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Locality MapGrafton Management Area
Compartments 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173 & 174Clouds Creek State Forest
Prepared by: Dan CookDate: 18/10/2016
SAFETY POINTSROADSSealedAll Weather, UnsealedDry Weather, UnsealedFour Wheel Drive
Map Sheets1:25000 Clouds Creek 9437-4N 1:100000 Dorrigo 9437
MAP FEATURESHarvest Area
Flora ReservesState ForestNational Park & Nature Reserve
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Harvest Plan Operational MapCompartments 167-174
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Date: 25/07/2017
MAP FEATURESState Forest Boundary
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0 250 500 750 1,000125Meters Prepared By: Dan Cook
Date: 15/09/2016
MAP FEATURESROADS
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DRAINAGEOrder 1Order 2Order 3Order 4 and above
SealedAll Weather, UnsealedDry Weather, UnsealedFour Wheel Drive
Contours 100m IntervalContours 10m Interval
Type 37 Dry BlackbuttType 46 Sydney Blue GumType 47 Tallowwood - Sydney Blue GumType 51 Dunn's White gumType 74 Spotted Gum - Ironbark / Grey GumType 117 Scribbly GumType 219 Settlements, Roads, gravel Pits, etc.Type 235 WaterCompartments (Poly)State ForestNational Park & Nature Reserve
Type S - Semi Moist Hardwoods
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Document title: FRONT_PLAN_G167to174 Version No.: 1 Page 2 of 12
Harvest Plan no.: 48792 Approval Date: 25/07/2017 Expiry Date: 02/11/2026
Warning: a printed copy of this document may be uncontrolled. Please verify this is the latest version prior to use.
2. Management Conditions on Boundaries Boundary Conditions
SMZ / FMZ FMZ 2 and 3A – occur within the Planning Unit and are mapped on HPOM as exclusion zones. These areas include High Conservation Value Old Growth (HCVOG), Rainforest and Dunn’s White Gum Forest Type.
FMZ 3B - Visual protection zone marked by Green hatching along the Armidale Road. Areas are available for harvesting. Harvesting operations within this area must aim at retaining the visual amenity of the forest by one or more of the following options, or an appropriate alternative: - Minimise snig tracks within visible forest areas. - Snig tracks to run perpendicular to the road where practical. - Retain understorey vegetation where practical to provide visual screening. - Limit trees removals to maximum 50 percent of canopy.
Log dumps are permitted within the visual protection zone. Measures should be taken to retain the visual amenity, e.g. minimise dump size, select location not on top on ridgeline.
FMZ 4 – Available and displayed in a yellow colour on the HPOM as net harvest area. Normal harvest conditions apply.
FMZ 7 – A transmission line easement runs along the western part of the Planning Unit in the vicinity of the Armidale Road. Harvesting is not permitted within the easement. Directional falling techniques must be used when working in close proximity to the transmission line and harvesting must not impact upon the transmission line.
Aboriginal Cultural Heritage
Surveys have been conducted during late 2016. One existing Aboriginal Cultural Heritage site is shown on the HPOM. A 25m total harvesting exclusion has been placed around the site. The site has been marked by an Aboriginal Partnerships Liaison Officer, but must be checked by the FT prior to harvest (repaint faded paint). Existing roads can be maintained (with minimal disturbance to the road surface) and used if they pass through the exclusion zone. NOTE: Log dumps must not be located within this harvesting exclusion.
If any potential heritage sites are identified during mark-up or harvesting, an interim 100m exclusion buffer must be applied and the Planning Supervisor notified immediately.
National Park Nymboi-Binderay National Park forms the southern boundary of the Planning Unit. The boundary from the Armidale Road along Surveyors Road and Muck Creek Road to the corner approximately 250m to the east of log dump 38 is 20m south of the centreline of the road in use. For harvesting purposes the harvesting boundary is Surveyors Road/Muck Creek Road. From this point, north and then east the boundary is the right bank of the drainage line except for the section of boundary immediately to the south of log dump 39 where the GPS/tilepack must be used to conservatively locate the boundary.
