ORS 468A.840 Report to Legislative Assembly

The Department of Environmental Quality shall annually report regarding community smoke response plans and the wildfire smoke monitoring program to a committee or interim committee of the Legislative Assembly related to wildfire issues, in the manner provided in ORS 192.245, to the State Wildfire Programs Director and to the Wildfire Programs Advisory Council.

The report shall include, but need not be limited to:

A status report on the implementation of community smoke response plans, a status report regarding communities with a one-hour smoke intrusion exemption and a report on wildfire smoke monitoring, including prescribed fire activities as tracked and reported by the State Forestry Department;

The amount of moneys expended during the prior 12 months for wildfire and prescribed fire smoke monitoring, along with amounts expended for community smoke response plan development and implementation; and

Any recommendations of the Department of Environmental Quality for legislative action, including but not limited to current or future resource or funding needs for the wildfire smoke monitoring program.

As used in this section “community smoke response plans,” “one-hour smoke intrusion exemption” and “wildfire smoke monitoring” refer to components of programs the department develops and implements under ORS 468A.830, 468A.833 and 468A.836.