Joint Forest Service/Licensee Working Group ESF B C Forest Service M F ESF for Tenures Application Under current legislation, licensees must submit reports to MoF under RESULTS.

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Transcript Joint Forest Service/Licensee Working Group ESF B C Forest Service M F ESF for Tenures Application Under current legislation, licensees must submit reports to MoF under RESULTS.

Slide 1

Joint Forest Service/Licensee
Working Group

ESF
B C Forest Service

M F


Slide 2

ESF for Tenures Application
Under

current legislation, licensees must
submit reports to MoF under RESULTS and
As Built Roads. They will also submit
appraisals digitally
In order for us to manage these systems, it
only makes sense that we go electronic at
the front end of the life cycle of our tenures


Slide 3

Key Messages
With

any new system, there will be
challenges during the initial implementation
stages
There are going to be issues and related
problems but over time they will be over
come and solutions found


Slide 4

Key Messages
Data Quality and Integrity
ESF will feed the Land and Resource Data Warehouse
(LRDW)
Other agencies and industries will be able to conduct
their business (claims/Oil & Gas) online using the same
data base
If we do not register the area in FTA then the area is
deemed to be available for another purpose.

LRDW – Public Domain


Slide 5

ESF-FTA after June 1





We will be working in the electronic format
No hard copy submissions are required to
populate the corporate systems
However, application triggers will be required in
some instances
 CP application letters must be attached to ECAS (pdf).


New road permits and amendments still requires a separate
application form.


Slide 6

ESF-FTA after June 1


Required supporting information (if
required) can be submitted electronically
by email.
 TMS report for tenures with conflicts
outlining rationale for approval
 Road layout and design schedules for
approval as required by section 5.1 FRR.


Slide 7

ESF Timelines
Cutting
and Road
Cutting
andPermits
Road

Permits

As Built Roads

RESULTS
April 1, 05
June 1, 05
Extended

Dec 31, 05

May 31, 06


Slide 8

Overview of Electronic Submissions
FTA exchanges specific and key pieces
of data with many different applications.
You can see that it is very important that
the data entered in FTA needs to be
complete, accurate and entered in a timely
manner.

Application Level
CLI
Client
FTA
Timber, Range, Road, Private
Marks, Recreation, OGC

GAS

ECAS
Appraisals

CIS
Central
Invoicing

SCS
Scale
Admin

HBS
RESULTS

Harvest Billing
System

Silviculture

General
Billing
System

ERA/
CIMS

ARM
Accounts
Receivable

Data Level

Tenure
Data

Land and Resource
Data Warehouse
(LRDW)


Slide 9

Electronic Submission
Framework
Implementation

Introduction


Slide 10

Major electronic submission
applications


ESF – Electronic Submission Framework
 ABR – As Built Roads
 FTA – Forest Tenure Administration
 RESULTS – Reporting Silviculture Updates
and Landstatus Tracking System





ECAS – Electronic Commerce Appraisal System
HBS – Harvest Billing System
SPAR – Seed Planning and Registry


Slide 11

ESF and E-submissions
ESF “Portal”

FTA
RESULTS
AS Built Roads

ECAS

HBS

SPAR


Slide 12

ESF = XML and GML
ESF is...





Designed on top of industry technology
standards (XML / GML)
XML = Extensible Markup Language —
language for documents that contain
structured data — Attributes
GML = Geography Markup Language is a
subset of XML that includes both spatial and
non-spatial properties of geo features —
Linework


Slide 13

ESF History
A

18 month implementation period
for ESF, ending June 1, 2005
Information Management Group
(IMG) conducted a road show during
2003:
20

sessions in 20 cities
200 MoF and 200 Client/Forest
attended.


Slide 14

ESF History
Forest

Investment Account (FIA)
funding became a fundable activity in
2003
More than $3 million has been spent
on ESF projects for/by licensees
FME — Features Manipulation Engine:
Free software for licensees upon
request (166 FME licensees issued)


Slide 15

Not Required to submit under ESF
At the licensee’s option MOF may
submit ESF for:
 Non-major forestry licence to cut
 Range Tenures
 Private Marks with crown timber
reserved

ESF applies to all other form
of agreements with no
exceptions


Slide 16

BCeID
 BCeID Registration:







Government IDs given to companies
to securely access BC Government
internet sites
Enrolment package is sent to the
company
Company identifies a profile
manager
Profile manager manages IDs for
their company.