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3. Expected Yields
Product Estimates Volume (m3)
Species Species Mix (Sawlog)
HQ Large Sawlog (Quota) 2,450 SPG 60%
HQ Small Sawlog 1,760 BBT 15%
Poles, Piles, Veneer & Girders
420 TWD,SBG,BBX 15%
LQ Sawlog (Salvage) 3,600 OTHER 10%
Total 8,230
4. Haulage Route and Contractor Travel Route
Haul Route There are two haulage routes for this operation. The wood from the northern part of the Planning Unit will go out along Pidcocks Road then Surveyors Road and onto the Armidale Road. The haul route for the southern part of the block will go west out Muck Creek and Surveyors Road then onto the Armidale Road.
Armidale Road Signage “Caution Trucks Turning” signs must be erected on both approaches to roads and dumps adjoining the Armidale Road when in use. HC and Crew are to undertake a risk assessment regarding adequate sight distances prior to using roads and dumps adjoining and/or intersecting the Armidale Rd.
School Bus Routes Refer Attachment 1 - Communication Procedure
Caution must be exercised by harvesting and haulage traffic on the Armidale Road (especially in the vicinity of Dunburrabin) and on the Tyringham Road as School Buses use these routes on school days.
CAUTION - There are 40 km/hr school zones on the Armidale Road during school drop up and pick up times at Nymboida and Coutts Crossing.
Traffic Control Plan /
Traffic Management
Plan
A Traffic Control Plan (TCP) must be developed, by an accredited company and implemented when harvesting within 2 tree lengths of the Armidale Rd (managed by Clarence Valley Council). A Traffic Management Plan (TMP) must be implemented when harvesting within 2 tree lengths of forest roads within the harvesting unit. The HC should review WHS Procedure 4.11 - Traffic Management for more information.
Dust and Mud HC must ensure mud is not dragged onto the Armidale Road during haulage.
Operating hours No restrictions apply to haulage traffic for this operation.
5. Community
Issue Detail Conditions
Notifications Required Nil All relevant notifications have been conducted. A
notification list for FCNSW staff is available from the
Planner.
Neighbours National Park to the
south of the harvest
area
Harvest area is surrounded by State Forest and National
Park. The National Parks office in Dorrigo has been
notified of the harvesting and roading operations.
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Issue Detail Conditions
Forest Permits (Bees) Apiary permits exists
over the net harvest
area.
The Apiary Permit holders have been notified regarding
the harvest event. No hives were detected during
planning however if hives are constraining harvesting
operations then the apiarist must be contacted by the
HC at least two weeks prior to commencement of
harvesting to allow hives to be moved and again on
completion of harvesting in the area.
Forest Permits (Grazing) A grazing
Occupational Permit
exists over the net
harvest area
The permit holder has been notified of roading,
harvesting and haulage operations. The HC must notify
the permit holder at least one week prior to harvesting
operations commencing. Contact details are held on the
Harvest Planning folder
6. Infrastructure
Infrastructure Conditions
Roads Haulage roads within the planning unit have been maintained to haulage standard as shown on the HPOM. No cross banks are to be installed on completion of logging on these roads as they are to remain open for fire control and general management access. Non haulage roads are shown in a light brown colour on the HPOM. Non haulage roads must also remain trafficable.
Overhead Powerlines A transmission line traverses the compartments, as shown by the easement in
compartment 174 (in the vicinity of the Armidale Road) as shown on the HPOM.
The transmission line is a 132Kv powerline. Appropriate safety procedures must
be in place before any work is undertaken in proximity to this power line (see
site safety plan).
Directional falling techniques are to be used when working within close
proximity to powerlines.
SMS Toolbox Talk 4.8 – Working in the Vicinity of Overhead and Underground Powerlines must be conducted prior to the commencement of harvesting operations.
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7. Harvesting Conditions
Silviculture Type Harvesting Objectives and Condition for each stand condition
STS Light
Mixed Spotted Gum
forest type
In stands dominated by mixed age spotted gum forest type, the objective is to
harvest the mature cohort within the stand and to open up the canopy and
mechanically disturb the soil to encourage vigorous regeneration (both
lignotuberous and from seed).
