Open burning requirements for Benton, Linn, Marion, Polk, and
Yamhill Counties that form a part of the Willamette Valley Open Burning Control
Area described in OAR 340-264-0078:
(1) Industrial open burning is prohibited,
except as provided in OAR
340-264-0180.
(2) Agricultural open burning is allowed,
subject to the requirements and prohibitions of local jurisdictions and the
State Fire Marshal.
(3) Commercial
open burning is prohibited, except as provided in OAR
340-264-0180.
(4) Construction and Demolition open burning
is allowed outside of special open burning control areas, subject to the
requirements and prohibitions of local jurisdictions, the State Fire Marshal,
OAR
340-264-0050,
340-264-0060 and
340-264-0070. Unless authorized pursuant to
340-264-0180, construction and demolition open burning is prohibited within
special open burning control areas, including the following:
(a) Areas in or within six miles of the
corporate city limit of:
(A) In Benton
County, the City of Corvallis;
(B)
In Marion County, the Cities of Salem and Keizer;
(C) In Polk County, the City of Salem.
(b) Areas in or within
three miles of the corporate city limit of:
(A) In Benton County, the Cities of Albany,
and Philomath;
(B) In Linn County,
the Cities of Albany, Brownsville, Harrisburg, Lebanon, Lyons, Mill City,
Tangent and Sweet Home;
(C) In
Marion County the Cities of Aumsville, Gervais, Hubbard, Jefferson, Mill City,
Mt. Angel, Silverton, Stayton, Sublimity, Turner and Woodburn;
(D) In Polk County, the Cities of Dallas,
Falls City, Independence, Monmouth and Willamina;
(E) In Yamhill County, the Cities of Amity,
Carlton, Dayton, Dundee, Lafayette, McMinnville, Newberg, Sheridan and
Willamina.
(5) Domestic open burning:
(a) As generally depicted in Figure 1
Willamette Valley Open Burning Control Area of OAR
340-264-0078, domestic open
burning is prohibited in the special open burning control areas named in
section (4), except open burning of yard debris is allowed beginning March
first and ending June 15th, inclusive, and beginning Oct. 1st and ending Dec.
15th, inclusive, subject to 340-264-0050 and 340-264-0060 and the requirements
and prohibitions of local jurisdictions and the State Fire Marshal;
(b) Domestic open burning is allowed outside
of special open burning control areas named in section (4), subject to OAR
340-264-0050,
340-264-0060 and
340-264-0070, and the requirements and
prohibitions of local jurisdictions and the State Fire Marshal;
(c) No person may cause or allow to be
initiated or maintained any domestic open burning other than during daylight
hours, unless otherwise specified by DEQ pursuant to OAR
340-264-0070.
(6) Slash burning on
forest land within special open burning control areas not regulated by the
Department of Forestry under the Smoke Management Program is prohibited, except
as provided in OAR
340-264-0180.
NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon
Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR
340-200-0040.
Notes
Or. Admin. R.
340-264-0110
DEQ 27-1981, f. & ef.
9-8-81; DEQ 10-1984, f. 5-29-84, ef. 6-16-84; DEQ 6-1992, f. & cert. ef.
3-11-92; DEQ 4-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-93; DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert.
ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from 340-023-0060; DEQ 21-2000, f. & cert. ef.
12-15-00;
DEQ
7-2015, f. & cert. ef.
4/16/2015
Stat. Auth.: ORS 468.020, ORS 468A.025, 468A.575 &
468A.595
Stats. Implemented: ORS 468A.025, 468A.555 - 468A.620,
477.515 & 477.520
