[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR122.27]

[Page 182]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 122--EPA ADMINISTERED PERMIT PROGRAMS: THE NATIONAL POLLUTANT DISCHARGE ELIMINATION SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Permit Application and Special NPDES Program Requirements
 
Sec. 122.27  Silvicultural activities (applicable to State NPDES programs, see Sec. 123.25).

    (a) Permit requirement. Silvicultural point sources, as defined in 
this section, as point sources subject to the NPDES permit program.
    (b) Definitions. (1) Silvicultural point source means any 
discernible, confined and discrete conveyance related to rock crushing, 
gravel washing, log sorting, or log storage facilities which are 
operated in connection with silvicultural activities and from which 
pollutants are discharged into waters of the United States. The term 
does not include non-point source silvicultural activities such as 
nursery operations, site preparation, reforestation and subsequent 
cultural treatment, thinning, prescribed burning, pest and fire control, 
harvesting operations, surface drainage, or road construction and 
maintenance from which there is natural runoff. However, some of these 
activities (such as stream crossing for roads) may involve point source 
discharges of dredged or fill material which may require a CWA section 
404 permit (See 33 CFR 209.120 and part 233).
    (2) Rock crushing and gravel washing facilities means facilities 
which process crushed and broken stone, gravel, and riprap (See 40 CFR 
part 436, subpart B, including the effluent limitations guidelines).
    (3) Log sorting and log storage facilities means facilities whose 
discharges result from the holding of unprocessed wood, for example, 
logs or roundwood with bark or after removal of bark held in self-
contained bodies of water (mill ponds or log ponds) or stored on land 
where water is applied intentionally on the logs (wet decking). (See 40 
CFR part 429, subpart I, including the effluent limitations guidelines).