A fire safety buffer zone shall parallel both sides of all
highways and roadways within the scope and application of these rules. The
buffer zone shall extend 1/2 mile in a perpendicular direction from the outer
edge of each highway or roadway right-of-way. No field burning shall be allowed
in fire safety buffer zones except as provided in sections (1) and (2) of this
rule:
(1) Interstate Highways west of
the crest of the Cascade Range, south to the Douglas/Lane County lines:
(a) Field burning may be permitted in the
fire safety buffer zone only where a 1/4 mile wide noncombustible ground
surface is provided between the field to be burned and the nearest edge of the
freeway right-of-way. Noncombustible ground surfaces shall meet the criteria
described in section (3) of this rule;
(b) The 1/4 mile noncombustible ground
surface shall extend 1/4 mile each direction beyond the permitted field
boundaries parallel to the freeway right-of-way.
(2) Other Roadways:
(a) Field burning may be permitted in the
fire safety buffer zone only where a 1/8 mile wide noncombustible ground
surface is provided between the field to be burned and the nearest edge of the
highway right-of-way. Noncombustible ground surfaces shall meet the criteria
described in section (3) of this rule;
(b) The 1/8 mile noncombustible ground
surface shall extend 1/8 mile in each direction beyond the permitted field
boundaries parallel to the highway right-of-way;
(c) The designated roadways to which this
section applies are:
(A) ORE 99 -- The section
from Junction City to Eugene;
(B)
ORE 99E -- The sections from Oregon City to Salem and from Albany to Junction
City;
(C) ORE 99W -- The entire
section from Portland to Junction City;
(D) US 20 -- The section from Philomath to
Lebanon;
(E) ORE 22 -- The section
from ORE 18 to Mehama;
(F) US 26 --
The section from ORE 47 interchange to Portland;
(G) ORE 34 -- The section from Corvallis to
Lebanon.
(3)
Noncombustible ground surfaces mentioned in subections (1)(a) and (b) and
(2)(a) and (b) of this rule may be provided by planting a noncombustible ground
cover approved by the State Fire Marshal or by disking and plowing the surface.
Other alternative methods may be recognized by the State Fire Marshal or
designee.
(4) The Office of State
Fire Marshal or designee with the concurrence of the Office of State Fire
Marshal may grant specific written approval:
(a) Not to provide the extensions required by
subsections (2)(a) and (b) of this rule, when natural barriers such as rivers
or other noncombustible surfaces exists; or
(b) For the use of alternative methods to
provide the noncombustible ground surfaces required by subsections (1)(a) and
(b) and (2)(a) and (b) of this rule.
Notes
Or. Admin. R.
837-110-0080
FM 7-1988(Temp), f. &
cert. ef. 8-12-88; FM 8-1988(Temp), f. & cert. 8-15-88; FM 1-1989, f. &
cert. ef. 2-7-89; FM 4-1993(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 8-11-93; FM 2-1994, f.
& cert. ef. 2-7-94
Stat. Auth.: ORS
476.030, ORS
476.380 & ORS
478.960
Stats. Implemented: ORS
476.380 & ORS
478.960
