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Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 623 - SHALLOW, RAPIDLY MOVING LANDSLIDES AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Section 629-623-0550 - Road Construction - Intermediate Public Safety Risk

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) When
			 constructing roads on high landslide hazard locations or other very steep
			 slopes with intermediate downslope public safety risk, operators shall follow
			 site-specific practices as directed by a geotechnical specialist.
(2) In addition to the road construction and
			 maintenance rules in OAR
			 629-625-0100  through
			 629-625-0440,
			 written plans shall include:
(a) An
			 evaluation of cutslope stability that demonstrates major cutslope failure is
			 very unlikely; and
(b) A
			 description of measures to be taken to prevent water from draining onto high
			 landslide hazard locations.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 623 - SHALLOW, RAPIDLY MOVING LANDSLIDES AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Section 629-623-0600 - Protection Along Debris Torrent-Prone Streams

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of this rule is to reduce or
			 eliminate woody debris loading, and to retain large standing trees in locations
			 where they might slow debris torrent movement along debris torrent-prone
			 streams with substantial or intermediate downslope public safety
			 risk.
(2) During timber harvesting
			 operations, operators shall fell and yard trees in a manner to minimize slash
			 and other debris accumulations in debris torrent-prone stream channels where
			 there is substantial or intermediate downslope public safety risk.
(3) Operators shall remove logging slash
			 piles and continuous logging slash deposits from debris torrent-prone stream
			 channels where there is substantial or intermediate downslope public safety
			 risk.
(4) Operators shall leave,
			 and during felling and yarding activity, protect large standing trees along the
			 likely depositional reaches of debris torrent-prone streams, as determined by
			 the State Forester, in locations where there is substantial or intermediate
			 downslope public safety risk. Leave trees shall:
(a) Be larger than 20 inches in diameter
			 breast height;
(b) Be within 50
			 feet of the edge of the active channel along both sides of the
			 stream;
(c) Be left for a distance
			 of 300 feet or the depositional length of the channel, whichever is less, as
			 measured from the beginning of the forested portion of the stream reach above
			 the road or structure;
(d) Not
			 include trees that pose a greater public safety risk because of windthrow or
			 other risks as determined by the State Forester.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 623 - SHALLOW, RAPIDLY MOVING LANDSLIDES AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Section 629-623-0700 - Written Plans to Evaluate Public Safety Risk

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) To allow evaluation of public safety risk
			 and the appropriate methods for reducing this risk, operators shall submit a
			 written plan for all timber harvesting or road construction operations with
			 intermediate or substantial downslope public safety risk as described in OAR
			 629-623-0300.
			 Written plans shall include:
(a) A
			 determination of public safety risk (OAR
			 629-623-0300);
(b) A map showing those
			 portion(s) of the operation containing high landslide hazard
			 locations;
(c) The location of all
			 existing and proposed new roads crossing high landslide hazard
			 locations;
(d) A detailed road
			 design for all new or reconstructed roads crossing high landslide hazard
			 locations;
(e) The location of
			 habitable structures (Exposure Category A) and paved public roads (Exposure
			 Category B) below the operation and within further review areas;
(f) Locations where timber harvesting will
			 not occur;
(g) Locations where
			 partial cutting will occur and the specific silvicultural prescription;
			 and
(h) Additional information
			 related to the operation as requested by the State Forester.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 623 - SHALLOW, RAPIDLY MOVING LANDSLIDES AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Section 629-623-0800 - Hazard Mitigation and Risk Reduction Projects

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Completed landslide mitigation projects
			 can be used to lower the shallow, rapidly moving landslide impact rating as
			 described in OAR
			 629-623-0250.
(a) The landowners who own structures and are
			 directly affected by the impact rating must agree to landslide
			 mitigation.
(b) Structural measures
			 designed and inspected by a geotechnical specialist are the preferred
			 mitigation strategy.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0000 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Forest roads
			 are essential to forest management and contribute to providing jobs, products,
			 tax base and other social and economic benefits.
(2) OAR 629-625-0000  through 629-625-0700  shall be known as the road construction and maintenance rules.
(3) The purpose of the road construction and
			 maintenance rules is to establish standards for locating, designing,
			 constructing and maintaining efficient and beneficial forest roads; locating
			 and operating rock pits and quarries; and vacating roads, rock pits, and
			 quarries that are no longer needed in manners that provide the maximum
			 practical protection to maintain forest productivity, water quality, and fish
			 and wildlife habitat.
(4) The road
			 construction and maintenance rules shall apply to all forest practices regions
			 unless otherwise indicated.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0100 - Written Plans for Road Construction

