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Please Let Us Know About Logging Jobs!
The Department of Forestry has sent the following letter out to Virginia
loggers letting them know about the new Notification Law that we made
happen. However, this does not necessarily mean that they will begin to
notify! From the past two years we learned that only half of the jobs
we turned in had notified. We want to continue to watch what is going
on, to make sure loggers notify and DOF does their job. The data we gather
will help Forest Watch justify its continuing effort to strengthen Virginia
laws governing logging.
Please continue to send job notification to us at vafw@mounet.com
or call 276-479-2176
Let us know:
1. Where the job is, with good directions to get there
2. If the job is active, if not, how old you think it is
3. Who is doing the logging (if you know)
4. Who's property it is on (if you know)
5. Any thing bad you see on this job
COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
June 14, 2002
A Letter to Virginia's Loggers
Civil Penalty for Failure to Notify the State Forester of Commercial
Timber Harvesting Operations
Effective July 1, 2002
The 2002 session of Virginia's General Assembly made changes to the Silvicultural
Water Quality Law, Code of Virginia #10.1-1181.2(H) related to Notification
of the Commercial Harvesting of Timber. This change gives the State Forester
the authority to issue a Civil Penalty of $250 for the initial violation
and up to $1,000 for subsequent violations within a 24 month (2 year)
period.
The Notification is required by the Operator (as defined in the law) and
the Civil Penalty will be assessed against the Operator for failure to
notify.
Notification must be received by the Virginia Department of Forestry within
three days of the start of the logging operation, or before completion
if the operation will take less than three days to finish.
The two best methods of contact will be by calling....................etc.
Please direct any questions to Matt Poirot, Water Resources Program Manager
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If you report a job to VAFW and want to know the results, please ask,
because we do not always have time to respond!! Thank you for your help!!
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