Crew to remove all merchantable stems not marked for retention and ensure
that mechanical disturbance creates a suitable seed bed for regeneration.
Forest Technician to mark growers for retention.
The crew is responsible for selecting retained seed trees and retaining patches of
advanced regeneration.
STS Medium
Coastal
Blackbutt/Mixed age
Moist Mixed
Hardwoods species
type
In the Coastal Blackbutt/mixed age moist hardwood stand, the objective is to
harvest the merchantable component of the mature aged crop and retain the
vigorous younger age class trees for a future cut.
Crew to retain well formed seed trees of preferred species at a spacing of no
more than one and half times tree height.
Forest Technician to mark growers for retention if required.
Crew is to select trees for removal and avoid damage to retained growers.
Not Economically Viable/Pre Merchantable
Areas will not be harvested in this harvesting operation.
Monitoring The HC is not required to conduct basal area monitoring during this harvesting operation.
IFOA Limits STS Light STS Medium Not Economically Viable
Total
STS Tract 467 ha 150ha 100 ha 717 ha
Pre-harvest BA (m2) 25 m2/ha 25 m2/ha 20 m2/ha 17,425 m2
Post harvest BA (m2) 20 m2/ha 17 m2/ha 20 m2/ha 13,890 m2
Planned Removal (%) 20 % 32 % 0 20 %
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8. Tree Retention - refer to TSL booklet for full conditions
Prescription Condition/Responsibility
Mark-Up – the FT is responsible for marking up the forest ahead of harvesting operations consistent with SOP 2 Exclusion Zone Boundary Mark Up - and SOP 3 - Forest Mark Up
Compartment Mark-Up Survey
(5.1, 5.2, 5.13)
Compartment mark-up surveys must be conducted at least 300m in advance of operations. The survey must search for threatened and protected species features listed in conditions 5.1 and 5.2 of the TSL.
Koala star search triggers were identified during pre- harvest surveys.
The FT must field check and map areas of impenetrable understory during mark-up and handover unmarked areas to the HC (refer SOP 3).
Hollow-bearing and Recruitment tree retention (H and R)
Regrowth Zone - 5.6 d), e) and f) conditions apply.
Additional H trees for Greater Glider condition does not apply.
Glossy Black Cockatoo feed trees – 5.6 g) (i) All Forest Oak trees, where there is evidence of Glossy Black-cockatoos feeding on them, must be retained.
Significant Food Resources
(5.6 g)
FT must mark for retention - 6 Eucalypt feed trees/2 ha where they occur, glider sap feed trees, stands of forest oak and forest oak feed trees.
White Mahogany, Bloodwood, Ironbark and Spotted Gum are suitable E tree species present in these compartments.
Harvesting - Crew and HC responsibilities
Protection of Retained Trees (5.6h)
Trees marked or selected for retention must not be felled.
The crew must minimise damage to H, R and E trees by using directional felling.
Harvesting debris should not accumulate within 5 m of retained trees. Where debris does accumulate the crew must remove or flatten to < 1m high.
The HC must be notified of any badly damaged retained trees and they must assess and record if a replacement retained tree is required.
Stag Retention (Dead standing trees 5.6f)
The crew should retain stags where safe to do so.
The crew must record the date, DBH, risk and location of unsafe stags removed
Significant food resources The crew should avoid damaging flowering or fruiting banksias or grass trees.
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Prescription Condition/Responsibility
Harvesting - Crew and HC responsibilities
Impenetrable Understory Areas identified as Impenetrable Understory by the FT must be managed as per the requirements of SOP3.
9. Site-Specific Flora and Fauna (see SOP 1, 2 and 3)
Condition Boundary Type
Prescription
Riparian Habitat Protection (5.7)
(The HPOM indicates LIC drainage order corrected by LiDAR)
2 bars Implement filter strip (hard) and protection zone (soft) around
drainage features as shown on the HPOM. Refer to SOP1.
No unmapped drainage line harvesting permitted. First order
drainage lines to be marked with 2 bars.
