§ 52.50. Exemptions.

The following activities are exempt from obtaining an erosion and sediment control permit and from following the erosion, and sediment control procedures, and adhering to drainage standards required in Chapter 52:

(1)

Cemetery graves.

(2)

Emergencies posing an immediate danger to life or property, or substantial flood or fire hazards.

(3)

Any activity by a utility or public entity subject to an alternative regulatory process, including but not limited to projects by the University of Minnesota on its campus or work in the right-of-way carried out by public or private utilities or road authorities.

(4)

Any activity where the total volume of material disturbed, stored, disposed of or used as fill does not exceed five (5) cubic yards or the area disturbed does not exceed five hundred (500) square feet provided it does not obstruct a watercourse, and is not located in a floodplain. (96-Or-042, § 1, 5-10-96; 2011-Or-007, § 4, 2-11-11)