1. A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

2. B. Terms Defined.

   1. (1) “Commercial logging or timber harvesting operations” means the cutting and removing of tree stems from a site for commercial purposes while leaving the root mass intact.

   2. (2) Forest Products.

      1. (i) “Forest products” includes trees or parts of trees that are harvested for compensation.
      2. (ii) “Forest products” includes green lumber, logs, pulpwood, firewood, bark, chips, shavings, and sawdust.
   3. (3) “Forest products operator” means a person who represents to the public that the person is available to engage in the commercial trade of forest products, including the harvesting, transporting, selling or re-selling of forest products.
   4. (4) “Licensed forest products operator” means a person who has received a license from the Department displaying the person’s qualification to practice as a forest products operator.

Authority: Natural Resources Article, §5-608.1, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: November 14, 2011 (38:23 Md. R. 1420)

Regulation .05A amended effective January 7, 2016 (42:26 Md. R. 1594)

Regulation .08 adopted effective January 22, 2024 (51:1 Md. R. 16)