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DE SB30
Bill
Status
6/28/2023
Primary Sponsor
Russ Huxtable
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AI Summary
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Amends Title 7 of the Delaware Code to add and clarify definitions related to silviculture and forest management activities.
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Defines "silviculture" as the care and cultivation of forest trees and "silvicultural activity" as forest management activities including timber harvesting, road/trail construction, property preparation for reforestation, and piling and burning of tree parts.
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Defines "forest products" to include lumber, sawdust, bark, pine needles, woodchips, wood shavings, slabs, edgings, and trim blocks derived from silvicultural activities.
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Adds exemption to incinerator regulations for burning unadulterated sawdust, wood shavings, bark, woodchips, slabs, edgings, or trim blocks produced during lumber manufacturing in sawmills, excluding the coastal zone.
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Defines "sawmill" as a facility where unadulterated logs are sawn into lumber and other products of uniform and known composition.
Legislative Description
An Act To Amend Title 7 Of The Delaware Code Relating To Silviculture.
Last Action
Signed by Governor
6/28/2023