Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 65 - STATE FORESTER'S RULES › Section 629-065-0005 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
For purposes of OAR 629-065-0005  through 629-065-0410.
(1) "Forest products processing activity"
			 means an activity, conducted at a facility that converts raw logs to finished
			 products;
(2) "No direct financial
			 interest" means that no more than 10 percent of the gross income of a member of
			 the board of directors is derived from timber or ownership in a timber products
			 processing facility. Ownership in a timber products processing facility does
			 not include the ownership of stock in a publicly held corporation;
(3) "OFRI" means the Oregon Forest Resources
			 Institute;
(4) "OFRI application
			 list" means the list compiled by the State Forester for the purposes of OAR
			 629-065-0100 and 629-065-0410  which shows persons recommended for consideration
			 of appointment by the State Forester;
(5) "Producer" means a producer of forest
			 products and includes any person, partnership, association, corporation,
			 cooperative or other business entity involved in the growing, harvesting and
			 processing of timber or timber products. 'Producer' does not include landowners
			 who meet the requirements of ORS 526.610.
(6) "Producers organization" means a bona
			 fide organization, designated from time to time by the State Forester, that
			 represents producers of timber or timber products, or organizations
			 representing landowners who meet the requirements of ORS 526.610, a majority of
			 whose members reside in Oregon and whose objectives include public policy
			 participation in statewide issues affecting timber and the timber industry in
			 Oregon. A bona fide organization is one which has a charter, by-laws,
			 membership requirements and which conducts meetings on a regular basis.
			 Organizations meeting this definition include: American Forest Resources
			 Council, Oregon Forest Industries Council, Oregon Small Woodlands Association,
			 Associated Oregon Loggers, Southern Oregon Timber Industries Association,
			 Douglas Timber Operators and Western Hardwood Association;
(7) "State Forester" means the State Forester
			 or the State Forester's designee;
(8) "Substantial portion of income" means
			 that 50 percent or more of the gross income of a member of the board of
			 directors is derived from timber or timber products ownership or
			 affiliation;
(9) "Timber" means
			 wood of a tree species acceptable for reforestation under the Forest Practices
			 Act, ORS 527.610 to 527.730, and measured in board feet in the ordinary course
			 of business and common practice of the timber industry. The wood may be growing
			 or dead, mature or immature, standing or down. "Timber" does not include
			 Christmas trees as that term is defined in ORS
			 215.203 or
			 321.267;
(10) "Timber products" means a commodity
			 which is the result of growing, harvesting or processing timber and is measured
			 in board feet in the ordinary course of business and common practice of the
			 timber industry.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 526.016(4)
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  526.610(2)(a)