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Administrative Rules

Official copies of all Oregon Department of Forestry's administrative rules can be found at the Secretary of State's Oregon State Archives web site. Forestry also has copies of these official rules. Discrepancies, if any, between the online and printed version are satisfied in favor of the printed version. In particular, tables, special characters, and other special formatting may not translate properly. You may make and print copies of our administrative rules for personal use only.

Please visit this page periodically as notices of public hearings and electronic copies of proposed rules are posted throughout the year.

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Chapter 629 By Division

Div 001    Procedural Rules   
Div 010    Board Meetings & Compensation of Members   
Div 020    Coordination, State Agency    
Div 022    Forest Resource Trust (FRT)   
Div 023    Forest Taxation   
Div 025    Forest Park & Recreation   
Div 028    Fuelwood Permits, Personal Use    
Div 029    Sale of Forest Products From BOF Lands   
Div 031    Log Export Rules   
Div 032    Defaults on BOF Timber Sale Contracts   
Div 033    Acquisitions & Exchanges, State Forest Land   
Div 034    Log Scaling Agreements & Facility Requirements   
Div 035    Management of State Forest Lands   
Div 041     Protection   
Div 042    Fire Control   
Div 043    Fire Prevention   
Div 044    Wildfire Hazard Zones   
Div 045    Land Classification   
Div 046    Log Brands   
Div 047    Enforcement Policy   
Div 051    Forest Insect & Disease Mgmt   
Div 060    Emergency Fire Cost Committee   
Div 061    Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund   
Div 065    Oregon Forest Resources Institute   
Div 600     Definitions                       ODF's "newsprint" version (pdf) Div 600-665 & FPA    
Div 605     Planning Forest Operations   
Div 606     Stewardship Agreements   
Div 610     Forest Practices Reforestation Rules   
Div 611     Forest Practice Afforestation Incentive Rules   
Div 615     Slash, Treatment of   
Div 620
Chemical & Other Petroleum Product Rules   
Div 623     Landslides & Public Safety   
Div 625     Forest Road Construction & Maintenance   
Div 630     Harvesting   
Div 635     Water Protection: Purpose, Goals, Classification & Riparian Mgmt Areas   
Div 640
Water Protection: Vegetation Retention Along Streams   
Div 645
Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas & Protection Measures for Significant Wetlands   
Div 650
Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas & Protection Measures for Lakes

Div 655
Water Protection: Protection Measures For "Other Wetlands," Seeps and Springs

Div 660
Water Protection: Specific Rules for Operations Near Waters of the State

Div 665     Specified Resource Site Protection Rules   
Div 670     Civil Penalties, Forest Practices Administration   
Div 672     Forest Practices Administration   
Div 674     Access to Notifications & Written Plans   
Div 676     Regional Forest Practice Committees   
Div 680     Resource Site Inventory & Protection Process Rules   
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Chapter 629 by Subject or Area of Interest

Acquisitions & Exchanges, State Forest Land - Division 33
629-033-0000   
long-range plans; approvals, public hearings; appeal

Afforestation Incentive - Division 611    629-611-0000   
Board Meetings & Compensation of Members - Division 10    629-010-0005    
Chemical / Petroleum Products - Division 620    629-620-0000   
Civil Penalties - Division 670    629-670-0000   
Common School Funds Lands, Mgmt of - Division 35    629- 035-0110   
Coordination, State Agency - Division 20    629-020-0000   
Defaults on BOF Timber Sale Contracts - Division 32    629-032-0000   
notice of default; request to bid; contested case hearing; settlement of default; provisions

Emergency Fire Cost Committee - Division 60    629-060-0000   
Fire Protection   
Administration - Division 41
Actual Cost Formulas  629-041-0010
Cost Limitations  629-041-0020
District Boundaries  629-041-515 thru 0575
Emergency Fire Cost Committee - Division 60
Enforcement Policy - Division 47
Fire Control - Division 42
Forest Protection Plans  629-042-0005
Insect & Disease Mgmt - Division 51
Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund - Division 61
Wildfire Hazard Zones - Division 44
Wildland-Urban Interface  629-044-1000
629-041-0005

629-060-0000
629-047-0010
629-042-0005

629-051-0210
629-061-0000
629-044-0200

Fire Prevention - Division 43    629-043-0005   
Burning Permits  629-043-0040
Power Saws  629-043-0036
Smoke Management Plan  629-043-0043
Snag Falling  629-043-0005
Spark Arresters  629-043-0015
Tools & Extinguishers  629-043-0025

