Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 603 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE › Division 77 - FIELD BURNING RULES › Section 603-077-0110 - General Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) No
			 person shall cause or allow open field burning or propane flaming on any
			 acreage unless said acreage has first been registered and mapped pursuant to
			 OAR 603-077-0112(1), the registration fee has been paid, and the registration
			 (permit application) has been approved by the Department.
(2) No person shall cause or allow open field
			 burning, propane flaming, or stack burning without first obtaining and being
			 able to readily demonstrate a valid burning permit and fire permit from the
			 appropriate permit issuing agent pursuant to OAR 603-077-0112(2). On the
			 specific day of and prior to open field burning, propane flaming, or stack
			 burning of any grass seed or cereal grain crop or associated residue the grower
			 registrant shall obtain, in person or by telephone, a valid burning permit and
			 fire permit from the appropriate permit issuing agent pursuant to OAR
			 603-077-0112.
(3) The Department
			 may prohibit any person from registering acreage for open field burning, stack
			 burning, or propane flaming and may deny burn permits for open field burning,
			 propane flaming, and stack burning until all delinquent registration fees, late
			 fees, burn permit fees, and adjudicated penalties from previous seasons are
			 paid. The Department may also institute appropriate legal action to collect the
			 delinquent fees.
(4) No person
			 shall open field burn cereal grain acreage unless that person first issues to
			 the Department a signed statement, and then acts to ensure, that said acreage
			 will be planted in the following growing season to a small-seeded seed crop
			 requiring flame sanitation for proper cultivation, as defined in OAR
			 603-077-0105(2).
(5) No person
			 shall cause or allow open field burning, propane flaming, or stack burning
			 which is contrary to the Department's announced burning schedule specifying the
			 times, locations and amounts of burning permitted, or to any other provision
			 announced or set forth by the Department or this Division.
(6) Each responsible person open field
			 burning or propane flaming shall have an operating radio receiver, or other
			 monitoring device approved by the Department, and shall directly monitor the
			 Department's burn schedule announcements at all times while open field burning
			 or propane flaming.
(7) Each
			 responsible person open field burning or propane flaming shall actively
			 extinguish all flames and major smoke sources when prohibition conditions are
			 imposed by the Department or when instructed to do so by an agent or employee
			 of the Department.
(8) Each
			 responsible person open field burning shall make every reasonable effort to
			 expedite and promote efficient burning and prevent excessive emissions of smoke
			 by:
(a) Meeting all of the State Fire Marshal
			 requirements specified in OAR 837-110-0040 through 837-110-0080;
(b) Ensuring field residues are evenly
			 distributed, dry, and in good burning condition;
(c) Employing rapid ignition techniques on
			 all acreage where there are no imminent fire hazards or public safety
			 concerns.