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) A properly located, designed, and
			 constructed road greatly reduces potential impacts to water quality, forest
			 productivity, fish, and wildlife habitat. To prevent improperly located,
			 designed, or constructed roads, a written plan is required in the sections
			 listed below.
(2) In addition to
			 the requirements of the water protection rules, operators must submit a written
			 plan to the State Forester before:
(a)
			 Constructing a road where there is an apparent risk of road-generated materials
			 entering waters of the state from direct placement, rolling, falling, blasting,
			 landslide, or debris flow;
(b)
			 Conducting machine activity in Type F, Type SSBT, Type D streams, Type N
			 streams, lakes, or significant wetlands;
(c) Constructing roads in riparian management
			 areas;
(d) Constructing or
			 reconstructing any water crossing, in all typed waters and lakes, bays, ponds,
			 impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes,
			 wetlands, inlets, and canals, as described in OAR 629-625-0320  Water Crossing
			 Structures; or
(e) Constructing
			 roads in critical locations, as described in OAR 629-625-0200(3): Road
			 Location.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0200 - Road Location

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of
			 this rule is to ensure roads are located where potential impacts to waters of
			 the state are minimized.
(2) When
			 locating roads, operators shall designate road locations which minimize the
			 risk of materials entering waters of the state and minimize disturbance to
			 channels, lakes, wetlands and floodplains.
(3) Operators shall avoid locating roads on
			 steep slopes, slide areas, high landslide hazard locations, and in wetlands,
			 riparian management areas, channels or floodplains where viable alternatives
			 exist.
(4) Operators shall minimize
			 the number of stream crossings.
(5)
			 To reduce the duplication of road systems and associated ground disturbance,
			 operators shall make use of existing roads where practical. Where roads
			 traverse land in another ownership and will adequately serve the operation,
			 investigate options for using those roads before constructing new
			 roads.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710(2)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.630(3),
				  527.765 &
				  527.714
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0300 - Road Design

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose
			 of OAR 629-625-0300  through 629-625-0330  is to provide design specifications
			 for forest roads that protect water quality.
(2) Operators shall design and construct
			 roads to limit the alteration of natural slopes and drainage patterns to that
			 which will safely accommodate the anticipated use of the road and will also
			 protect waters of the state.
(3)
			 The department shall publish Forest Practices Technical Guidance that explains
			 how to avoid and prevent potential impacts to fish, wildlife, habitat
			 resources, and waters of the state, in support of the following rules:
(a) OAR 629-625-0320(3)(a)  to explain how to
			 implement the rule for the 100-year peak flow, at a minimum, every 10 years to
			 incorporate the most recent peak flow data.
(b) OAR 629-625-0200(5)  to explain and
			 describe the content of written plans for road construction in critical
			 locations.
(c) OAR 629-625-0320(10)
 
			 to explain how to implement rules for the construction and reconstruction for
			 all water crossings updated every 10 years, at a minimum.
(d) OAR 629-625-0320(10)(c)  to explain how to
			 develop a chemical spill prevention and response plan.
(e) OAR 629-625-0320(10)(d)  to explain how to
			 implement rules for in-water work, worksite isolation, and dewatering updated
			 every ten years, at a minimum.
(f)
			 OAR 629-625-0320(10)(d)(A)(ii)  to explain how to implement rules for replacing
			 stream crossing structures outside normal in-water work periods.
(g) OAR 629-625-0330(1)  to explain how to
			 implement rules to hydrologically disconnect forest roads and landings from
			 waters of the state.
(h) OAR
			 629-625-0910(6)  to explain how to identify abandoned roads and bring them into
			 compliance with the forest practice rules.
(i) OAR 629-625-0800(1)  to explain how to
			 avoid or minimize and mitigate for all road and landing construction near or
			 within a significant wetland, stream-associated wetland, or wetlands greater
			 than 0.25 acres in size when impacts are unavoidable.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0310 - Road Prism

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall
			 use variable grades and alignments to avoid less suitable terrain so that the
			 road prism is the least disturbing to protected resources, avoids steep
			 sidehill areas, wet areas and potentially unstable areas as safe, effective
			 vehicle use requirements allow.
(2)
			 Operators shall end-haul excess material from steep slopes or high landslide
			 hazard locations where needed to prevent landslides.
(3) Operators shall design roads no wider
			 than necessary to accommodate the anticipated use.
(4) Operators shall design cut and fill
			 slopes to minimize the risk of landslides.
(5) Operators shall stabilize road fills as
			 needed to prevent fill failure and subsequent damage to waters of the state
			 using compaction, buttressing, subsurface drainage, rock facing or other
			 effective means.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710(2)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.630(3),
				  527.765 &
				  527.714
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0330 - Drainage

