Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 52 - PEST AND DISEASE CONTROL › Section 603-052-1080 - Firewood Restrictions To Prevent Transport Of Invasive Species

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) This rule is
			 established as authorized under ORS
			 561.510,
			 570.305 and
			 570.720 to protect the State of
			 Oregon from the introduction of invasive species, including non-native
			 wood-boring insects and plant diseases, transported on firewood from outside
			 the Pacific Northwest. The requirements set forth in this rule do not apply to
			 any non-firewood product or logs for industrial use.
(2) The following definitions apply to OAR
			 603-052-1080 and 603-052-1090:
(a) "Approved
			 Pacific Northwest Firewood" is a labeling standard for firewood sold by a
			 firewood producer who complies with the provisions of section (4)(a)(C) of this
			 rule.
(b) "Approved Pest Free" is a
			 labeling standard (i.e., source labeling requirement) for firewood that
			 complies with the provisions of sections (4)(b)(A) of this rule.
(c) "Department" means the Oregon Department
			 of Agriculture.
(d) "Firewood"
			 means any whole or split pieces of wood less than 48" in length or other wood
			 of any tree species cut into a form and size appropriate for use for fuel wood
			 uses, such as home heating or campfires. Compressed wood bricks, pellets, and
			 other processed wood products used for fuel wood uses such as home heating or
			 campfires are excluded from this definition.
(e) "Firewood seller" means any person or
			 business that supplies or sells firewood.
(f) "Invasive Species" means nonnative
			 organisms that cause economic or environmental harm and are capable of
			 spreading to new areas of the state.
(g) "Knowingly" means acting with awareness,
			 deliberateness, or intention.
(h)
			 "Pacific Northwest" means the states of Oregon, Washington, and
			 Idaho.
(i) "Person" means an
			 individual, organization, corporation or partnership, other than the
			 Department, public authority, county, town, city, municipal agency or public
			 corporation.
(j) "Phytosanitary
			 certificate" means an official document issued by an exporting county, state,
			 or country to verify a shipment has been officially inspected and meets the
			 import requirements of the State of Oregon.
(k) "Plant Pest" means a disease, microscopic
			 organism, insect, nematode, arthropod, parasite or any other biotic agent
			 capable of having a significant adverse effect on the environmental quality of
			 Oregon or of causing a significant level of economic damage in Oregon,
			 including but not limited to damage to agricultural, horticultural or forest
			 plants, crops, commodities or products.
(l) "Source" means the state from which the
			 firewood was harvested.
(m)
			 "Untreated Firewood" means any firewood that has not been treated in accordance
			 with the provisions of section (4)(b)(A)(Approved Pest Free) of this
			 rule.
(n) "Violation" means the
			 failure to comply with any requirement of these rules. Each day a violation
			 continues after the time established for compliance shall be considered a
			 separate violation unless the department finds that a different period of time
			 is more appropriate to describe a specific violation event.