Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 629 - DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
Division 625 - FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
Section 629-625-0650 - Vacating Forest Roads

Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 629-625-0650

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024

(1) The purpose of this rule is to ensure that when landowners choose to vacate roads under their control, the roads are left in a condition where road related damage to waters of the state is unlikely.

(2) To vacate a forest road, landowners shall effectively block the road to prevent continued use by vehicular traffic, and shall take all reasonable actions to leave the road in a condition where road-related damage to waters of the state is unlikely.

(3) Reasonable actions to vacate a forest road may include removal of stream crossing fills, pullback of fills on steep slopes, frequent cross ditching, and/or vegetative stabilization.

(4) Damage which may occur from a vacated road, consistent with Sections (2) and (3) of the rule, will not be subject to remedy under the provisions of the Oregon Forest Practices Act.

Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 527.710

Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 527.715 & 527.765

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