Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) When
planning forest management prescriptions and particularly final harvests (prior
to reforestation), owners are encouraged to use practices that will eliminate
or significantly reduce the volume of prescribed burning necessary to meet
their management objectives. Some practices to consider include, but are not
limited to:
(a) Maximizing the cost-effective
use of woody material for manufacture of products;
(b) Where cost-effective, using wood or other
biomass for energy production or mulch;
(c) Lopping and scattering limbs and other
woody material, or operating heavy machinery over the wood to maximize contact
with the soil in order to speed its breakdown; or
(d) Re-arranging woody materials, as
necessary to accomplish reforestation through the slash (from a fire prevention
standpoint, this may not be desirable in areas of heavy fuel concentrations or
where soil moistures are not conducive to breakdown of fuels).
(e) Removing or minimizing large fuel
concentrations and heavy fuel loading to minimize smoldering.
(2) When prescribed burning is
determined to be necessary to achieve forest management objectives, owners are
encouraged to use emission reduction techniques as described in OAR
629-048-0210.
(3) Prior to
registration, forestland managers are strongly encouraged to consult the
following:
(a) "Non-burning Alternatives to
Prescribed Fire on Wildlands in the Western United States" at
http://www.wrapair.org/forums/fejf/tasks/FEJFtask3.html (Western Regional Air
Partnership, February, 2004);
(b)
The Oregon Forest Industry Directory website provides information on potential
markets for woody material at
www.orforestdirectory.com/;
and
(c) "Forest Biomass Analysis
for Western States by County" by Phillip S. Cook and Jay O'Laughlin (Western
Governors' Association, January 24, 2011), at:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jay_Laughlin/publication/266451188_Forest_Biomass_Supply_Analysis_for_Western_States_by_County_Final_Report_to_the_Western_Governors%27_Association/links/55b0ead208ae9289a0849d62/Forest-Biomass-Supply-Analysis-for-Western-States-by-County-Final-Report-to-the-Western-Governors-Association.pdf
(4) As
described in 629-048-0450(2)(c), the department shall complete an annual report
summarizing the use of alternatives to burning.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS
477.013,
477.562,
526.016 & 526.041
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS
477.013,
477.515 & 477.562