The crew will locate and protect all 2nd order and above streams with GPS.
Ground Habitat (5.17)
N/A Commercial firewood collection in these compartments is not permitted.
Rainforest (5.4) Accidental Mapped Exclusion zone to be located by GPS in harvester.
Giant Barred or Stuttering Frog (6.3)
Machinery Mapped Exclusion zone to be located by GPS in harvester.
30m exclusion on mapped streams within 200m of a record.
Revert to 10m UMDL EPL protection – FT to mark these areas with 2 bars.
Stephens’ Banded Snake (6.06)
Machinery Mark and retain all hollow bearing trees with DBHOB of >60cm within 100m of record. Damage to these trees must be avoided
HCVOG (5.3) Limited Exclusion embedded in Mapped Limited Falling Exclusion Zone. Mapped Exclusion zone to be located by GPS in harvester.
Ridge & Headwater Habitat (5.8)
Limited Mapped Exclusion zone to be located by GPS in harvester.
Koala High-use Area (6.14)
Limited Mapped Exclusion zone to be located by GPS in harvester.
Koala Intermediate Use (6.14)
Compartment 172 Only
Modified Retain 10 trees/2ha primary browse species consisting of E. microcorys, Grey Gum E. spp, E. tereticornis, E. robusta or E. microcorys, E. viminalis, E. obliqua, E. pauciflora, E. dalrympleana, E. nobilis, E. saligna, E. andrewsii (may be counted as other retained trees).
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Condition Boundary Type
Prescription
Powerful Owl, Masked Owl, Barking Owl (7b)v))
Limited Landscape Approach applied to Large Forest Owls within the planning unit. No Owl Landscape mapped exclusions occur within the planning unit.
Yellow-bellied Glider (7b)xii))
Limited Mark and retain all observed feed trees & 15 trees within 100m of sap feed trees, mark and retain 15 trees within 100m of record, mark and retain 15 trees within 200m of record
Yellow-bellied Glider
sap feed tree (6.17) Modified
Mark and retain all observed feed trees & 15 trees within
100m of sap feed tree.
Yellow-bellied Glider
call detection (6.17) Modified
Mark and retain 15 trees within 200m of record.
10. Soil & Water – Refer to EPL Booklet for full conditions
Issue Assessment Conditions
EPL Scheduled Activity No
EPL Licencing Yes Roading Supervisor/Harvesting Supervisor to
notify EPA prior to commencement/on
completion of operations.
Unmapped drainage Line
harvesting
Not Permitted
Fisheries Aquatic Habitat Class 1 Fisheries Licence conditions apply
Inherent hazard level 2 Refer SOP 1
Harvesting Slope Limits 30 degrees EPL – Sch 4 Condition 3.
Dispersible Soils No Nil
Mass Movement / Instability No Nil
Acid Sulphate Soils No Nil
Seasonality Conditions No Nil
Issue Assessment Conditions
Historical or existing erosion No Nil
Ground cover >70% Nil
Burning conditions No Nil
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Issue Assessment Conditions
Log Dumps Refer to SOP 5
HC is responsible for authorising moving the location of a log dump.
Roading management during harvesting
Refer to SOP 6.
HC is responsible for monitoring road and crossing drainage during haulage.
Wet Weather and Rutting Refer to SOP 6.
Crew is responsible for implementing automatic closures and following notified closures.
HC is responsible for ensuring crew notified when notified closure is lifted.
Snigging Refer to SOP 8
Crew is responsible for progressive drainage of snig tracks
Snig Track Crossings Refer to SOP 8
HC is responsible to ensure snig track crossings are approved prior to use and rehabilitated upon completion.
11. Crossing Approvals All crossing approvals are shown on the operational map – any other feature crossings must be assessed, recorded below and approved by the Planning Supervisor before use.
