OAR 629-623-0700: Written Plans to Evaluate Public Safety Risk

(1) To allow evaluation of public safety risk and the appropriate methods for reducing this risk, operators shall submit a written plan for all timber harvesting or road construction operations with intermediate or substantial downslope public safety risk as described in OAR 629-623-0300. Written plans shall include: (a) A determination of public safety risk (OAR 629-623-0300); (b) A map showing those portion(s) of the operation containing high landslide hazard locations; (c) The location of all existing and proposed new roads crossing high landslide hazard locations; (d) A detailed road design for all new or reconstructed roads crossing high landslide hazard locations; (e) The location of habitable structures (Exposure Category A) and paved public roads (Exposure Category B) below the operation and within further review areas; (f) Locations where timber harvesting will not occur; (g) Locations where partial cutting will occur and the specific silvicultural prescription; and (h) Additional information related to the operation as requested by the State Forester. (2) Operators shall submit a written plan for proposed stream crossing fills constructed across debris torrent-prone streams with substantial or intermediate downslope public safety risk. (3) Operators shall submit a written plan for proposed waste fill areas within a drainage containing debris torrent-prone streams where there is substantial or intermediate downslope public safety risk.