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of
			 this rule is to provide a drainage system on new and reconstructed roads that
			 minimizes alteration of stream channels and the risk of sediment delivery to
			 waters of the state. Drainage structures should be located based on the
			 priority listed below. When there is a conflict between the requirements of
			 sections (2) through (6) of this rule, the lowest numbered section takes
			 precedence, and the later-numbered and conflicting section shall not be
			 implemented.
(2) Operators shall
			 not concentrate road drainage water into headwalls, slide areas, high landslide
			 hazard locations, or steep erodible fillslopes.
(3) Operators shall not divert water from
			 stream channels into roadside ditches.
(4) Operators shall install dips, water bars,
			 or cross drainage culverts above and away from stream crossings so that road
			 drainage water may be filtered before entering waters of the state.
(5) Operators shall provide drainage when
			 roads cross or expose springs, seeps, or wet areas.
(6) Operators shall provide a drainage system
			 using grade reversals, surface sloping, ditches, culverts and/or waterbars as
			 necessary to minimize development of gully erosion of the road prism or slopes
			 below the road.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710(2)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.630(3),
				  527.765 &
				  527.714
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0400 - Road Construction

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
OARs
				629-625-0400 through
				629-625-0440 provide standards for disposal of waste materials, drainage, stream protection,
				and stabilization to protect water quality during and after road
				construction.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 527.710
Stats. Implemented: ORS 527.715 & ORS
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0410 - Disposal of Waste Materials

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Operators shall not place debris, sidecast, waste, and other
				excess materials associated with road construction in locations where these
				materials may enter waters of the state during or after construction.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0430

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Stat. Auth.: ORS
				  527.710
Stats. Implemented: ORS
				  527.674,
				  527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0440 - Stabilization

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall
			 stabilize exposed material which is potentially unstable or erodible by use of
			 seeding, mulching, riprapping, leaving light slashing, pull-back, or other
			 effective means.
(2) During wet
			 periods operators shall construct roads in a manner which prevents sediment
			 from entering waters of the state.
(3) Operators shall not incorporate slash,
			 logs, or other large quantities of organic material into road fills.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0500 - Rock Pits and Quarries

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 development, use, and abandonment of rock pits or quarries which are located on
			 forestland and used for forest management shall be conducted using practices
			 which maintain stable slopes and protect water quality.
(2) Operators shall not locate quarry sites
			 in channels.
(3) When using rock
			 pits or quarries, operators shall prevent overburden, solid wastes, or
			 petroleum products from entering waters of the state.
(4) Operators shall stabilize banks,
			 headwalls, and other surfaces of quarries and rock pits to prevent surface
			 erosion or landslides.
(5) When a
			 quarry or rock pit is inactive or vacated, operators shall leave it in the
			 conditions described in section (4) of this rule, shall remove from the forest
			 all petroleum-related waste material associated with the operation, and shall
			 dispose of all other debris so that such materials do not enter waters of the
			 state.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 527.710
Stats. Implemented: ORS 527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0600 - Road Maintenance

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The
			 purpose of this rule is to protect water quality and ensure hydrologic
			 disconnection of roads from waters of the state to the maximum extent
			 practicable by timely maintenance of all active and inactive roads. Road
			 surface must be maintained as necessary to:
(a) Minimize erosion of the surface and the
			 subgrade;
(b) Minimize direct
			 delivery of surface water to waters of the state;
(c) Minimize sediment entry to waters of the
			 state;
(d) Direct any groundwater
			 that is captured by the road surface onto stable portions of the forest
			 floor;
(e) Ensure properly
			 functioning and durable drainage features; and
(f) For existing roads with inboard ditch,
			 avoid overcleaning of ditchlines.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0650 - Vacating Forest Roads

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of
			 this rule is to ensure that when landowners choose to vacate roads under their
			 control, the roads are left in a condition where road related damage to waters
			 of the state is unlikely.
(2) To
			 vacate a forest road, landowners shall effectively block the road to prevent
			 continued use by vehicular traffic, and shall take all reasonable actions to
			 leave the road in a condition where road-related damage to waters of the state
			 is unlikely.
(3) Reasonable actions
			 to vacate a forest road may include removal of stream crossing fills, pullback
			 of fills on steep slopes, frequent cross ditching, and/or vegetative
			 stabilization.
(4) Damage which may
			 occur from a vacated road, consistent with Sections (2) and (3) of the rule,
			 will not be subject to remedy under the provisions of the Oregon Forest
			 Practices Act.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0700 - Wet Weather Road Use