Slide 17

BCeID
Approaches to Electronic
Submissions
In-house

systems and resources
Use of qualified service providers

Access for Service Providers
Consulting

companies can submit on behalf of
a license by using Forest Company’s BCeID
account
Licensees are responsible to manage their
own account (data)
http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/esd/bceidrequest.htm


Slide 18

Service Providers
Service

Providers are a critical component
of the ESF implementation strategy,
especially for smaller clients who may have
very few submissions


Slide 19

Service Providers for FTA


List of Service Providers (Request for
Expression of Interest)
Integrated Woods Services Ltd.
Forsite Consultants Ltd.
Cariboo Forest Consultants Ltd.
 Coast Forest Management Ltd.
 Inland Timber Management Ltd.
 J.S. Thrower & Associates Ltd.
 Spatial Mapping Ltd.
 Pacific Geo Tech Systems Ltd.
 BC Network
 Chartwell Consultants Ltd.





Slide 20

Service Providers for FTA
 Not Inclusive nor Exhaustive
 IMG is currently reviewing list for new
qualified providers who wish to be listed
 Please ensure that the service providers are
able to submit for As Built Roads and
RESULTS before using their services
 http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/esd/serviceproviders.
htm
 More Providers are currently being added to the
list


Slide 21

Issue: Data Cleanup
before we move forward
There

has been concerted efforts in
making data cleanup a priority
Funds have been provided primarily
to cleanup data
It is important to note that the focus
is placed on cleanup of core and
commonly shared data elements


Slide 22

Data Fixes
Phase I
04/05

— Data fix
Attributes mismatches

CP 5

CP 5

Block 1-1

Block 1A


Slide 23

Data Fixes
Phase II

05/06 — Data fix —
all missing data (Attributes/positional)
Paper Map

PDF

?
CP 5
Block 205

CP 5
Block 205


Slide 24

Data Fixes
Phase III
06/07


— Data fix
positional mismatches


Slide 25

Exhibit A
Working towards improved quality
of Exhibit A by:
 enhancing

FTA auto-generated

Exhibit A
 implementing Tenure Update Tools
(TUT)
 reviewing and updating standards


Slide 26

Cut Block Labelling and ID for FTA and
RESULTS


Cut Block Naming Convention
 Cutblock ID





Up to a maximum of 10 characters – alpha
numeric
no symbols, spaces

Road Naming Convention
 Section ID



Up to a maximum of 10 characters - alpha
numeric
No symbols, spaces


Slide 27

Cut Block Labelling and ID for FTA and
RESULTS
 If traditionally the district has changed the licensee
submission so that the Section ID on the exhibit A is
different than on the application, there is a need to
communicate these changes to licensee
MUST HAPPEN
 This is a communication issue with the district and the
licensee


Slide 28

Licensee Submission Process
Prepare
Submission
(XML)
EZILINK
Phoenix
etc

Validate
Submission
-TMSdata
accuracy
Send list of
resolved
conflicts to
MOF
District
Contact

Accepted
Automated
Notification

Logon to
Submission
web site
(ESF)

Upload
Submission
(ESF)

Review
Submission
messages
(ESF)

Rejected
Automated
Notification

MOF
District
checks
land status
data integrity

produces
Exhibit A
Rejected
Automated
Notification

Accepted

MOF
District
Manager
or
Designate

Accepted
Automated
Notification

Official
Notification
Legal
Document
-

Rejected
Automated
Notification

Address issues and re-submit
Application
approved

Licensee’s are expected to perform an automated land
status check prior to making formal tenure submissions using

TMS -Tenure Mapping Service


Slide 29

Issued Permits


- hard copy format with the District
Manager’s or designate signature.


