PDFWAC 296-17A-6902
Classification 6902.
6902-02 Logging road: Construction or maintenance
Applies to:
Construction or maintenance of logging roads. For purposes of this classification logging roads are roads for which the basic use is to provide access into a timber or forest area and for the transporting of logs out of the area by truck.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Constructing roads on public or private land in connection with timber sales or logging, such as roads being constructed in accordance with the state department of natural resources or the United States Forest Service timber sales;
• Clearing and grading logging roads with a bulldozer;
• Paving with gravel, crushed rock, or large stones;
• Maintaining logging roads which is limited to keeping the road bed in good repair, such as regrading and fill to repair washouts and ruts.
Note: | As a rule, these logging roads are built to support the weight of logging equipment and trucks, but not necessarily to handle speeds and volume of nonlogging traffic. These roads are not surfaced with asphalt or paved with concrete. |
Exclusions:
• Felling of timber, bucking, and delimbing of all trees in the proposed roadway or adjacent shoulder and all other logging activities are classified in 5001;
• All excavation, land clearing, or grading as a part of roadway construction not in connection with a logging road is classified in 0101;
• Construction of asphalt roads is classified in 0210;
• Construction of concrete roads is classified in 0214;
• Mechanical roadside brushing or machine application of chemicals is classified in 5006; and
• Worker hours engaged in permanent shop or yard operations is reported separately in classification 5206 provided the conditions of WAC 296-17A-5206 have been met.
6902-03 Logging railroad: Construction or maintenance
Applies to:
Construction or maintenance of logging railroads. For purposes of this classification logging railroads are side tracks and spurs which feed into existing railroad main lines.
Work activities include, but are not limited to:
• Constructing railroads on public or private land in connection with timber sales or logging, such as roads being constructed in accordance with the state department of natural resources or the United States Forest Service timber sales;
• Clearing and grading with a bulldozer;
• Laying dirt, rock, and ballast;
• Laying ties and track;
• Installing crossover frogs, switches, switch stands, switch mechanisms, and crossing planks as needed; and
• Maintaining logging railroads, which is limited to keeping the railroad line operational.
Exclusions:
• Falling of timber, bucking, and delimbing of all trees in the proposed roadway or adjacent shoulder, and all other logging activities are classified in 5001;
• Construction of railroad lines not in connection with a logging railroad is classified in 0101;
• Construction of logging roads are classified in 6902-02; and
• Worker hours engaged in maintenance and storage of equipment and material at a permanent yard or shop is reported separately in classification 5206 provided the conditions of WAC 296-17A-5206 have been met.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020 and 51.16.035. WSR 24-23-081, s 296-17A-6902, filed 11/19/24, effective 1/1/25; WSR 16-11-082, § 296-17A-6902, filed 5/17/16, effective 7/1/16; WSR 14-17-085, § 296-17A-6902, filed 8/19/14, effective 9/19/14. WSR 07-01-014, recodified as § 296-17A-6902, filed 12/8/06, effective 12/8/06. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 98-18-042, § 296-17-747, filed 8/28/98, effective 10/1/98; WSR 96-12-039, § 296-17-747, filed 5/31/96, effective 7/1/96. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.04.020(1) and 51.16.035. WSR 93-12-093, § 296-17-747, filed 5/31/93, effective 7/1/93. Statutory Authority: RCW 51.16.035. WSR 85-24-032 (Order 85-33), § 296-17-747, filed 11/27/85, effective 1/1/86; WSR 85-06-026 (Order 85-7), § 296-17-747, filed 2/28/85, effective 4/1/85; WSR 83-24-017 (Order 83-36), § 296-17-747, filed 11/30/83, effective 1/1/84; Order 75-38, § 296-17-747, filed 11/24/75, effective 1/1/76.]