Title 44, Forestry and Forest Products

(1) The State Board of Forestry shall establish best management practices and other rules applying to forest practices as necessary to insure that to the maximum extent practicable nonpoint source discharges of pollutants resulting from forest operations on forestlands do not imp…

A forest operator conducting, or in good faith proposing to conduct, operations in accordance with best management practices currently in effect shall not be considered in violation of any water quality standards. When the State Board of Forestry adopts new best management practi…

(1) A landowner is not liable in tort for any personal injury, death or property damage that arises out of the leaving of trees and other debris on the property of the landowner under the provisions of ORS 527.610 to 527.770, under any rules adopted pursuant to ORS 527.610 to 527…

(1) A landowner is not liable in tort for any personal injury, death or property damage that arises out of the leaving of large woody debris on the property of the landowner under the provisions of ORS 527.610 to 527.770, under any rules adopted pursuant to ORS 527.610 to 527.770…

As used in ORS 527.786 to 527.793: (1) “Department reporting system” means a forest activity electronic reporting and notice system operated by the State Forestry Department. (2) “Nearby recipient” means a person registered under ORS 527.787: (a) Whose parcel location information…

(1) A person may register with the State Forestry Department to receive notices of proposed or scheduled pesticide applications by helicopter to forestland near the residence of the person. To obtain registration, the person must provide the department with: (a) A description of …

(1) To the extent of any conflict between this section and ORS 527.610 to 527.770, the provisions of this section prevail. (2) Notwithstanding ORS 527.670, an operator, timber owner or landowner proposing to conduct a pesticide application by helicopter to forestland shall send t…

(1) Upon receipt of a notice under ORS 527.788 (2), a State Forestry Department reporting system shall provide the operator, timber owner or landowner that provided the notice with a list of, and contact information for, any nearby recipients for the proposed pesticide applicatio…

(1) An operator, timber owner or landowner that sends notice under ORS 527.788 of a proposed pesticide application by helicopter to forestland shall notify the State Forestry Department prior to the pesticide application by helicopter being made. A notice under this section must:…

(1) If a forestland unit identified in a notice sent under ORS 527.790 receives an incomplete pesticide application on the date specified in the notice, the operator, timber owner or landowner shall send a notice of incompletion to a State Forestry Department reporting system no …

(1) If the State Forestry Department receives a notice under ORS 527.790, at the beginning of the 90-day period identified in the notice, the department shall designate the forestland units identified in the notice as being in available status. Except as provided in subsection (2…

(1) As used in this section, “spray season” means a period that: (a) Begins on January 1 and ends on June 30 in the same calendar year; or (b) Begins on July 1 and ends on December 31 in the same calendar year. (2) If an operator, timber owner or landowner fails to timely send a …

(1) As used in this section, “department reporting system” has the meaning given that term in ORS 527.786. (2) The State Forestry Department shall develop a system to allow nondepartment messages to nearby recipients described in ORS 527.789 (1), notices under ORS 527.790 and not…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Daily spray records” means records required of a pesticide operator under ORS 634.146. (b) “Geographic information system data” means the electronic location data recorded during a pesticide application by helicopter. (c) “Health provider” means …

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Interfere”: (A) Means to use force, violence or action that impedes a pesticide application by helicopter to forestland. (B) Does not mean: (i) The memorializing of pesticide application activities through photography, videotaping, audiotaping or…

(1) As used in this section: (a) “Department reporting system,” “pesticide” and “water use qualifying for a spray buffer” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 527.786. (b) “Flowing water” means surface water is present at the time of a pesticide application. (c) “Inhabited …

(1) As used in this section, “department reporting system” and “water use qualifying for a spray buffer” have the meanings given those terms in ORS 527.786. (2) The State Forestry Department shall record in the department reporting system any points of diversion inventoried by th…

The State Forestry Department may adopt rules to implement the provisions of ORS 527.786 to 527.793, 527.794, 527.795, 527.796, 527.797 and 527.798. [2022 c.33 §51] Note: 527.799 is repealed only if certain conditions are met. See sections 54 and 60 to 64, chapter 33, Oregon Laws…

The Legislative Assembly intends that a person is not entitled to just compensation under ORS 195.305 to 195.336 for any restriction placed on the use of real property by a rule adopted or amended by the State Board of Forestry: (1) As part of the rule package described in ORS 52…

The State Board of Forestry shall report annually to a committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to forestry, in the manner described in ORS 192.245, on progress in implementing the requirements of the Private Forest Accord Report dated February 2, 2022, …

(1) The State Forestry Department shall develop and implement a program to provide technical and financial assistance to public bodies as defined in ORS 174.109, tribal governments, watershed councils as defined in ORS 541.890 and community-based organizations for planning for, r…

(1) Subject to ORS 153.022, violation of ORS 527.670, 527.672, 527.676, 527.740, 527.750, 527.755, 527.788 or 527.797, or any rule promulgated under ORS 527.706, 527.710 or 527.711, is a Class A misdemeanor. Each day of operation in violation of an order issued under ORS 527.680 …

(1) In addition to any other penalty provided by law, any person who fails to comply with any of the following may incur a civil penalty in the amount adopted under ORS 527.685: (a) The requirements of ORS 527.670, 527.672, 527.676, 527.740, 527.750, 527.755, 527.788 or 527.797. …