❓ Dr. Woollard questions SOTICO's log usage at Yarloop sawmill, inquiring about stockpile audits and the rationale for new log deliveries despite existing stockpiles. The answer explains the Forest Products Commission's role in controlling log harvesting and the strategic stockpiling for environmental and operational reasons.
AnsweredQoN 997Legislative Assembly
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(1) Has an independent audit of log stockpiles been undertaken for the sawmill owned (or operated) by SOTICO in Yarloop?
(2) Is SOTICO having new logs delivered to the Yarloop sawmill for milling?
(3) If so, why is SOTICO not utilising its extensive stockpile of logs at Yarloop sawmill in preference to cutting down more trees?
(2) Is SOTICO having new logs delivered to the Yarloop sawmill for milling?
(3) If so, why is SOTICO not utilising its extensive stockpile of logs at Yarloop sawmill in preference to cutting down more trees?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
16 October 2001
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Response time
35 days
(2) Yes. (3) The quantity of sawlogs which are harvested and delivered to sawmills is strictly controlled by the Forest Products Commssion to achieve annual contracted levels. The sawmilling company is responsible for managing how the logs are processed through its mill. Sawlogs are stockpiled at sawmill landings as a deliberate strategy for environmental reasons so that harvesting operations which produce sawlogs from the forest can be concentrated during the dry summer months. In order to prevent the sawmill from closing down during winter when log deliveries are low or cease altogether sawlogs are stockpiled during summer and used progessively through the winter and spring periods. Sawlog harvesting operations and deliveries to sawmills restart during the late spring/early summer period as soil conditions dry out.
(3) The quantity of sawlogs which are harvested and delivered to sawmills is strictly controlled by the Forest Products Commssion to achieve annual contracted levels. The sawmilling company is responsible for managing how the logs are processed through its mill. Sawlogs are stockpiled at sawmill landings as a deliberate strategy for environmental reasons so that harvesting operations which produce sawlogs from the forest can be concentrated during the dry summer months. In order to prevent the sawmill from closing down during winter when log deliveries are low or cease altogether sawlogs are stockpiled during summer and used progessively through the winter and spring periods. Sawlog harvesting operations and deliveries to sawmills restart during the late spring/early summer period as soil conditions dry out.
The sawmilling company is responsible for managing how the logs are processed through its mill. Sawlogs are stockpiled at sawmill landings as a deliberate strategy for environmental reasons so that harvesting operations which produce sawlogs from the forest can be concentrated during the dry summer months. In order to prevent the sawmill from closing down during winter when log deliveries are low or cease altogether sawlogs are stockpiled during summer and used progessively through the winter and spring periods. Sawlog harvesting operations and deliveries to sawmills restart during the late spring/early summer period as soil conditions dry out.
Sawlogs are stockpiled at sawmill landings as a deliberate strategy for environmental reasons so that harvesting operations which produce sawlogs from the forest can be concentrated during the dry summer months. In order to prevent the sawmill from closing down during winter when log deliveries are low or cease altogether sawlogs are stockpiled during summer and used progessively through the winter and spring periods. Sawlog harvesting operations and deliveries to sawmills restart during the late spring/early summer period as soil conditions dry out.
(3) The quantity of sawlogs which are harvested and delivered to sawmills is strictly controlled by the Forest Products Commssion to achieve annual contracted levels. The sawmilling company is responsible for managing how the logs are processed through its mill. Sawlogs are stockpiled at sawmill landings as a deliberate strategy for environmental reasons so that harvesting operations which produce sawlogs from the forest can be concentrated during the dry summer months. In order to prevent the sawmill from closing down during winter when log deliveries are low or cease altogether sawlogs are stockpiled during summer and used progessively through the winter and spring periods. Sawlog harvesting operations and deliveries to sawmills restart during the late spring/early summer period as soil conditions dry out.
The sawmilling company is responsible for managing how the logs are processed through its mill. Sawlogs are stockpiled at sawmill landings as a deliberate strategy for environmental reasons so that harvesting operations which produce sawlogs from the forest can be concentrated during the dry summer months. In order to prevent the sawmill from closing down during winter when log deliveries are low or cease altogether sawlogs are stockpiled during summer and used progessively through the winter and spring periods. Sawlog harvesting operations and deliveries to sawmills restart during the late spring/early summer period as soil conditions dry out.
Sawlogs are stockpiled at sawmill landings as a deliberate strategy for environmental reasons so that harvesting operations which produce sawlogs from the forest can be concentrated during the dry summer months. In order to prevent the sawmill from closing down during winter when log deliveries are low or cease altogether sawlogs are stockpiled during summer and used progessively through the winter and spring periods. Sawlog harvesting operations and deliveries to sawmills restart during the late spring/early summer period as soil conditions dry out.
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