Slide 30

Legislative requirements - Overview




RESULTS - Reporting
More details provided under the RESULTS section
After June 1 Woodlot Licence are required to submit
annual reports by April 30, 2006 - Electronic – WARRT
– Woodlot Administrative Review and Recommendation
Team

As




Built Roads

Under the Forest Planning and Practices Regulations,
Section 86(2) and (3) and Forest Road Regulation,
Section 8(3), agreement holders are required to report
the previously as-built road information to the District
Manager, in manner prescribed by the Minister
It has been determined that the information will be
reported electronically


Slide 31

Legislative requirements - Overview
As

 The

Built Roads - ABR

Deadline for the first submission for
roads built to cover the time period April 1,
2003 to March 31, 2005 is December 1, 2005
 For more information on ABR, see the ESF
website : http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/his/esf/index_abr.htm


Slide 32

FTA and RESULTS
The

June 1 deadline also applies to
RESULTS:
For now, we will continue to accept paper
submission until June 1
After June 1, any RESULTS submission must
be in an electronic format


Slide 33

ESF and RESULTS
Overview
Industry, BCTS,
Consultants

Client
Transform

Ministry

Website
Map Report

ESF
FTA
RESULTS

OP DB
Attribute
MoF

TMS

Op DB
Spatial
SRM

LRDW
Copy


Slide 34

Legislated RESULTS Reporting
Requirements by ESF Submitter
Major licensees
BC Timber Sales
Community Forest Agreement
Report by Policy (Code)
THSPR s45-48 (code)
FPPR s86 (FRPA)

Woodlot licensees
WLFMR s86 (Code)
WLPPR s76 (FRPA)

Community Salvage Licence
FPPR s46.1 (FRPA)
FPPR s86 (FPRA)

FPPR 86 (FRPA)

District Manager (NRFL, FLC)
FRPA 30 / FPPR s46
Report by Policy

Third Party Transfers
FRPA 29.1 / FRPA 94 / FPPR 86


Slide 35

Non Replaceable Forest Licence ( NRFL)
& Forestry License to Cut
If

the District Manager has free growing
obligation (plan, report, declare):
District Manager is the submitter
EziLink tool to create ESF submission

Minister

must report free growing
accomplishments as part of MOF Service
Plan Reporting


Slide 36

RESULTS Submission Types
 Before

June 1, 2005
 Paper Forms, maps, amendments, standards
Licensees send paper submissions to district office who
forwards to service providers or entered by district staff

 On-line

directly into RESULTS

Amendments, Stocking Standards proposals, Declarations

 ESF

Opening Definition, Disturbance and Activity report,
Forest Cover and Declarations
RESULTS v1.5 currently in use
RESULTS v2.0 release planned May 10, 2005


Slide 37

RESULTS Submission Types
After

June 1, 2005
On-line directly into RESULTS
ESF Submissions
RESULTS v2.0 release planned May 10, 2005
RESULTS v3.0 release planned Jan 2006
No

more Paper


Slide 38

On-Line Submission Examples
 RESULTS

v 1.5 (currently)

Standards proposals
Updates / corrections
Amendments / approved variation
Declarations
 RESULTS

v 2.0 (additional after May 10th)

Annual silviculture treatment summary
Opening amalgamations
Section 108 applications-application for relief of
freegrowing obligation as a result of an event


Slide 39

ESF Submission Types


RESULTS v 1.5 (current)
Opening definition / stocking standards ID
Disturbance activity
Silviculture activity (spatial optional)
Forest cover updates
Declarations



RESULTS v 2.0 (after May 10th)
Amendments, updates, approved variations
Annual Silviculture Treatment Summary for FRPA blocks
WTP’s as a layer
Seed transfer rule violation tracking
Automatic opening number generator


Slide 40

ESF & RESULTS Authority
versus
Legally Authorized to Submit
 ESF

Submitter

Company Profile Manager and IMG
 RESULT

Update & Declaration

BCeID holder and IMG
 Authorized

by Agreement holder, BCTS Manager,
District Manager
Licensee signing matrix

 Professionally

qualified, RPF

Amendments, standards proposals, declarations


Slide 41

RESULTS Training
Go to the web page for dates and registration
RESULTS OVERVIEW

OBLIGATION
REPORTING
(SUBMISSIONS)

