# ORS § 477.013: 477.013 Smoke management plan

> Oregon · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.013

## Section

- **Citation:** ORS § 477.013
- **Heading:** 477.013 Smoke management plan
- **Jurisdiction:** Oregon
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** OR Code / Title 38 / Chapter 477 / Section 477.013

## Text

(1) For the purpose of maintaining air quality, the State Forester and the Department of Environmental Quality shall approve a plan for the purpose of managing smoke in areas they shall designate. The plan shall delineate regulated areas to which this section applies. The plan shall also include but not be limited to considerations of weather, volume of material to be burned, distance of the burning from designated areas, burning techniques and provisions for cessation of further burning under adverse air quality conditions. All burning permitted within the regulated areas shall be according to the plan. The plan shall be developed by the State Forestry Department in cooperation with federal and state agencies, landowners and organizations that will be affected by the plan. The approved plan shall be filed with the Secretary of State and may thereafter be amended in the same manner as its formation.

(2) The State Forester shall promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of the smoke management plan approved under this section. [1997 c.274 §47; 2007 c.213 §1]

Source: Section 477.013 — Smoke management plan; rules , https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors477.­html (accessed May 26, 2025).

## Nearby sections

- [ORS § 477.001 477.001 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.001.md)
- [ORS § 477.005 477.005 Policy](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.005.md)
- [ORS § 477.009 477.009 Investigative authority of Attorney General for fire protection administration](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.009.md)
- [ORS § 477.013 477.013 Smoke management plan](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.013.md)
- [ORS § 477.015 477.015 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.015.md)
- [ORS § 477.025 477.025 Variability of wildland-urban interface fire protection problems](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.025.md)
- [ORS § 477.027 477.027 Establishment of classes of wildland-urban interface](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.027.md)
- [ORS § 477.062 477.062 Inadequately protected forestland declared nuisance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.062.md)
- [ORS § 477.064 477.064 Uncontrolled fire declared nuisance](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.064.md)
- [ORS § 477.066 477.066 Duty of owner and operator to abate fire](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.066.md)
- [ORS § 477.067 477.067 Notice of fire](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.067.md)
- [ORS § 477.068 477.068 Liability for cost of abatement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.068.md)
- [ORS § 477.069 477.069 Negligence in origin and in failure to control fire may be united in one complaint](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.069.md)
- [ORS § 477.085 477.085 Liability for cost of protecting land within a forest protection district](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_OR_T38_C477_S477.085.md)

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