Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 340 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Division 266 - FIELD BURNING RULES › Section 340-266-0040 - 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
			 340-266-0050(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
			 340-266-0050(2).
			 One the specific day of and prior to open the 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
			 340-266-0050.
(3) The Department may prohibit any person
			 from registering acreage for open field 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, and burn permit fees 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 insure, 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
			 340-266-0030(40).
(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.