1. (a) A landing must be located, constructed, and operated in a manner that

   1. (1) avoids surface and standing waters, except when frozen;
   2. (2) minimizes the use of marshes and non-forested muskegs, except when frozen;
   3. (3) prevents logs and vegetative debris from entering surface and standing waters; and
   4. (4) minimizes the sedimentation of surface and standing waters.

2. (b) An operator shall locate and construct a landing according to the following standards:

   1. (1) when choosing the site of a landing, an operator shall consider the effects of the landing location and provide for a logging layout that will reduce the overall adverse effects of the operation;
   2. (2) the design of a landing must minimize the need for sidecasting or fill;
   3. (3) a landing must be no larger than necessary for safe operation of the equipment and decking of logs;
   4. (4) where slopes have a grade greater than 67 percent or are unstable, fill material used in construction of a landing must be free from loose stumps and excessive accumulations of slash, and must be mechanically compacted in layers if necessary to prevent soil erosion and mass wasting;

3. (5) a truck road, a skid trail, or a fire trail must be outsloped or cross drained uphill of the landing and the water diverted onto the forest floor away from the toe of any landing fill;

   1. (6) a landing must be sloped, water barred, ditched or otherwise constructed and maintained to minimize accumulation of water on the landing; and
   2. (7) any excavated material from the construction of a landing may not be placed where it is likely to result in degradation of surface water quality.
4. (c) Slash may not be buried in any portion of a landing during landing cleanup operations.
5. (d) For purposes of this chapter, a helicopter drop zone is considered a landing.

(Eff. 6/10/93, Register 126; am 6/8/2007, Register 182; am 9/25/2013, Register 207)

Authority: AS 41.17.010, AS 41.17.055, AS 41.17.080