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of
			 this rule is to reduce delivery of fine sediment to streams caused by the use
			 of forest roads during wet periods that may adversely affect downstream water
			 quality in Type F, Type SSBT or Type D streams.
(2) Operators shall use durable surfacing or
			 other effective measures that resist deep rutting or development of a layer of
			 mud on top of the road surface on road segments that drain directly to streams
			 on active roads that will be used for log hauling during wet periods.
(3) Operators shall cease active road use
			 where the surface is deeply rutted or covered by a layer of mud and where
			 runoff from that road segment is causing a visible increase in the turbidity of
			 Type F, Type SSBT or Type D streams as measured above and below the effects of
			 the road.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710(2)
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.630(3),
				  527.765 &
				  527.714
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0800 - Construction in Wetlands

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
Avoid or minimize all road and landing construction near or
				within significant wetlands as described in OAR 629-680-0310,
				stream-associated wetlands, or wetlands greater than 0.25 acres in size. Where
				impacts are unavoidable, operators must first minimize impacts and then
				mitigate for them in the following priority order options (1) through (4) of
				this rule:
(1) Operators shall avoid
			 impacts to significant wetlands, stream-associated wetlands, and other wetlands
			 greater than 0.25 acres in size by selecting the least environmentally damaging
			 landing location, road location and road length. Operators must attempt to
			 minimize road length when avoiding wetlands.
(2) When road or landing construction in a
			 significant wetland, stream-associated wetland, or other wetlands greater than
			 0.25 acres in size cannot be avoided, the operator shall build a temporary road
			 or landing that:
(a) Minimizes impacts by
			 reducing the subgrade width, fill acreage, and spoil areas; and
(b) Removes temporary fills or road sections
			 upon the completion of the project.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0900 - Forest Road Inventory and Assessment

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of the Forest Road Inventory
			 and Assessment (FRIA) is to reduce chronic and catastrophic sediment entry to
			 waters of the state and to ensure passage for covered species during all mobile
			 life-history stages by identifying existing roads not meeting the Forest
			 Practices Rules and bring those roads into compliance with the Forest Practice
			 Administrative Rules.
(2) OAR
			 629-625-0900  does not apply to small forestland owners, as defined in OAR
			 629-600-0100. Small forestland owners shall submit a road condition assessment
			 when they submit a notification of operation for a timber harvest that will use
			 a road to haul timber, as described in OAR 629-625-0920.
(3) The department shall publish Forest
			 Practices Technical Guidance for compliance with the Forest Road Inventory and
			 Assessment process to avoid and prevent potential impacts to fish, wildlife,
			 habitat resources, and waters of the state.
(4) The Forest Road Inventory and Assessment
			 rules apply to segments of roads located on a large forest landowners'
			 property, excluding roads that are owned or controlled by a government entity,
			 including, but not limited to, the United States, and federally recognized
			 Indian Tribes. For the purposes of this section, both ownership and control
			 mean any right, interest, or agreement that precludes the large forest
			 landowner from being able to conduct road work without prior
			 authorization.
(5) Pre-inventory.
			 Landowners shall submit a pre-inventory of high conservation value sites on
			 each road management block to the State Forester no later than January 1, 2025.
(a) Landowners shall include high
			 conservation value sites in the pre-inventory that address the following sites:
(A) Areas of known chronic sedimentation.
			 Consideration will be given to areas where log hauling will occur during the
			 5-year inventory phase.
(B) Fish
			 passage barriers known to be of significant concern. Priorities will be based
			 on locations where fish passage would provide the greatest benefit to native
			 migratory fish consistent with OAR 635-412-0015  and other criteria as
			 determined by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in consultation with the
			 department and consistent with the Oregon Fish Passage Barrier Data Standard
			 developed by the ODFW Fish Screening and Passage Program.
(C) Ongoing stream diversions at stream
			 crossings and areas with stream diversion potential.
(D) Areas of known hydrologic
			 connectivity.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0910 - State-led Abandoned Roads Inventory

