Opinion ID: 1189778
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Heading: bans clearcutting, chemical herbicides and pesticides in forests, with exceptions

Text: QUESTION: Shall statutes ban clearcutting, chemical herbicides, pesticides in forests with exceptions, add standards for lawful logging methods, allow citizen suits? SUMMARY: Amends Forest Practices Act. Bans clearcutting (defined), chemical herbicides, pesticides in forests. Covers private, state, federal forestlands. Exceptions for emergency fire suppression, approved statewide programs to end forest insect, disease epidemics. 40-acre clearcuts also allowed for approved stream restoration programs. Forestry Board must adopt lawful timber harvest methods for each forest community. Methods must meet listed tests. Requires filing of written plan before logging. State must send new water quality plan to federal EPA head for approval. Allows citizen suits to enforce measure. Other changes. The legislature has limited the scope of the review of a ballot title that one who seeks to modify the title may obtain in this court. The requirement in ORS 250.085(2) that the petitioner must be an elector who commented, in writing to the Secretary of State during development of the certified title has been mentioned already. In addition, ORS 250.085(5) and (6) provide: (5) The court shall review the title for substantial compliance with the requirements of ORS 250.035 and 250.039, and shall certify a title meeting this standard to the Secretary of State. (6) When reviewing a title prepared by the Attorney General, the court shall not consider arguments concerning the ballot title not presented in writing to the Secretary of State unless the court determines that the argument concerns language added to or removed from the draft title after expiration of the comment period provided in ORS 250.067. [5]