The Department may allow open field burning for demonstration or experimental purposes pursuant to the provisions of ORS 468A.620, consistent with smoke management considerations and subject to the following conditions:
(1) Acreage experimentally open field burned, propane flamed, or stack burned shall not exceed 1,000 acres annually.(2) Acreage experimentally burned shall not apply to the district allocation or to the maximum annual acreage limit specified in OAR 340-266-0060(1).(3) Such burning is exempt from the provisions of 340-266-0070 but must comply with the provisions of OAR 340-266-0040 and 340-266-0050, except that the Department may elect to waive all or part of the per acre open field burning or propane flaming fee. NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan as adopted by the Environmental Quality Commission under OAR 340-200-0040.
Or. Admin. Code § 340-266-0100
DEQ 5-1984, f. & ef. 3-7-84; DEQ 11-1987, f. & ef. 6-15-87; DEQ 5-1992, f. & cert. ef. 3-3-92 (and corrected 3-18-92); DEQ 4-1993, f. & cert. ef. 3-10-93; DEQ 14-1999, f. & cert. ef. 10-14-99, Renumbered from 340-026-0035; DEQ 8-2010, f. & cert . ef. 8-27-10Stat. Auth.: ORS 468 & 468A
Stats. Implemented: ORS 468A.620