WAC 332-140-010   Introduction and general definitions.  (1) The regulations in this chapter are promulgated by the commissioner of public lands of the state of Washington to implement the Forest Products Industry Recovery Act of 1982. Unless provided otherwise herein or unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions apply to this chapter and to the act:

     (a) "The act" means the Forest Products Industry Recovery Act of 1982, which is sections 3 through 9, chapter 222, Laws of 1982.

     (b) "ARRF" means the access road revolving fund referred to in the contract and in RCW 79.38.050.

     (c) "Assignment" means the assignment of rights or delegation of duties by a purchaser of a sale or contract to another.

     (d) A purchaser "commences operations" on a sale by engaging in removals on that sale or by commencing road construction, falling, bucking, or other contract requirements.

     (e) A timber sale contract or timber sale which was "purchased," "entered into," or "purchased at auction" in reference to certain dates specified in sections 4, 5 and 6 of the act refers to the date on which the public auction was held at which such contract or sale was offered.

     (f) "Default" means, in reference to a sale, that the purchaser's operating authority on such sale has expired and on which there are forest products yet to be removed. Under section 6 of the act, a purchaser may default a sale by giving notification which specifies that the purchaser is waiving all its rights to the sale. Upon receipt of the notification by the department, the purchaser's operating authority on the sale expires.

     (g) "Department" means the department of natural resources of the state of Washington.

     (h) "Existing," in reference to a sale, means a sale on which the operating authority has not expired and on which there are forest products yet to be removed.

     (i) "Expiration date," in reference to a sale, means the date on which the operating authority expires on that sale under the terms of the contract.

     (j) To "identify" a sale means to state the name of the sale and its application number.

     (k) "Merchantable" forest products means those forest products included in a sale which are "merchantable" as that term is used in the contract and does not include "cull" or "utility" forest products as those terms are defined in the contract.

     (l) "MBF" means thousand board feet Scribner Scale of forest products.

     (m) "MMBF" means million board feet Scribner Scale of forest products.

     (n) The "operating authority" on a sale refers to the dates stated in the contract during which the purchaser is to remove the forest products which are the subject of the sale.

     (o) A "partial cut" sale is one other than a clearcut and on which only part of existing forest products are designated to be removed.

     (p) "Performance security" means the surety bond, cash bond, savings account assignment, irrevocable bank letter of credit, or other form of security which insures the faithful performance by the purchaser of the terms of the contract.

     (q) "Purchaser" means the purchaser of a sale and any affiliate, subsidiary or parent company thereof. "Affiliate" means a person, corporation or other business entity which is allied with or closely connected to another in a practical business sense, or is controlled or has the power to control the other or where both are controlled directly or indirectly by a third person, corporation or other business entity. "Affiliate" includes a joint venture. "Parent company" shall mean a corporation which owns at least a majority of shares of another corporation. The corporation whose shares are so owned is a "subsidiary" of the parent company.

     Purchasers shall be required, upon request of the department, to produce satisfactory written documentation of the relationship between any two or more persons, corporations or other business entities which they or the department claim should be treated as one purchaser under the provisions of the act.

     (r) "Timber sale contract," "sale contract," "contract," "timber sale," "sale of timber," and "sale" all mean the sale of and the contract to remove and pay for forest products which were sold by the department at auction by voice or sealed bid and which had, at time of auction, a minimum appraised value of over twenty thousand dollars. The terms "sale" or "contract" shall be used in these regulations. All of the foregoing terms are considered to be synonymous as referred to in the act and these regulations.

     (s) "Person" as used in section 5(2) of the act means the business entity which paid extension fees prior to the effective date of the act.

     (t) "Window sale" means a sale which is referred to in subsection (2) below.

     (2) Window sales.

     (a) As referred to in these regulations and in sections 4, 5 and 6 of the act, sales or contracts "entered into," "purchased," or "purchased at auction" between January 1, 1978, and July 1, 1980, means those sales for which the auction was held after January 1, 1978, and before July 1, 1980.

     (b) "Lincoln day blowdown" sales are those sales identified by the department which were prepared and sold as a result of damage to the timber caused primarily by the Lincoln day windstorm which occurred on or about February 13, 1979. Such term does not include sales sold because of other reasons or sales sold because timber which was damaged by the Lincoln day storm was further substantially damaged by later storms or other causes. The following sales are the only Lincoln day blowdown sales which were auctioned from July 1, 1980, through December 31, 1980, on which there are forest products remaining to be removed:

     (i) Lower Wasankari, Application No. 40694

     (ii) Piedmont Blowdown, Application No. 42799

     (iii) Miller Road Blowdown, Application No. 42817

     (iv) 4 Corners Blowdown, Application No. 43196

     (v) Key Boundary, Application No. 42078

     (vi) Peaks Pickens, Application No. 42933

     (vii) Three Sisters Blowdown, Application No. 42493

     (viii) Little Boy Blew, Application No. 42163

     (ix) Miller Pickup Blowdown, Application No. 43474

     (x) Shay, Application No. 42133

     (3) Full reservation of rights. These regulations are being adopted because of the presumption that enacted laws are valid. However, all existing, past and future purchasers should be aware that claims have been made that the act is invalid and that there is a possibility that the act or portions thereof may be challenged in court, even by the department or other governmental agency or entity.

     Any purchaser who requests relief under the act does so at its own risk as to the validity of the act and the possibility of judicial orders or decrees affecting it. The department makes no warranty of the validity of the act and reserves the right to immediately terminate, rescind, or otherwise refuse to grant relief under the act if all or a portion of the act is declared invalid, whether such court order or decision is obtained by others or itself. The department further reserves the right to secure all rights, moneys, charges, damages or claims that it would otherwise have been entitled to if the act or portions thereof are declared invalid, and to take such action as may be necessary to secure the same.



[Statutory Authority: 1982 c 222 § 8. 82-14-058 (Order 380), § 332-140-010, filed 7/1/82.]