(1)
Pursuant to ORS
477.645, any persons operating
an internal combustion engine during fire season, on, or within one-eighth of
one mile of a forest protection district, must equip and maintain the engine
with a spark arrester, which is;
(a) In good
operating condition, and
(b)
Listed in the most recent edition of a publication of the National Wildfire
Coordinating Group and the U.S.D.A. Forest Service, entitled "Spark Arrester
Guide".
(2) The
following are exempt from the requirements of section (1) of this rule:
(a) Fully turbo-charged engines which are
maintained in good operating condition;
(b) Engines in motor vehicles operating on
improved roads which are equipped with a muffler and an exhaust system;
(c) Engines in light trucks which
are equipped with a muffler and an exhaust system;
(d) Engines in heavy trucks which are
equipped with a muffler and an exhaust system which:
(A) Extends at least to the end of the truck
frame and discharges to the rear; or
(B) Extends above the cab of the truck and
discharges upward or to the rear.
(e) Engines of 50 cubic inch displacement or
less which are equipped with a muffler and an exhaust system;
(f) Water pumping equipment used exclusively
for fighting fire.
(3)
Engines in all-terrain vehicles and motorcycles are exempt from section (1) of
this rule if equipped with:
(a) A muffler and
an exhaust system; or
(b) A screen
which completely encloses exhaust system openings and which is:
(A) Heat and corrosion resistant; and
(B) Which has no openings greater
than .023 inch diameter.
(4) Power saws are exempt from this rule, but
are separately regulated by OAR
629-043-0036.
(5) All exhaust systems, mufflers and screens
referred to in this rule must be kept in good operating condition.
(6) The forester may, in written order,
reduce or waive any requirement of this rule if, in the judgment of the
forester, conditions so warrant.
Notes
Or. Admin. Code
§
629-043-0015
FB 17, f. & ef.
5-12-68; FB 28, f. 2-14-72, ef. 7-1-72; DOF 9-1998, f. & cert. ef. 6-3-98;
DOF
2-2017, f. 6-9-17, cert. ef.
7/1/2017
Publications: The publication(s) referred to are available
at: https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/programs/fire/spark_arrester_guides/ [File Link
Not Available]
[Publications: Publications referenced are available from the
agency.]
NOTE: Use of any of the above mentioned
equipment may be further regulated or prohibited during fire season through the
application of industrial or regulated use closures (ORS
477.535-.550)
Stat. Auth.: ORS
477.645
Stats. Implemented: ORS
477.645
