OAR 603-095-1340: Required Prevention and Control Measures

(1) All landowners or occupiers conducting activities on lands in agricultural use shall be in compliance with the following criteria. A landowner or occupier shall be responsible for only those violations of the following prevention and control measures caused by activities conducted on land managed by the landowner or occupier. Criteria do not apply to conditions resulting from unusual weather events or other exceptional circumstances which could not have been reasonably anticipated. (2) Streamside area condition. Effective upon adoption. (a) Streamside vegetation management shall allow the establishment, growth, control, and/or maintenance of riparian vegetation (for example: grasses, sedges, shrubs, and trees) appropriate to the site capability that is sufficient to provide shade and protection to the streamside area such that it maintains its integrity during high stream flow events up to and including those expected to occur during or following a 25-year, 24 hour storm event. (b) Management strategies in the streamside area shall not reduce the control of erosion, lessen filtering of sediment and nutrients, or decrease the infiltration of water into the soil profile. (3) Agricultural Waste Control. Effective upon rule adoption. (a) No person subject to these rules shall violate any provision of ORS 468B.025 or 468B.050. (b) Access to natural waterways for livestock watering and stream crossings are allowed such that livestock use is limited to only the amount of time necessary for watering and/or crossing the waterway.