In the interest of public health and welfare, it is the
declared public policy of the State of Oregon to reduce the practice of open
field burning while developing and providing alternative methods of field
sanitation and alternative methods of utilizing and marketing grass seed and
cereal grain straw residues and to control, reduce, and prevent air pollution
from open field burning, propane flaming, and stack burning by smoke
management. In developing and carrying out a smoke management control program
it is the policy of the Environmental Quality Commission:
(1) To allow for field burning based on the
limits specified in state law while protecting public health and welfare,
recognizing:
(a) The importance of
flexibility and judgment in the daily decision-making process, within
established and necessary limits;
(b) The need for operational efficiency
within and between each organizational level;
(c) The need for effective compliance with
all regulations and restrictions.
(2) To study, develop and encourage the use
of reasonable and economically feasible alternatives to the practice of open
field burning.
(3) To increase the
degree of public safety by preventing unwanted wild fires and smoke from open
field burning, propane flaming, and stack burning near highways and freeways
within the State of Oregon. The Environmental Quality Commission hereby adopts
by reference, as rules of the Environmental Quality Commission, OAR
837-110-0105 through
837-110-0155, the rules of the
State Fire Marshal filed with the Secretary of State on November 13, 2009.
These rules shall apply to that area west of the Cascade Range and south to the
Douglas/Lane County lines.
NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon
Clean Air Act Implementation Plan as adopted by the Environmental Quality
Commission under OAR 340-200-0040.
Notes
Or. Admin. Code
§
340-266-0020
DEQ 5-1984, f. & ef.
3-7-84; DEQ 5-1992, f. & cert. ef. 3-3-92 (and corrected 3-18-92); DEQ
4-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-93; DEQ 14-1994, f. & cert. ef. 5-31-94;
DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from 340-026-0003; DEQ
8-2010, f. & cert . ef. 8-27-10
Stat. Auth.: ORS 468 & 468A
Stats. Implemented: ORS
468A.555