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The department in consultation with the
			 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shall lead a cooperative effort to
			 identify abandoned roads. The purpose of this effort is to identify abandoned
			 roads and bring them into compliance with the forest practice rules to reduce
			 the potential of abandoned roads to produce chronic sediment and increase the
			 risks of mass wasting and stream diversions.
(2) After identifying abandoned roads, the
			 department and cooperators shall identify abandoned roads with a high level of
			 risk to waters of the state or infrastructure. The State Forester shall provide
			 the results of the inventory to landowners no later than January 1, 2026. The
			 department shall use the following criteria listed in order of importance to
			 identify risk levels:
(a) Ongoing stream
			 diversion at stream crossings.
(b)
			 Diversion potential at stream crossings.
(c) Likelihood of hydrologic
			 connectivity.
(d) Comparative risk
			 of chronic sediment produced.
(e)
			 Risk of contribution to mass wasting.
(f) Other criteria as determined by the
			 department in consultation with other state and federal
			 agencies.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE › Section 629-625-0920 - Road Condition Assessment

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 The purpose of this rule is to ensure that roads used for harvest and owned by
			 small forestland owners, as defined by OAR 629-600-0100, comply with the
			 standards of the Forest Practices Rules.
(2) The requirements of the Forest Road
			 Inventory and Assessment program described in OAR 629-625-0900  do not apply to
			 small forestland owners.
(3) When a
			 small forestland owner submits a notification including the harvest of timber
			 using the department's reporting and notification system, they shall complete
			 the department road condition assessment. Notifications for activities other
			 than timber harvest shall not require completion of a road condition
			 assessment. The small forestland owner is encouraged to complete the road
			 condition assessment for all roads in their parcel without a planned timber
			 harvest.
(4) The road condition
			 assessment shall include all roads in the parcel owned by the small forestland
			 owner where the harvest will take place, including the following descriptions:
(a) The road condition that contributes to
			 active or potential delivery of sediment to waters of the state;
(b) Water crossing's locations and the status
			 of compliance with the forest practice rules;
(c) Potential fish passage barriers on Type F
			 and Type SSBT streams;
(d)
			 Abandoned roads; and
(e) Roads with
			 a perched fill that present a significant hazard to fish-bearing
			 streams.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0000 - Purpose

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Harvesting of
			 forest tree species is an integral part of forest management by which wood for
			 human use is obtained and by which forests are established and
			 tended.
(2) Harvesting operations
			 result in a temporary disturbance to the forest environment.
(3) The purpose of the harvesting rules is to
			 establish standards for forest practices that will maintain the productivity of
			 forestland, minimize soil and debris entering waters of the state, and protect
			 wildlife and fish habitat.
(4) OARs
			 629-630-0000  through 629-630-0800  shall be known as the harvesting
			 rules.
(5) The harvesting rules
			 shall apply to all forest practices regions unless otherwise
			 indicated.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0100 - Skidding and Yarding Practices

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) For each harvesting operation, operators
			 shall select a logging method and type of equipment appropriate to the given
			 slope, landscape, and soil properties in order to minimize soil deterioration
			 and to protect water quality.
(2)
			 Operators shall avoid ground-based yarding on unstable, wet, or easily
			 compacted soils unless operations can be conducted without damaging soil
			 productivity through soil disturbance, compaction or erosion.
(3) Operators shall locate skid trails where
			 sidecasting is kept to a minimum.
(4) Operators shall locate skid trails on
			 stable areas so as to minimize the risk of material entering waters of the
			 state.
(5) Operators shall avoid
			 excavating skid trails on slumps or slides.
(6) Operators shall limit cable logging to
			 uphill yarding whenever practical. When downhill cable yarding is necessary,
			 operators shall use a layout and system which minimizes soil
			 displacement.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 527.710(2)
Stats. Implemented: ORS 527.630(3), ORS 527.765 & ORS
				  527.714
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0150 - Ground-Based Harvesting On Steep Or Erosion-Prone Slopes

