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DE SB30

Bill

Status

Passed

6/28/2023

Primary Sponsor

Russ Huxtable

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Origin

Senate

152nd General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Amends Title 7 of the Delaware Code to add and clarify definitions related to silviculture and forest management activities.

  • 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.

  • Defines "forest products" to include lumber, sawdust, bark, pine needles, woodchips, wood shavings, slabs, edgings, and trim blocks derived from silvicultural activities.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Agriculture5/5/2023
Agriculture1/18/2023

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