Civil Penalty for Failure
to Notify the State Forester of Commercial Timber
Harvesting Operation
Effective July 1, 2002
The 2002 session of Virginia's General Assembly
made changes to the Silvicultural Water Quality
Law, Code of Virginia §10.1-1181.2(H) related
to Notification of the Commercial Harvesting
of Timber. This change gives the State Forester
the authority to issue a Civil Penalty of $250
for the initial violation and up to $1,000 for
subsequent violations within a 24-month (2-year)
period.
The Notification is required by the Operator
(as defined in the law) and the Civil Penalty
will be assessed against the Operator for failure
to notify.
Notification must be received by the Virginia
Department of Forestry within three days
of the start of the logging operation, or
before completion if the operation will take
less than three days to finish.