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of
			 this rule is to reduce the potential for erosion from steep or erosion-prone
			 slopes to enter waters of the state.
(2) Slopes over 60 percent are subject to the
			 requirements of Sections (4) through (9) of this rule.
(3) Slopes over 40 percent where soils
			 consist of decomposed granite-type materials, or other highly erodible
			 materials as determined by the State Forester, are considered erosion-prone and
			 subject to the requirements of Sections (4) through (9) of this rule.
(4) Methods that avoid development of
			 compacted or excavated trails are the preferred alternative for operating on
			 steep or erosion-prone slopes. If the operation will result in excavated or
			 compacted skid trails, operators shall apply sections (5) through (9) of this
			 rule.
(5) If skid trails are
			 located on steep or erosion-prone slopes, operators shall locate them at least
			 100 feet from any stream channels.
(6) Operators shall locate skid trails where
			 water can drain off the skid trail and onto undisturbed soils.
(7) Skid trails shall not be located straight
			 up and down steep or erosion prone slopes for a distance exceeding 100 feet
			 unless effective drainage and sediment filtration can be achieved.
(8) Operators shall install effective cross
			 ditches on all skid roads located on steep or erosion-prone slopes.
(9) Operators shall limit the amount of
			 ground with disturbed soils on steep or erosion-prone slopes as described in
			 Sections (2) and (3) of this rule to no more than ten percent of the steep or
			 erosion-prone slopes within the operation area.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.710(2)
				  & 527.630(3)
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0200 - Landings

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall
			 minimize the size of landings to that necessary for safe operation.
(2) Operators shall locate landings on stable
			 areas so as to minimize the risk of material entering waters of the
			 state.
(3) Operators shall avoid
			 locating landings in riparian management areas. When no feasible alternative
			 landing locations exist, operators shall submit a written plan to the State
			 Forester before locating landings in riparian management areas.
(4) Operators shall not incorporate slash,
			 logs, or other large quantities of organic material into landing
			 fills.
(5) Operators shall deposit
			 excess material from landing construction in stable locations well above the
			 high water level.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 527.710
Stats. Implemented: ORS 527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0300 - Drainage Systems

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of
			 this rule is to provide and maintain a drainage system for each landing, skid
			 trail, and fire trail that will control and disperse surface runoff to minimize
			 sediment entering waters of the state.
(2) Operators shall construct dips, grade
			 reversals or other effective water diversions in skid trails and fire trails as
			 necessary to minimize soil displacement and to ensure runoff water is filtered
			 before entering waters of the state.
(3) Operators shall drain skid trails by
			 water barring or other effective means immediately following completion of the
			 operation and at all times during the operation when runoff is
			 likely.
(4) Operators shall
			 establish effective drainage on landings during and after use.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0400 - Treatment of Waste Materials

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1)
			 Operators shall leave or place all debris, slash, sidecast and other waste
			 material associated with harvesting in such a manner to prevent their entry
			 into waters of the state.
(2) Where
			 sidecast material or exposed soils are potentially unstable or erodible, the
			 operator shall stabilize it by pullback, spreading out, seeding or other
			 effective means.
(3) Operators
			 shall remove from the forest all petroleum product related waste material
			 associated with the operation including, but not limited to, crankcase oil,
			 filters, grease and oil containers.
(4) Operators shall dispose of all other
			 debris such as machine parts, old wire rope, and used tractor tracks so that
			 such materials do not enter waters of the state.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 527.710
Stats. Implemented: ORS 527.715 & ORS
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0500 - Harvesting On High Landslide Hazard Locations

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) The purpose of
			 this rule is to prevent timber harvesting-related serious ground disturbance
			 and drainage alterations on all high landslide hazard locations, and to
			 reference additional requirements when there is public safety exposure below
			 the high landslide hazard location.
(2) Operators and the State Forester shall
			 share responsibility to identify high landslide hazard locations and to
			 determine if there is public safety exposure from shallow, rapidly moving
			 landslides using methods described in OAR 629-623-0100  through 0300. If there
			 is public safety exposure, then the practices described in 629-623-0400  through
			 0800 shall also apply.
(3)
			 Operators shall not construct skid roads on high landslide hazard
			 locations.
(4) Operators shall not
			 operate ground-based equipment on high landslide hazard locations.
(5) Operators shall prevent deep or extensive
			 ground disturbance on high landslide hazard locations during log felling and
			 yarding operations.
(6) Operators
			 concerned about the application of these standards to a specific operation may
			 consult with the State Forester to obtain an evaluation of their harvesting
			 plan and its likelihood of compliance with the standards.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710
Statutes/Other Implemented: 527.710, 527.715 &
				  527.765
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0600 - Felling; Removal of Slash

