).
3c. Planing
Stock: Seedling or balled and burlapped, per Forest Service standards.
See reforestation/ afforestation planting requirements, p.3 and
4.
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