OAR 340-264-0130
Multnomah County


Open burning requirements for Multnomah County:

(1)

Industrial open burning is prohibited, except as provided in OAR 340-264-0180 (Letter Permits).

(2)

Agricultural open burning is allowed, subject to the requirements and prohibitions of local jurisdictions and the State Fire Marshal.

(3)

Commercial open burning is prohibited, except as provided in OAR 340-264-0180 (Letter Permits).

(4)

Construction and demolition open burning, unless authorized pursuant to OAR 340-264-0180 (Letter Permits), is prohibited west of the Sandy River but is allowed east of the Sandy River, subject to 340-264-0050 (General Requirements Statewide), 340-264-0060 (General Prohibitions Statewide) and 340-264-0070 (Open Burning Conditions), and the requirements and prohibitions of local jurisdictions and the State Fire Marshal.

(5)

Domestic open burning:

(a)

Those areas where open burning is always prohibited (unless authorized by 340-264-0180 (Letter Permits)):

(A)

The area encompassed by the line beginning at the point where the Multnomah, Clackamas, and Washington County lines meet at a trisection; thence east and then north and then east along the Multnomah-Clackamas County Line to the intersection with SE 162nd Avenue; thence north along SE 162nd Avenue to the intersection with SE Foster Road; thence southeasterly along SE Foster Road to the intersection with Jenne Road; thence northeasterly along Jenne Road to the intersection with SE 174th Avenue; thence north along SE 174th Avenue to the intersection with SE Marie Street; thence east along SE Marie Street to the intersection with SE 182nd Avenue; thence north along SE 182nd Avenue and continuing north as SE 182nd Avenue merges into SE 181st Avenue and then turns into NE 181st Avenue to the intersection with NE Sandy Boulevard; thence easterly along NE Sandy Boulevard to the intersection with NE 185th Drive; thence north along NE 185th Drive to the intersection with Marine Drive; thence continuing on a line due north to the Columbia River and the state line; thence following the Columbia River and the state line; thence following the Columbia River and the state line to the confluence of the Columbia and the Willamette Rivers; thence along the Willamette River to the Confluence with the Multnomah Channel and the Portland City Limits; thence following the Portland City Limits generally southerly to the intersection with Section 27, T1N, R1W and the Multnomah-Washington County Line; thence following the Multnomah-Washington County Line southwesterly and then south to the trisection of the Multnomah-Clackamas-Washington County Line, the point of beginning.

(B)

All areas in northwest Multnomah County that are not contained within a Fire Protection District.

(C)

The Burlington Water District.

(b)

Those areas where domestic open burning is prohibited, except for the burning of yard debris between March 1 and June 15, and between Oct. 1 and Dec. 15 and subject to OAR 340-264-0050 (General Requirements Statewide) through 340-264-0070 (Open Burning Conditions) and the requirements and prohibitions of local jurisdictions and the State Fire Marshall, are the areas within Multnomah County that lie west of the Sandy River and are not included in 340-264-0130 (Multnomah County)(5)(a).

(c)

Domestic open burning is allowed east of the Sandy River, subject to OAR 340-264-0050 (General Requirements Statewide), 340-264-0060 (General Prohibitions Statewide) and 340-264-0070 (Open Burning Conditions), and the requirements and prohibitions of local jurisdictions and the State Fire Marshal.

(d)

No person may cause or allow to be initiated or maintained any domestic open burning other than during daylight hours unless otherwise specified by DEQ pursuant to OAR 340-264-0070 (Open Burning Conditions).

(6)

Slash burning on forest land within special open burning control areas not regulated by the Department of Forestry under the Smoke Management Program is prohibited, except as provided in OAR 340-264-0180 (Letter Permits).
NOTE: This rule is included in the State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan that EQC adopted under OAR 340-200-0040 (State of Oregon Clean Air Act Implementation Plan).
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 340-264-0130’s source at or​.us