Department of Forestry
Chapter 629
Division 625
FOREST ROAD CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
629-625-0410
Disposal of Waste Materials
(1) Operators shall place debris, sidecast, waste, and other excess materials associated with constructing, maintaining, or vacating roads in stable locations outside of the riparian management area where these materials may not enter all typed waters and lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, inlets, and canals or otherwise degrade aquatic resources after construction.
(2) Operators shall select stable areas for the disposal of end-haul materials and shall prevent overloading areas which may become unstable from additional material loading.
(3) If other alternatives present are unstable or there is a higher potential for delivery of waste materials to all typed waters and lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, inlets, and canals, operators may place waste materials within the riparian management area but no closer than 75 feet from all typed waters and lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, inlets, and canals. To place waste materials within the riparian management area but no closer than 75 feet from a water of the state, operators must submit written plan that describes site-specific measures that prevent or minimize the entry of these materials to all typed waters and lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, inlets, and canals.
(4) If the protections of a riparian management area are not required, operators shall place waste materials at a minimum of 75 feet from all typed waters and lakes, bays, ponds, impounding reservoirs, springs, rivers, streams, creeks, estuaries, marshes, wetlands, inlets, and canals.
(5) Operators shall develop a written plan for temporary placement of waste materials within the riparian management area that is necessary for constructing or vacating roads and crossings that describes site-specific measures that prevent or minimize the entry of these materials to waters of the state and the timeframe for removal of those waste materials.
(6) Woody debris, rocks, or other materials placed for erosion control or for habitat restoration are exempt from this rule.
Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 527.710 & Section 2(1), Chapter 33, Oregon Laws 2022
Statutes/Other Implemented: ORS 527.715, 527.765 & Section 2(2), Chapter 33, Oregon Laws 2022
History:
DOF 7-2022, amend filed 11/21/2022, effective 01/01/2024
FB 9-1996, f. 12-2-96, cert. ef. 1-1-97