STOCKING
STANDARDS

GENERATING
REPORTS BASIC

RESULTS and
MAPVIEW

GENERATING
REPORTS ADVANCED

AMENDMENTS,
UPDATES, and
APPROVED
VARIATIONS

http://www.learningestore.com/bcmof

GENERATING REPORTS –
PLANNING ASSISTANCE

For info email [email protected]


Slide 42

District Manager Responsibilities
in the Electronic World
 No

longer manually signing SP amendment
approval letters
 No longer manually signing stocking standard
proposals
 Use RESULTS InBox to
Retrieve/review then accept or reject
E-mail notification is sent to licensee
 As

Data Resource Managers, DM is responsible for
accurate entry of data according to standards set
by Data Custodian


Slide 43

Wildlife Tree Retention
Licensees required at completion of harvesting to retain
7.0% of the total area of the cutblocks harvested in the
fiscal year and 3.5% of a cutblock for blocks harvested
under FRPA requirements.
 Compliance reporting will use RESULTS forest cover
submission areas and attributes
 Wildlife tree retention areas may relate to more than one
cutblock, therefore each retention area polygon must be
related to a RESULTS opening.
 Forest cover submissions will assign reserve polygons a
Reserve type: riparian, wildlife, dispersed, other. Reserve
polygons will require mapping if greater than 0.25 ha.
 Forest cover submission sent to layer in the LRDW that will
then be used as encumbrance in the Exhibit A report.



Slide 44

Error messaging strategy




Improved Error Messaging for RESULTS
is now available
FTA will have significantly better error
messages after June 6
The plan is to have an English
descriptive error message which will be
linked to a web based description of the
solution


Slide 45

Failed Submission Strategy
Present Recommendation
District staff are the first point of contact for failed ESF
Tenures and RESULTS submissions
Tenures Contact: Lindsay Scott
Phone: 604-702-5703
Email: [email protected]

RESULTS Contact: Craig Wickland
Phone: 604-702-5753
Email: [email protected]


Slide 46

APPHELP







The first line of support for failed submissions
is the District Contact. Most errors are data
related and can be solved by district staff
Once the district contact has determined that it
is a system or data related issue, they will
forward problem to APPHELP
If problem is not resolved at APPHELP, then it
escalates to HQ specialist
From there it escalates to Programming
Contractors — VIVID/Pangaea


Slide 47

REVIEW
 Is your company ready to submit electronically
after June 1?
 Do you have a BCeID for your company ?
 Do you know who your Profile Manager is ?
 Do you know the key deadlines for ABR and
RESULTS and what your company is planning
to do to get ready?
 Are you going to be using service providers
and who are they?


Slide 48

Chilliwack Forest District Website


Slide 49

DCK Website Important Links







Web address- www.for.gov.bc.ca/dck/
Link- Maps/Provincial Data Sources and
Information/Land Information BC
Link- Electronic Forest Management(e-FM)
Initiative
Link- Electronic Submission Framework


Slide 50

►Questions?


Slide 51

Cutting Permit Amendments
Details





CUTTING PERMIT AMENDMENTS
Polygons on two levels: the CP and CB.
Cut Block Level, add new cut block polygon.
Cutting Permit Level, add the new cutting permit
polygon, also copy in all pre existing cutting permit
polygons. Failure to do so will delete all of the pre
existing cutting permit polygons


Slide 52

WTPs Details






Wildlife Tree Patches are not mapped within
FTA.
Polygons (ie Cutting Permits) should never
have an interior polygon.
The WTP process is currently under review


Slide 53

TMS REPORT-Details







ALWAYS run a TMS (Tenure Map Service) report YOU can reduce delays in processing.
-identify conflicts before ESF.
-highlight mapping errors (ie. polygon goes into a
private lot, linework not correct)
If you resolve a serious conflict, a copy of your
TMS report will be requested as proof of
resolution.


Slide 54

ESF Submission Data-Details








The following information needs to be
communicated through your ESF submission:
-Under ‘description’ please include the BCGS
mapsheet number and a general description of the
area, ie ‘Simms Creek’ or ‘W of Alice Lake Park’.
-Correct PofC usage. If block has been GPS’d,
UTM or LAT and LONG may be used. If manually
traversed, metes and bounds is required.
-Each road section requires a PofC and a PofT.