Forest Land Management   
Forest Resource Trust (FRT) - Division 22
Greatest Permanent Value  629-035-0020
Forest Mgmt Planning  629-035-0030
Mgmt of Common School Funds Lands  629-035-0110
629-022-0030
629-035-0000

Forest Operations   
Definitions - Division 600
Planning Forest Operations - Division 605
ODF's "newsprint" version (pdf) Div 600-665 & FPA
629-600-0100
629-605-0100

Forest Protection Plans   
Fire Control - Division 42
Forest Protection Plans  629-042-0005
629-042-0005   
Forest Practices   
ODF's "newsprint" version (pdf) Div 600-665 & FPA
Div 600 - Definitions
Div 605 - Planning Forest Operations
Div 606 - Stewardship Agreements
Div 610 - Reforestation
Div 611 - Afforestation Incentive
Div 615 - Slash, Treatment of
Div 620 - Chemical & Other Petroleum Product Rules
Div 623 - Landslides & Public Safety
Div 625 - Forest Road Construction & Maintenance
Div 630 - Harvesting
Div 635 - Water Protection: Purpose, Goals, Classification
& Riparian Mgmt Areas
Div 640 - Water Protection: Vegetation Retention Along
Streams
Div 645 - Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas &
Protection Measures for Significant Wetlands
Div 650 - Water Protection: Riparian Mgmt Areas &
Protection Measures for Lakes
Div 655 - Water Protection: Protection Measures For
"Other Wetlands," Seeps and Springs
Div 660 - Water Protection: Specific Rules for Operations
Near Waters of the State
Div 665 - Specified Resource Site Protection
Div 670 - Civil Penalties
Div 672 - Administration
Div 674 - Access to Notifications & Written Plans
Div 676 - Regional Forest Practice Committees
Div 680 - Resource Site Inventory & Protection

629-600-0100
629-605-0100
629-606-0000
629-610-0000
629-611-0000
629-615-0000
629-620-0000
629-623-0000
629-625-0000
629-630-0000
629-635-0000

629-640-0000

629-645-0000

629-650-0000

629-655-0000

629-660-0040

629-665-0000
629-670-0000
629-672-0100
629-674-0100
629-676-0100
629-680-0000

Forest Park & Recreation - Division 25    629-025-0000   
permits; fees; designated rec areas; campground and day use areas; road and trail use

Forest Resource Trust (FRT) - Division 22    629-022-0030   
eligibility; obligations; rates and costs; life of contract; repaying Trust Funds; applying for funds; project plan; growout option; donations; carbon offsets
Forest Taxation - Division 23    629-023-0310   
W. Oregon forest land tax   629-023-0310
Forestland Conversion Tax Credit   629-023-0410

Harvesting - Division 630    629-630-0000   
Insect & Disease Management - Division 51    629-051-0210   
Land Classification - Division 45    629-045-0005   
Landslides & Public Safety - Division 623    629-623-0000   
Log Brands - Division 46    629-046-0005   
Log Export Rules - Division 31    629-031-0005   
Log Scaling Agreements & Scaling Facility Requirements - Division 34    629-034-0005   
Management of State Forest Lands - Division 35    629-035-0000   
Greatest Permanent Value  629-035-0020
Forest Management Planning  629-035-0030

Notifications & Written Plans, Access to - Division 674    629-674-0100   
Oregon Forest Land Protection Fund - Division 61    629-061-0000   
Oregon Forest Resources Institute - Division 65    629-065-0005   
Permits   
Burning Permits - Division 43
Fuelwood Permits, Personal Use - Division 28
629- 043-0040
629-028-0005

Procedural Rules - Division 1    629-001-0000   
Administrative Rule Notification  629-001-0000
Agency Representation by Officer or Emp. 629-001-0010
Conduct of Hearings  629-001-0025
Delegation of Authority to State Forester  629-001-0055 & 0056
Exceptions to Proposed Orders  629-001-0040
Final Orders in Contested Cases  629-001-0045
Model Rules of Procedure  629-001-0005
Reconsideration & Rehearing  629-001-0050
Requesting Hearings  629-001-0020
Rules of Procedure for Contested Cases  629-001-0015
Transmittal of Questions to Agency  629-001-0030
Public Safety   
Landslides & Public Safety - Division 623
629-623-0000   
Reforestation - Division 610    629-610-0000   
Road Construction & Maintenance - Division 625    629-625-0000   
Sale of Forest Products From BOF Lands - Division 29    629-029-0000   
Slash, Treatment of - Division 615    629-615-0000   
Smoke Management Plan  - Division 43    629- 043-0043   
Specified Resource Site Protection - Division 665    629-665-0000   
Resource Site Inventory & Protection - Division 680
629-680-0000

