OAR 603-052-0185: Control Procedures

(1) The notice of the Department referred to in OAR 603-052-0180 may direct that infested pear and apple trees be completely uprooted; cut off near the ground level and the stump immediately treated with an effective herbicide; or killed in place so as not to harbor insect pests. Additionally, the Department may direct that any subsequent sprouts or regrowth of such trees also be killed. (2) If it is determined that the order described in OAR 603-052-0180 has not been complied within five days after its issuance, the failure to so comply shall be deemed to be a violation of ORS 570.410 and subject the person to whom the order was directed to the penalty provisions of ORS 570.990.