Machine Translated by Google Forest Technical Standards Machine Translated by Google REGULATION FOR THE OPERATION OF THE FORESTRY INDUSTRY WHAT PROCESSES WOOD IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS I. BACKGROUND This Regulation has been prepared with the participation tion of forest producers and in compliance with the De decree 709-00 dated September 4, 2000, which provides in its Article 2: "All natural or legal persons who open augers or asemdemes , whatever their condition, must regularize before the Undersecretary of State Forestry of the Secretary of State for the Environment and Natural Resources, the possession of the same on the basis of a Forest Management Plan and must abide by the regulations that will be prepared for these purposes with the participation of the res iJrestales" II. OBJECTIVES The objectives of this Regulation are the following: 1. Contribute to the sustainable development of natural and planted forests and the promotion of commercial reforestation and for protection purposes in the Dominican Republic. 2. Regulate the development of the sawmill industry that processes wood from natural forests and plantations in the Dominican Republic. 3. Promote greater efficiency and control in the use of forest resources at the natural forest and plant level do. 4. Promote the improvement of the living conditions of the rural inhabitants, by generating jobs and improving improvement of environmental quality. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES and Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS 5. Motivate and promote the establishment of new plants forest tions. 6. Increase the capacity of the Dominican forest to capture remove and fix carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. III. DEFINITIONS 3.1 Forest industry! Industries for the processing of forest biomass. 3.2 Aserrio Process by which logs of wood are removed at least the longitudinal circular sectors (lepas, cos taneras or cachazos) or become tables, paddocks, strips, etc. 3.3 Sawmill Equipment that performs sawing. 3.4 Forest Management Plan! It is the planning document that contains the set of actions and procedures that have the purpose of ordering of a property to achieve sustainable management, and that includes activities of cultivation, protection, conservation, restoration tion and use of resources, in such a way that respect the functional integrity and carrying capacities of the ecosystems of which it is a part. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 0 Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS 3. B5osque Natural It is an ecological system in which trees predominate, which have grown spontaneously giving way to the different present ecological processes and relations, which serve as a refuge for wildlife and produce timber and/or non-forest products. loggers. 3.6 Plantation It is an activity through which forest species are planted them and which have passed the establishment stage. The forest plantations can be converted into plant forests two, mixed forests, or simply in rows, blocks or whatever any surface dimension with planted trees. 3.7 Forest Use! Any action of felling or use of trees, whether for timber or for other by-products, extracted from public or private forest land for industrial and/or commercial purposes them. 3.8 Forest Farms These farms are made up of natural forests and/or artificial plantations, located throughout the national territory and are mostly privately owned, both by small, medium and large forest producers. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES and Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS IV. CLASSIFICATION OF SAWMILLS ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE AND SUPPLY 4.1. Integrated Sawmills It refers to those sawmills whose supply is It is supported by wood from a plan or several management plans owned by a natural person or legal entity AC. Sawmills that managed by NGOs and/or associations or cooperatives and that provide services to several forest owners with Management Plans. 4.2. Commercial Sawmills It refers to forest industries installed in commercial places strategic assets owned by individuals or legal entities whose supply is based on wood from Plans of Management, not necessarily owned by the property owner industry, but through purchase agreements with various forest producers. Under this classification are located the sawmills or resaw machines of hardware centers, furniture stores, handicrafts, etc. 4.3 Communal Sawmills They are sawing equipment with variable capacities (maximum 2 m3/day) that are used on a mobile or rotating basis in one or several communities. The supply is done through the harness tree felling through a special program designed sponsored by the Undersecretary of State for Forest Resources and its objective is fundamentally the social benefit and to integrate the SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 0 Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS peasant communities to the forest. This type of sawmill will be strictly managed by NGOs of recognized solvency moral and technical. 4.4 Educational Sawmills They are those for education and training purposes installed by NGOs, training centers, schools and universities, etc. V. TECHNICAL ASPECTS 5.1. The raw material or logs from the Plans of Management of natural forests should be received in the saw during daytime hours, until 6:00 PM in order to avoid transport the wood during the night. This will contribute to the detection of the transport of cut wood without authorization. corresponding cation. 5.2. The basis for the organization and control of the use and industrialization of wood in the Dominican Republic Nicaraguan will be supported by: a. All wood that is processed in sawmills must come from managed forests covered by authorized Management Plans or permits with the proper authorization and justification tion (social, communal, urban construction, etc.) by the authorities competent data. b. Each management plan, industry or forest estate to be managed must deposit with the forestry authorities a copy of the SECRETARIAT OF THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 0 Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS regency contract for the management of your farm by a tec nico or qualified company. 5.3. Factors to Consider in Location are the Following: The location and operation of any type of sawmill must be authorized by the Undersecretary of Resources Fo restales, for which each interested party must seek in one of the offices of the Undersecretariat the installation request form tion and operation to be filled out by the interested party and returned with a letter of request to this Undersecretariat. There are aspects things to consider to authorize the installation and operation of rare, among which are: • Source of raw material (quantity, distance to sawmill ro, accessibility) • Timber species to be sawn • Manpower • Environmental impacts • Waste management • Impacts on access roads • Provision of security standards. Source and supply of raw material: The supply must be sufficient to justify putting the sawmill into operation, both in size and in the specifications of the equipment to be operated. It is preferable to establish sawmills close to the sources of raw material. Sawmills are required to be located in easily accessible locations between charter sites and destination of the wood. SECRETARIAT OF THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES 0 Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS Each request must identify the provenances and sources of raw material according to the species to be processed. SAW. