SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported): September 29, 2006

SCOTIA PACIFIC COMPANY LLC

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

333-63825
(Commission File Number)

68-0414690
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)


P.O. Box 712
125 Main Street, 2nd Floor
Scotia, California		95565
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (707) 764-2330

Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and
former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

As previously disclosed, on May 8, 2006, the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board (“North Coast Water Board”) adopted watershed-wide waste discharge requirements for the Freshwater and Elk River watersheds found on the Registrant’s timberlands. The North Coast Water Board’s decision had the effect of allowing harvesting in these two watersheds in 2006 and future years to begin once timber harvest plans (“THPs”) were reviewed and enrolled by the staff of the North Coast Water Board, up to approximately 50% of the harvest limit established by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (“CDF Harvest Limit”) for these two watersheds. The North Coast Water Board’s decision also allowed the enrollment of additional THPs, bringing the total to approximately 75% of the CDF Harvest Limit for these two watersheds, upon approval of a monitoring and reporting program by the Executive Officer of the North Coast Water Board staff. On September 29, 2006, the monitoring and reporting program was approved, which has the effect of allowing enrollment by the staff of the North Coast Water Board of the additional THPs for these two watersheds planned for harvest in 2006. This monitoring and reporting program will also govern future THPs in these two watersheds. While the Registrant continues to project that its annual harvest level over the ten-year period beginning 2006 will be approximately 100 million board feet, this projection is significantly below historical annual harvest levels, and actual harvest levels may be even lower, depending on the ultimate outcome of various assumptions.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


	SCOTIA PACIFIC COMPANY LLC (Registrant)
	By:	/s/ Bernard L. Birkel
		Name:	Bernard L. Birkel
Date: October 4, 2006		Title:	Secretary

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