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall
			 fell, buck, and limb trees in ways that minimize disturbance to channels, soils
			 and retained vegetation in riparian management areas, streams, lakes and all
			 wetlands greater than one-quarter acre, and that minimize slash accumulations
			 in channels, significant wetlands and lakes.
(2) During felling operations operators
			 shall:
(a) Whenever possible, fell all
			 conifer trees away from riparian management areas, streams, lakes and
			 significant wetlands, except for trees felled for stream improvement
			 projects.
(b) On steep slopes, use
			 felling practices such as jacking, line pulling, high stumps, whole tree
			 yarding, or stage-cutting as necessary and feasible to prevent damage to
			 vegetation retained in riparian management areas, soils, streams, lakes and
			 significant wetlands.
(c) When
			 hardwoods must be felled into or across streams, lakes or significant wetlands,
			 operators shall:
(A) Buck and yard the trees
			 to minimize damage to beds, banks and retained vegetation.
(B) When it can be done consistently with
			 protecting beds and banks, yard hardwood trees or logs away from the water
			 before limbing.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0700 - Yarding; Cable Equipment Near Waters of the State

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall maintain the purposes and
			 functions of vegetation required to be retained in riparian management areas
			 and minimize disturbance to beds and banks of streams, lakes, all wetlands
			 larger than one-quarter acre, and retained vegetation during cable yarding
			 operations.
(2) Operators shall
			 minimize the yarding of logs across streams, lakes, significant wetlands, and
			 other wetlands greater than one-quarter acre whenever harvesting can be
			 accomplished using existing roads or other practical alternatives.
(3) Operators may use cable yarding corridors
			 through retained trees if the numbers and widths of yarding corridors are
			 minimized. Operators shall submit a written plan to the State Forester when
			 yarding across any of the waters listed in subsections (a) through (g) of this
			 section:
(a) Type F streams;
(b) Type SSBT streams;
(c) Type D streams;
(d) Large or medium Type Np
			 streams;
(e) Small Type Np or Type
			 Ns streams located within designated debris flow traversal areas, as described
			 in OAR 629-630-0905;
(f) Lakes;
			 or
(g) Significant
			 wetlands.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0800 - Yarding; Ground-based Equipment Near Waters of the State

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall
			 maintain the purposes and functions of vegetation required to be retained in
			 riparian management areas, and minimize disturbances to beds and banks of
			 streams, lakes, all wetlands larger than one-quarter acre, and retained
			 vegetation during ground-based yarding operations.
(2) Operators shall not operate ground-based
			 equipment within any stream channel except as allowed in the rules for
			 temporary stream crossings.
(3)
			 Operators shall minimize the number of stream crossings.
(4) For crossing streams that have water
			 during the periods of the operations, operators shall:
(a) Construct temporary stream crossing
			 structures such as log crossings, culvert installations, or fords that are
			 adequate to pass stream flows that are likely to occur during the periods of
			 use. Structures shall be designed to withstand erosion by the streams and
			 minimize sedimentation.
(b) Choose
			 locations for temporary stream crossing structures which minimize cuts and
			 fills or other disturbances to the stream banks.
(c) Minimize the volume of material in any
			 fills constructed at a stream crossing. Fills over eight feet deep contain such
			 a large volume of material that they can be a considerable risk to downstream
			 beneficial uses should the material move downstream by water. For any fill for
			 a temporary crossing that is over eight feet deep, operators shall submit to
			 the State Forester a written plan that includes a description of how the fills
			 would be constructed, passage of water, and the length of time the fills would
			 be in the stream.
(d) Design
			 temporary structures so that fish movement is not impaired on Type F or Type
			 SSBT streams.
(e) Remove all
			 temporary stream crossing structures immediately after completion of operations
			 or prior to seasonal runoff that exceeds the water carrying capacity of the
			 structures, whichever comes first. When removing temporary structures,
			 operators shall place fill material where it will not enter waters of the
			 state.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0900 - Western Oregon Harvests; Slopes Model

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) For the purpose
			 of OAR 629-630-0905  through 629-630-0925, designated debris flow traversal
			 areas and designated sediment source areas are determined by the slopes model
			 and displayed on department maps and the department's reporting and
			 notification system. The slopes model also identifies which designated sediment
			 source areas contain trigger sources, which help prioritize designated sediment
			 source areas for selection as slope retention areas. Department maps and the
			 department's reporting and notification system display designated sediment
			 source areas and distinguishes those with trigger sources. The slopes model
			 designations can be viewed at the time of submitting a notification of
			 operation to the State Forester.
(2) Definitions in section (1) of this rule
			 are defined in OAR 629-600-0100.
(3) All trees retained, as required for OAR
			 629-630-0905  through 629-630-0925, that otherwise meet the requirements for
			 leave trees may count toward requirements for wildlife leave trees within
			 harvest type 2 or harvest type 3 units, pursuant to ORS
			 527.676. Operators are
			 encouraged to leave trees that meet the requirements for wildlife, leave trees
			 within harvest type 2 or harvest type 3 units, pursuant to ORS
			 527.676, immediately adjacent to
			 seeps and springs, as described in OAR 629-655-0000.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710, Section 2(1), Chapter
				  33, Oregon Laws 2022
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.676,
				  527.715,
				  527.765, Section 2(2), Chapter
				  33, Oregon Laws 2022, Section (10), Chapter 33, Oregon Laws
				  2022
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0905 - Western Oregon Harvesting; Standard Practice; Designated Debris Flow Traversal Areas