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS 6.1. Priority will be given to sawmills that seek better Rare the living conditions of the inhabitants where they are tre located, through the generation of jobs for them. 6.2. Priority will be given to the owners of the Ma Plans nejo who wish to install sawmills, whether these are individual pri ford or associations, companies with legal personality, as well as non-governmental organizations. 6.3. In the sawmill industry, it is necessary to observe and apply the Minimum standards of safety and industrial protection with the personnel that handles the equipment, such as the use of gloves, masks, helmets, and boots. 6.4. An adequate disposal of the waste products of wood processing, such as dust and sawdust, must be carried out, and the direction of the wind must be considered so that it does not affect the health of the employees and neighbors of the place. Likewise, take due precautions to control noise, whose levels measured in decibels must be adapted to current environmental regulations. 6.5. Used oils and fuels should be available, in such a way that they do not contaminate nearby water sources. In those cases that carry out wood immunization processes, methods that do not generate negative impacts on the environment must be used, according to current environmental regulations. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES G Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS VII. LEGAL ASPECTS 7.1. The authorization for installation and operation of sawmill will be issued by means of a Certificate of Installation and Sawmill Operation, a copy of which must be placed in a conspicuous place. 7.2. Each sawmill must keep a record in a book with a page numbered tion in which the invoices or documents will be registered. evidence of the legal origin of the wood, and the documents evidentiary documents must be filed so that the self competent authorities can consult them at any time. In case of incomplete registration, or sawing of wood not registered in the book at the time of inspection, it will be considered an attempt to smuggle and the person responsible will be sanctioned with the closure of sawmills and other criminal administrative sanctions. 7.3. Sawmills selected for processing the wood from the Forest Management Plans, will be authorized by the Undersecretary of State for Resources Forestry, and each one will be endowed with a certification that be plasticized and kept in a visible place inside the sawmill. 7.4. All sawmills that do not comply will be penalized. or that violate the provisions contained in their permits or cer certified operations, in accordance with current laws. 7.5. Sawmills operating outside these provisions tions and notwithstanding being required to comply with the law, they will be subject to closure and drastic sanctions according to the law, which giving their owners excluded from any type of future request ra for the establishment of this type of activity. SECRETARIAT OF THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS VIII. ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS 8.1. The owner(s) of sawing equipment must comply with all the legal and technical provisions that have been issued regarding the operation of sawing equipment. 8.2. As it deems appropriate, the Undersecretary of State of Forest Resources, will require the submission of annual reports regarding sawmill operations. In those saw groves that feed on wood from other projects, documentation must be maintained (invoices received, letters current routes) that indicate the legitimate origin of these Forest products. 8.3. To request the operation of a sawing equipment, the interested party must fill out a form that will be provided by the Undersecretary of State for Forest Resources. 8.4. The approval of sawmills that are not incorporated to a Management Plan, they should guarantee the raw material by agreement between the owners of the Management Plans and the sawmills. Each sawmill must keep a record in a book with numbered pages, in which the output of wood, sawn or not, will be recorded. Failure to keep the book updated or that the entries are less than the exits plus storage, will be considered an attempt to smuggle and the person responsible will be sanctioned, with the closure of sawmills or other administrative sanctions or penalties. 8.5. For the purchase and sale of wood from the Management Plans, if the wood industries so require, the Undersecretary rfa of the State of Forest Resources, will elaborate a table of cu location for the conversion of roundwood to board feet. SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS 8.6. The Undersecretary of State for Forest Resources bar of sawmill owners statistics of wood production and processing by filling out forms is specially designed for it, with the purpose of carrying the re Statistical register of the Dominican forestry industry. SECRETARIAT OF THE STATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE MIDDLE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Undersecretary of State for Forest Resources SAWMILL/AUGER TECHNICAL INSPECTION FORM CATEGORIES CODE: • Forest farms (FF) • Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) • Commercial sawmills (AC) • Educational sawmills (AE) • Timber importers (IM) • Turners and artisans (TO) 1. GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1. Name of the applicant 1.2. Name of the project 1.3. Owner 1.4. Owner's address 1.5. Telephone fax 1.6. Project location 1.7. Project address 1.8. Telephone / fax 1.9. Site 1.10. Section 1.11. Municipality 1.12. Province 2.0 PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST 3. MARKET 3.1. Source and supply of the raw material 3.2. Destination of the final product 3.3. Processing level of the raw material 3.4. Type of products to be made 3.5. Area of action of the project 3.6. Species and volume to be processed SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES Machine Translated by Google FORESTRY TECHNICAL STANDARDS 3.7. Nearest sawmills / augers 3.8. Efficiency level (70%) 4. ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY DATA 4.1. Distance from the project to the nearest town 4.2. Staff composition 4.3. Installations (outdoors or roofs) 4.4. Waste deposit 4.5. Environmental conditions for employees 5.CHARACTERISTICS OF THE EQUIPMENT 5.1. Type of saw to use 5.2.Capacity 5.3. Maximum diameter of the blade 5.4. Motor power 5.5.Operation (portable and/or permanent) 6. PRO VECT DATA 6.1. Current status 6.2. Project plan drawing 6.3. Type of energy to use 6.4. Storage and industry infrastructure 7. LEGAL OPINION 7.1. Incorporated company 7.2 . Registration of industry and commerce (No. and date) 7.3. purchase documents 8. OBSERVATIONS 9. RECOMMENDATIONS 10. INSPECTION CARRIED OUT BY 11. DATE OF INSPECTION SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES