11 AAC 95.345. Landing location, construction, and operation

(a) A landing must be located, constructed, and operated in a manner that

(1) avoids surface and standing waters, except when frozen;

(2) minimizes the use of marshes and non-forested muskegs;

(3) prevents logs and vegetative debris from entering surface and standing waters; and

(4) minimizes the sedimentation of surface and standing waters.

(b) An operator shall locate and construct a landing according to the following standards:

(1) when choosing the site of a landing, an operator shall consider the effects of the landing location and provide for a logging layout that will reduce the overall adverse effects of the operation;

(2) the design of a landing must minimize the need for sidecasting or fill;

(3) a landing must be no larger than necessary for safe operation of the equipment and decking of logs;

(4) where slopes have a grade greater than 67 percent, are unstable, or are in a slide-prone area, fill material used in construction of a landing must be free from loose stumps and excessive accumulations of slash, and must be mechanically compacted in layers if necessary to prevent soil erosion and mass wasting;

(5) a truck road, a skid trail, or a fire trail must be outsloped or cross drained uphill of the landing and the water diverted onto the forest floor away from the toe of any landing fill;

(6) a landing must be sloped, water barred, ditched or otherwise constructed and maintained to minimize accumulation of water on the landing; and

(7) any excavated material from the construction of a landing may not be placed where it is likely to result in degradation of surface water quality.

(d) For purposes of this chapter, a helicopter drop zone is considered a landing.

History: Eff. 6/10/93, Register 126

Authority: AS 41.17.010

AS 41.17.055

AS 41.17.080

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