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Bill would exempt very small timber sales from DNRC hazard-reduction agreement process
Summary
House Bill 79 would exempt small commercial log sales (defined in the bill as up to two truckloads or 10,000 board feet) from the DNRC Hazard Reduction Agreement (HRA) bond-and-tracking process; DNRC and wood-products groups said the change reduces paperwork while preserving environmental safeguards.
House Bill 79 would create an exemption for very small timber sales from the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation's Hazard Reduction Agreement (HRA) bond and tracking process, Representative Curtis Cochran told the Natural Resources Committee.
Under current statute, a landowner or contractor who sells logs commercially after fuels reduction must enter an HRA and DNRC collects a performance bond held until slash and fire hazards are abated. DNRC Division Administrator Sean…
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