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area and to reduce the potential for disputes and grievances with theseinterests. If the current staffing and available resources are deemed to beinadequate they should be increased.Tembec, as an active participant in the Moyie and Elk Valley residentsand ranchers planning forums, should seek to confirm these processes areeffective in addressing the interests of the participants and thus avoidfuture grievances.Tembec should develop criteria for when the Decision Support Tool is tobe used.When using the Decision Support Tool, Tembec should develop morequantification of costs for each alternative to ensure there is a fullassessment of costs, particularly for environmental and social values, andto assist with the setting of benchmarks to balance or reduce these costsover time.Tembec should develop and implement communication and consultationprocesses to address the concerns expressed about whether its forestmanagement practices strengthen and diversify the local economy.Tembec should consider how it will demonstrate that the average of thepresent and projected annual timber harvests over the next decade, andaverages of projected timber harvests over all subsequent decades, do notexceed the projected long-term harvest rate.Tembec should evaluate whether they provide adequate supervision ofstaff, union employees and contractors to ensure proper implementation ofthe strategies outlined in the SFMP with the reduced staffing under thenew regional structure.Tembec should endorse the finalized Sustainability Reports, make thempublicly available and inform the contacts on the stakeholder database thatthey are available.4.4.35.1.35.1.35.4.15.6.47.38.5.13.6. Notes for future annual auditsThroughout the report, the team has noted Notes for Future Annual Audits. These Notes do notindicate any non-conformance with the BC Standard at present, and are not directed to Tembec.They are recorded where the assessment team is aware of some future action and recommendsthat a specific situation should be monitored or audited in future by SmartWood auditors.Note for Future Annual Audits (Note 1.1.3): The audit team should determine the outcome oftwo ongoing investigations in FL A19040.Note for Future Annual Audits (Note 2.1.1a): The audit team should determine the status ofthe replacement of Forest Licences A20212 and A19040 and advise SmartWood if there is anychange in the expected replacement.Note for Future Annual Audits (Note 2.1.1b): The audit team should confirm that futureTimber Supply analyses provide for an AAC determination specific to Tembec’s operating areain each TSA.Page 50 of 89
Note for Future Annual Audits (Note 4.2.2): The audit team should assess Tembec’s safetyprogram and recent safety record to ensure that the low accident rate of the past has beenmaintained.Note for Future Annual Audits (Note 4.4.2): The audit team should review whether Tembecprovides information used in management decisions to directly affected parties.Note for Future Annual Audits (Note 5.6.6): The audit team should determine if the actualannual harvest rate in any year exceeds 690,000 m3 and thus exceeds the projected long-term rateof 552, 961 m3/yr by more than 25%.Note for Future Annual Audits (9.3.2): The audit team should assess the managementstrategies for HCVFs in future annual audits to determine if they meet Indicator 9.3.2.Note for Future Annual Audits (9.4.2 and 9.4.3): The audit team should assess the monitoringprogram for HCVFs to determine if it meets Indicators 9.4.2 and 9.4.3.3.7. Certification recommendationBased on a thorough field review, analysis and compilation of findings by this SmartWoodassessment team, Tembec has demonstrated that their described system of management is beingimplemented consistently over the whole forest area covered by the scope of the assessment.SmartWood concludes that Tembec’s management system, if implemented as described, iscapable of ensuring that all the requirements of the FSC Certification Standards for BritishColumbia (2005) are met across the scope of the certificate.The assessment team recommends that Tembec’s operations within FL A19040 and FL A20212in the Cranbrook and Kootenay Lake TSAs receive joint FSC/SmartWood Forest Managementand Chain of Custody (FM/COC) certification upon successful completion of the 3 Pre-Conditions listed above and agreement with the 23 stipulated Corrective Action Requests(CARs).In order to maintain certification, Tembec will be audited annually on-site and required to remainin conformance with the FSC Principles and Criteria as further defined by the BC regionalstandards. Tembec will also be required to fulfil the corrective action requests (CARs) describedabove. Experts from SmartWood will review continued forest management performance andconformance with the CARs described in this report, annually during scheduled and randomaudits.Page 51 of 89
Page 1 and 2: Certified by:SmartWood Headquarters
Page 3 and 4: MWLAP Ministry of Water, Land and A
Page 5 and 6: 1. Scope of the Certificate1.1. Sco
Page 7 and 8: 2. ASSESSMENT PROCESS2.1 Certificat
Page 9 and 10: December 1-Jan 31,2006June 9, 2006
Page 11 and 12: The First Nations assessor (TL) wro
Page 13 and 14: During the assessment period, the a
Page 15 and 16: 3. ASSESSMENT FINDINGS AND OBSERVAT
Page 17 and 18: FSC PrincipleP3 - IndigenousPeoples
Page 19 and 20: FSC PrincipleP4: CommunityRelations
Page 21 and 22: FSC PrincipleP4: CommunityRelations
Page 23 and 24: FSC PrincipleComments from Interest
Page 25 and 26: FSC PrincipleP5: Benefits fromthe F
Page 27 and 28: FSC PrincipleP6: EnvironmentalImpac
Page 29 and 30: FSC PrincipleP6: EnvironmentalImpac
Page 31 and 32: FSC PrincipleP7: ManagementPlanP7:
Page 33 and 34: P10 - Plantations • Clearcut harv
Page 35 and 36: P5: Benefits fromthe Forestapproach
Page 37 and 38: P7: ManagementPlanP8: Monitoring& A
Page 39 and 40: Tembec shall complete a summary of
Page 41 and 42: CAR #: 6/06 Reference Standard #: 3
Page 43 and 44: CAR #: 11/06 Reference Standard #:
Page 47 and 48: c) Clearly describes how monitoring
Page 49: In cases where the non-conformance
Page 53 and 54: planning processes to resolve confl
Page 55 and 56: Sparwood and Creston - and a number
Page 57: APPENDIX I: FSC Reporting Form: Det
Page 60 and 61: Government determines AAC, followin
Page 62 and 63: to local communities’ traditional
Page 64 and 65: 3 A19040 Fairy TBD3 A19040 Fernie A
Page 66 and 67: system category.Shelterwood systems
Page 68 and 69: Environmental protection measures,
Page 70 and 71: Forest Licence A20212: Harvesting m
Page 72 and 73: 1. AUDIT PROCESS1.1 Auditors and qu
Page 74 and 75: Pre-condition #:1/06Non-conformance
Page 76 and 77: annual audit.Status: Met and Closed
Page 78 and 79: Status: Met and Closed.Follow-up Ac
Page 80 and 81: Status: Met and Closed.Follow-up Ac
Page 82 and 83: CAR #: 6/06 Reference Standard #: 3
Page 84 and 85: Timeline for Conformance: By the en
Page 86 and 87: minimum 7 m machine-free zone along

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