Crossing EPA
Approval
Conditions
Nil
12. Operational Plan Briefing: A briefing of this operational plan was conducted by
Person Role Nature of Briefing Date
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13. Acknowledgement of Briefing: I acknowledge that I have received a copy of the plan documents
and that I have been briefed on the conditions of the Plan. I understand the operational control requirements as outlined in the plan and take responsibility for the implementation of plan conditions relevant to my responsibilities
Name Role Signature Date
14. Standard Operating Procedures: The following SOP’s apply to this plan. FCNSW staff and the crew
must hold a copy on site whilst operating and comply with the conditions set out in each SOP.
Procedure Number
Title
1 Drainage Feature Protection
2 Exclusion Zone Boundary Management
3 Forest Mark-Up
4 Operating in Inherent Hazard Level 3 Areas
5 Log Dump Operation and Use
6 Road and Crossing Management and Wet Weather Controls
7 Safety Requirements
8 Snig Tracks and Extraction Tracks
9 Tree Felling and Servicing Logs
10 Fire Precautions and miscellaneous requirements
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Operational Diary:
Date Issue Action Required
Action Completed
Initials
Record: Daily activities (eg tree marking, dump 2); Condition 5.2 of TSL items - EEC locations, rocky outcrops, koala scats, feed tree identification etc), discussions with stakeholders/neighbours/ site visitors; areas of impenetrable understorey; unviable areas not marked, non-conformances; harvesting issues identified, twice weekly road and crossing drainage checks
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Emergency Meeting points are shown on the attached Locality Map
Description MGA Zone for EMP; Lat/Long for helicopter landing point
Phone Reception Poor (Optus Network)
Emergency Meeting Point
CLOU5 - Hortons Creek Picnic Area – Armidale Road 469274 E / 6681130 N Zone 56
Helicopter Landing point
CLOU5 - Hortons Creek Picnic Area – Armidale Road 30° 00’1.399” S / 152° 40’53.144” E
Procedures to obtain ambulance assistance
1. Dial 000
2. If there is no mobile coverage, dial 112 (which will work on any
accessible mobile phone system).
3. If no response on 112:
• use a radio link (TARA, be discrete with personal information)
• move to an area with mobile coverage
• find a landline
• use another network (e.g. a contractor’s VHF radio)
The nearest Forestry Corporation of NSW office is:
COFFS HARBOUR
Contact on: VHF Channel 193
Telephone: 02 6652 0111
Give details of the situation and ask for a 000 call to
be placed.
000 operator question: Response:
1. Police, Fire, Ambulance? Police, fire or ambulance as required
Nearest operations centre for ambulance: Newcastle Operations Centre
2. Suburb? State Forest name: Clouds Creek State Forest
Nearest town or locality: Nymboida
Nearest ambulance station: Grafton
3. Address? Intersection of Surveyors Rd (northern end) and Armidale Rd; Clouds Creek S F
4. Nearest road junction/cross street? Intersection of Surveyors Rd (northern end) and Armidale Rd; Clouds Creek S F
5. Local Government Area? Clarence Valley
6. Nature of the problem? Describe the accident, number, age and condition of casualties. Are they
conscious, are they breathing?
7. Where is the accident? E.g. Oaky Rd, Clouds Creek State Forest
Directions to navigate from nearest
ambulance station to the emergency
meeting point.
Directions to navigate from nearest ambulance station to the emergency meeting
point: From the Grafton ambulance station, take the Armidale Road from South
Grafton through the townships of Coutts Crossing and Nymboida. Continue south
on the Armidale road for 7.2 km from the Nymboida Police Station to Hortons
Creek Picnic Area located on the left-hand side of the road. This is the Safety
Meeting Point and Helipad.
From Dorrigo ambulance station, go north west on Tyringham road for
approximately 25 Km. At the “T” intersection where Tyringham Rd meets
Armidale-Grafton Road, turn right and travel north approximately 36 Km to Hortons
Creek Picnic Area on the right-hand side of the road. This is the Emergency
Meeting Point and Helipad.
8. 4WD ambulance required? Yes: UHF radio channel to use:
9. Injuries? Give detailed information about the condition of the casualty (do not mention
names over radio system)
10. Your name and call back number:
WHS Tool/Resource 3.5.3 Medical Emergency Evacuation Plan
