Source: https://www.oregonlaws.org/ors/2007/527.700
Timestamp: 2020-08-13 17:04:42
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§2', '§13', '§110', '§94', '§4', '§ 527']

ORS 527.700 - Appeals from orders of State Forester - 2007 Oregon Revised Statutes
2007 ORS Vol. 12 Chapter 527 Section 527.700
527.610
527.620
Defini­tions for ORS 527.610 to 527.770
527.630
527.640
527.650
Forest practice committees
527.660
Committees to review rules
527.665
Notice of reforesta­tion require­ments to be given in forestland transfers
527.670
Commence­ment of opera­tions
527.674
Rules requiring approval of written plan prohibited
527.676
Leaving snags and downed logs in harvest type 2 or 3 units
527.680
Viola­tion by operator
527.683
527.685
Civil penalty considera­tions
527.687
Civil penalty pro­ce­dure
527.690
Failure to comply with order to reforest or repair damage
Appeals from orders of State Forester
527.714
527.721
Coordina­tion with state and local agencies for review and com­ment on opera­tions
527.722
Restric­tions on local govern­ment adop­tion of rules regulating forest opera­tions
527.724
Forest opera­tions to comply with air and wa­ter pollu­tion control rules and standards
527.730
Conversion of forestland to other uses
ORS 527.700¹
• hearing procedure
• stay of operation
(1) Any operator, timber owner or landowner affected by any finding or order of the State Forester issued under ORS 527.610 (Short title) to 527.770 (Good faith compliance with best management practices not violation of water quality standards) and 527.992 (Civil penalties) may request a hearing within 30 days after issuance of the order. The hearing shall be commenced within 14 days after receipt of the request for hearing and a final order shall be issued within 28 days of the request for the hearing unless all parties agree to an extension of the time limit.
(2) The State Board of Forestry may delegate to the administrative law judge the authority to issue final orders on matters under this section. Hearings provided under this section shall be conducted as contested case hearings under ORS 183.413 (Notice to parties before hearing of rights and procedure) to 183.470 (Orders in contested cases). The board may establish such rules as it deems appropriate to carry out the provisions of this section. Appeals from final hearing orders under this section shall be provided in ORS 183.482 (Jurisdiction for review of contested cases), except that the comments of the board or the State Forester concerning a written plan are not reviewable orders under ORS 183.480 (Judicial review of agency orders).
(3) Any person adversely affected or aggrieved by an operation described in subsection (4) of this section may file a written request to the board for a hearing if the person submitted written comments pertaining to the operation within the time limits established under ORS 527.670 (Commencement of operations) (9).
(4) A request for hearing may be filed under subsection (3) of this section only if a written plan was required pursuant to ORS 527.670 (Commencement of operations) (3).
(5) A request for hearing filed under subsection (3) of this section shall be filed within 14 calendar days of the date the State Forester completed review of the written plan and issued any comments. Copies of the complete request shall be served, within the 14-day period, on the operator, timber owner and landowner. The request shall include:
(a) A copy of the written plan on which the person is requesting a hearing;
(b) A copy of the comments pertaining to the operation that were filed by the person requesting the hearing;
(c) A statement that shows the person is adversely affected or aggrieved by the operation and has an interest which is addressed by the Oregon Forest Practices Act or rules adopted thereunder; and
(d) A statement of facts that establishes that the operation is of the type described in ORS 527.670 (Commencement of operations) (3).
(6) If the board finds that the person making the request meets the requirement of subsection (5)(c) of this section, the board shall set the matter for hearing within 21 calendar days after receipt of the request for hearing. The operator, timber owner and landowner shall be allowable parties to the hearing. The person requesting the hearing may raise, in the hearing, only those issues that the person raised in written comments filed under ORS 527.670 (Commencement of operations) (9) relating to conformity with the rules of the board. The board shall issue its own comments, which may affirm, modify or rescind comments of the State Forester, if any, on the written plan within 45 days after the request for hearing was filed, unless all parties agree to an extension of the time limit. The comments of the board or of the State Forester concerning a written plan are not reviewable orders under ORS 183.480 (Judicial review of agency orders).
(7) The board may award reasonable attorney fees and expenses to each of the prevailing parties against any other party who the board finds presented a position without probable cause to believe the position was well-founded, or made a request primarily for a purpose other than to secure appropriate action by the board.
(8)(a) Upon the written request of a person requesting a hearing under subsection (3) of this section, a stay of the operation subject to the hearing may be granted upon a showing that:
(A) Commencement or continuation of the operation will constitute a violation of the rules of the board;
(B) The person requesting the stay will suffer irreparable injury if the stay is not granted; and
(C) The requirements of subsections (3), (4) and (5) of this section are met.
(b) If the board grants the stay, it shall require the person requesting the stay to give an undertaking which may be in the amount of the damages potentially resulting from the stay, but in any event shall not be less than $15,000. The board may impose other reasonable requirements pertaining to the grant of the stay. The board shall limit the effect of the stay to the specific geographic area or elements of the operation for which the person requesting the stay has demonstrated a violation of the rules and irreparable injury under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(c) If the board determines in its comments that the written plan pertaining to the operation for which the stay was granted is likely to result in compliance with ORS 527.610 (Short title) to 527.770 (Good faith compliance with best management practices not violation of water quality standards) or the rules of the board, the board may award reasonable attorney fees and actual damages in favor of each of the prevailing parties, to the extent incurred by each, against the person requesting the stay.
(9) If the board rescinds or modifies the comments on the written plan as submitted by the State Forester pertaining to any operation, the board may award reasonable attorney fees and costs against the state in favor of each of the prevailing parties.
(10) As used in this section, "person" means any individual, partnership, corporation, association, governmental subdivision or public or private organization of any character. [Formerly 527.240; 1983 c.28 §2; 1987 c.919 §13; 1999 c.849 §110; 2003 c.75 §94; 2003 c.740 §4]
State Forestry Depart­ment is not "party" for purposes of awarding attorney fees against party that presents posi­tion without probable cause or requests hearing for improper purpose. Thomas Creek Lumber v. Board of Forestry, 188 Or App 10, 69 P3d 1238 (2003)
§§ 527.610 (Short title) to 527.730 (Conversion of forestland to other uses)
Authority of State Forester to enter private land without owner's permission to administer Forest Practices Act, (1978) Vol 39, p 17; county authority to adopt reasonable zoning regula­tions to protect wa­ter supplies from impact of forest opera­tions, (1980) Vol 40, p 446
4 EL 352 (1974); 17 EL 717, 718 (1987); 19 EL 833 (1989)
Authority of State Forester to enter private lands to administer Forest Practices Act, (1978) Vol 38, p 17
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 527—Insect and Disease Control; Forest Practices, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­Archive/­2007ors527.­pdf (2007) (last ac­cessed Feb. 12, 2009).
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Stat­utes, Cumulative Supplement - 2007, Chapter 527, https://­www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/­bills_laws/­ors/­527ano.­htm (2007) (last ac­cessed Feb. 12, 2009).