Or. Admin. Code § 603-095-3440

Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 12, December 1, 2024

Section 603-095-3440 - Requirements

(1) Landowners must comply with OAR 603-95-3440(2) through (3) within the following limitations. A landowner is responsible for only those conditions resulting from activities controlled by the landowner. A landowner is not responsible for conditions resulting from activities by landowners on other lands. A landowner is not responsible for conditions that: are natural, could not have been reasonably anticipated, or that result from unusual weather events or other exceptional circumstances.

(2) Streamside Riparian Area Management:

(a) Effective January 1, 2009, agricultural management must allow establishment, growth, and active recruitment of streamside riparian vegetation, consistent with site capability, to moderate solar heating, stabilize streambanks, and filter sediment and nutrients from overland flows.

(b) Except as provided in (a), grazing, weed control, and other common agricultural activities are allowed in riparian areas.

(c) Water gaps and hardened crossings are allowed in streams that otherwise meet conditions required under (a).

(3) Waste Management Effective on rule adoption, no person subject to these rules shall violate any provision of ORS 468B.025 or 468B.050.

Or. Admin. Code § 603-095-3440

DOA 16-2004, f. & cert. ef. 6-17-04

Stat. Auth.: ORS 561.190 - 561.191, 568.912

Stats. Implemented: ORS 568.900 - 568.933