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) For Western
			 Oregon, operators shall not harvest timber located in designated debris flow
			 traversal areas.
(2) Operators
			 shall retain all trees within 25 feet slope distance from either side of the
			 active channel, or center of the draw if no channel is present for areas
			 identified by the slopes model as designated debris flow traversal
			 areas.
(3) Changes in stream
			 classification for a stream, based on field surveys for fish-use consistent
			 with OAR 629-635-0200, shall not change the department's maps used for
			 notifications of operations that identify designated debris flow traversal
			 areas.
(4) Operators shall submit a
			 written plan, described in OAR 629-630-0925, for timber harvest units
			 containing designated debris flow traversal areas.
(5) Cable yarding, which may require cutting,
			 but not removal, of trees, is permitted through designated debris flow
			 traversal areas, but the number, size, and location of yarding corridors shall
			 be designed to minimize impacts to the integrity of designated debris flow
			 traversal areas. The operator shall not remove trees cut for yarding corridors
			 unless these are deemed safety hazards.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
				  527.710, Section 2(1), Chapter
				  33, Oregon Laws 2022
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
				  527.715,
				  527.765, Section 2(2), Chapter
				  33, Oregon Laws 2022, Section (10), Chapter 33, Oregon Laws
				  2022
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0910 - Western Oregon Harvesting; Standard Practice; Designated Sediment Source Areas and Slope Retention Areas

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Slope retention areas encompass field
			 identified headwalls. The department shall publish Forest Practices Technical
			 Guidance to explain how to implement this rule.
(2) Changes in stream classification for a
			 stream, based on field surveys for fish-use consistent with OAR 629-635-0200,
			 shall not change the department's maps used for notifications of operations
			 that identify designated sediment source areas.
(3) Landowner representatives shall identify
			 at least 50 percent of the designated sediment source areas as slope retention
			 areas for timber harvesting in Western Oregon as follows:
(a) If the number of designated sediment
			 source areas is an odd number, the landowner representative shall round up to
			 the next even number and identify half of the number as slope retention
			 areas.
(b) Prioritize designated
			 sediment source areas for selection of slope retention areas as follows:
(A) Designated sediment source areas with
			 trigger sources; and
(B) Larger
			 designated sediment source areas.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0915 - Statewide Harvesting; Standard Practice; Stream Adjacent Failures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Operators shall
			 extend the riparian management areas, described in OAR 629-643-0100  and OAR
			 629-643-0120, on all identified stream adjacent failures, as defined in OAR
			 629-600-0100. The riparian management area shall encompass the perimeter of the
			 stream adjacent failure, defined in OAR 629-600-0100, however, the width of the
			 riparian management area shall only extend to the lesser of:
(a) The distance of 170 feet from the edge of
			 a Type F or Type SSBT channel; or
(b) The distance to the slope break, defined
			 as 20 percent or greater reduction in slope gradient.
Oregon Administrative Rules › Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY › Division 630 - HARVESTING › Section 629-630-0920 - Small Forestland Owner Minimum Option; Harvesting on Features Identified in the Slopes Model and Stream Adjacent Failures

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 7, July 1, 2024
(1) Western Oregon,
			 Designated Debris Flow Traversal Areas for harvest type 1, harvest type 2 or
			 harvest type 3 operations. For forestlands in Western Oregon that are managed
			 under the small forestland owner minimum option, operators shall not harvest
			 timber within 50 percent of the length of the designated debris flow traversal
			 area for each harvest type 1, harvest type 2, or harvest type 3 unit. The State
			 Forester will:
(a) Assist small forestland
			 owners in determining designated debris flow traversal areas in a planned
			 harvest unit, prioritizing vegetation retention requirements for Type SSBT
			 streams over Type F streams.
(b)
			 Exempt small forestland owners from the designated debris flow traversal areas
			 requirements for harvest type 4 units.