Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 570 § 570.450 — Rapeseed control areas

Rapeseed control areas. The State Department of Agriculture may establish control areas for the production of rapeseed as provided in ORS 570.405. The department may appoint advisory boards to advise and counsel the department on the boundaries of the control areas, the type of rapeseed species and varieties which may be produced in the various control areas and the enforcement of control area orders. [1989 c.287 §2] (Temporary provisions relating to limits on Willamette Valley canola production) Note: Section 1, chapter 370, Oregon Laws 2023, provides: Sec. 1. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Canola” means plants of the genus Brassica: (A) In which seeds having a high oil content are the primary economically valuable product; and (B) That have a high erucic acid content suitable for industrial uses or a low erucic acid content suitable for edible oils. (b) “Willamette Valley Protected District” means the area encompassed within a rectangle formed by the point in Tillamook County that is the northwest corner of township 1 north, range 6 west, the point in Multnomah County that is the most northeastern point of township 1 north, range 2 east within Oregon, the point in Lane County that is the southeast corner of township 19 south, range 2 east and the point in Lane County that is the southwest corner of township 19 south, range 6 west. (2) A person growing canola within the Willamette Valley Protected District must receive prior approval by license from the State Department of Agriculture. (3) The department may: (a) Authorize a person to grow canola within the Willamette Valley Protected District only in a manner determined to be compatible with the growing of other crops, including but not limited to the maintenance of isolation distances between canola and other crops that equal or exceed the industry-recommended isolation distance between specialty seed crops of the genus Brassica and other crops. (b) Authorize canola production within the Willamette Valley Protected District, not to exceed 500 acres per year. (4) The department may assess a civil penalty, not to exceed $25,000, against a person that violates subsection (2) of this section or the terms of a license issued under this section. [2023 c.370 §1] Note: Section 2, chapter 78, Oregon Laws 2024, provides: Sec. 2. Section 1, chapter 370, Oregon Laws 2023, is repealed on January 2, 2028. [2024 c.78 §2]