Or. Admin. R. 629-625-0920 - Road Condition Assessment
(1) The purpose of this rule is to ensure that roads used for harvest and
owned by small forestland owners, as defined by OAR 629-600-0100, comply with the standards of the Forest
Practices Rules.
(2) The requirements of the Forest Road
Inventory and Assessment program described in OAR 629-625-0900 do not apply to small forestland
owners.
(3) When a small forestland owner submits a notification
including the harvest of timber using the department's reporting and notification system, they shall complete
the department road condition assessment. Notifications for activities other than timber harvest shall not
require completion of a road condition assessment. The small forestland owner is encouraged to complete the
road condition assessment for all roads in their parcel without a planned timber harvest.
(4) The road condition assessment shall include all roads in the parcel
owned by the small forestland owner where the harvest will take place, including the following descriptions:
(a) The road condition that contributes to active or potential delivery of
sediment to waters of the state;
(b) Water crossing's locations
and the status of compliance with the forest practice rules;
(c)
Potential fish passage barriers on Type F and Type SSBT streams;
(d) Abandoned roads; and
(e)
Roads with a perched fill that present a significant hazard to fish-bearing streams.
(5) The department, in consultation with the Department of Fish and
Wildlife, shall review eligibility for state grants to improve the road conditions described in section
(4)(c), (d), and (e) of this rule.
(6) The small forestland
owners are not required to undertake the following road improvements projects, without funding by the State
of Oregon:
(a) Replacement of culverts for Type F and Type SSBT
streams;
(b) Repair of abandoned roads; or
(c) Reconstructing, vacating, or relocating roads with a perched fill that
present a significant hazard to fish-bearing streams.
(7) If the State of Oregon, under the small forestland investment in stream
habitat program described in OAR 629-607-0300, fails to fund an eligible and approved road improvement
project for a small forestland owner, the non-implementation of those projects shall not prevent the small
forestland owner from using the road for any purpose, except for the following conditions:
(a) The road is actively delivering sediment to waters of the state;
or
(b) The road has one or more culverts with an imminent risk of
failure, as defined in OAR 629-600-0100.
(8) If the
road condition assessment identifies necessary road repairs, other than the road conditions in section (7)(a)
and (b) of this rule, there shall be no time limit in which the small forestland owner must complete those
repairs, though the obligation to improve roads when used for harvest remains.
Notes
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
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