State Forest Lands   
Acquisitions & Exchanges - Division 33
Defaults on BOF Timber Sale Contracts - Division 32
Forest Park & Recreation - Division 25
Fuelwood Permits, Personal Use - Division 28
Log Export Rules - Division 31
Log Scaling Agreements & Facility Requirements - Div 34
Management of State Forest Lands - Division 35
Greatest Permanent Value  629-035-0020
Sale of Forest Products From BOF Lands - Division 29
629-033-0000
629-032-0000
629-025-0000
629-028-0005
629-031-0005
629-034-0005
629-035-0000

629-029-0000

Stewardship Agreements - Division 606    629-606-0000   
Water Protection   
Operations Near Waters of the State - Division 660
Protection Measures for Other Wetlands - Division 655
Purpose, Classification / Riparian Mgmt Areas - Div 635
Riparian Mgmt/Protection for Lakes - Division 650
Riparian Mgmt/Protection for Wetlands - Division 645
Vegetation Retention Along Streams - Division 640
629-660-0040
629-655-0000
629-635-0000
629-650-0000
629-645-0000
629-640-0000    
Wildfire Hazard Zones - Division 44
629- 044-0200

Wildland-Urban Interface  629-044-1000
   

Temporary Rules

Temporary rules have the force and effect of permanent rules for the time period they are allowed.  Temporary rules filed by the department are referenced here for convenience, although they are officially included on the Secretary of State's Oregon State Archives web site.

Proposed Rules

At this time, there are no formal proposed rules under consideration.

Forest Laws

The links below are to a database produced from material provided by the Legislative Counsel Committee of the Oregon Legislative Assembly. The official record copy is the printed published copy of the Oregon Revised Statutes (ORS). The text in the database is not the official text of Oregon law.

Although efforts have been made to match the database text to the official legal text they represent, substantive errors or differences may remain. It is the user’s responsibility to verify the legal accuracy of all legal text. The Legislative Counsel Committee claims copyright protection in those parts of Oregon Revised Statutes that are legally subject to copyright protection. The State of Oregon is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from errors introduced into the materials supplied by the Legislative Counsel Committee, by a user or any third party, or resulting from any defect in or misuse of any search software, drivers or other equipment.

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The links below will only take you to the beginning of a Chapter. HINT: Use your browser's Find feature (usually found in the Edit menu) to get to a section more quickly.

Burn Permits ORS 477.515       
Carbon Offsets ORS 526.780        
Fire Prevention ORS 477.505 to 477.562       
Forest Practices Act ORS 527.610 to 527.992        
Forest Products Harvest Tax ORS 321.005 to 321.185        
Forest Resource Trust (FRT) ORS 526.700 to 526.775        
Forestland and Privilege Tax ORS Chapter 321       
Integrated Pest Management ORS 527.310 to 527.370       
Log Brands ORS Chapter 532       
Nonindustrial Landowner Assistance ORS 526.425 to 526.465       
Protection From Fire ORS Chapter 477       
Reforestation Tax Credit ORS 315.104 to 315.108       
Salmon & Watersheds - OPSW ORS 541.351 to 541.420       
Smoke Management Burn Fees ORS 477.552 Smoke Management Plan ORS 477.013               
Urban & Community Forestry ORS 526.500 to 526.515       

Proposed Laws

Proposed Forest Laws

Nothing to report at this time.

Your Legislature

Oregon Legislature

The Oregon Legislature´s Web site is where all bills (including the Department of Forestry´s) are listed.

Examples:
  • HB 2204 Introduced - version of the bill as it was filed
  • HB 2204 A-Engrossed - version of the bill as it was changed by the legislative committee and approved by the respective chamber
  • HB 2204 Enrolled - version that was passed by both chambers and has gone to the governor for signature or veto
The Oregon Legislature´s Web site is a great reference point for information, including how to find your Legislator, write your Legislator, committee schedules, etc.


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