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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif">New wildfire hazards map, regulations presented in Central Point<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#555454">Draft plan and associated property regulations rolled out two years ago have been rescinded, reworked.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#555454">This time, things were a bit more calm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#555454">Two years ago, that was not so much the case, when state agencies met public outcry as they tried to present a new map showing where wildfire hazards were highest in Oregon — and where draft
regulations might apply that would require property owners to create defensible space around homes and buildings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white"><a href="https://www.oregon.gov/odf/fire/pages/wildfire-hazard.aspx">Comment online</a> -
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Final versions of the maps are due in October.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#555454">Source:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Aptos Display",sans-serif;color:#555454"> <a href="https://www.rv-times.com/localstate/new-wildfire-hazards-map-regulations-presented-in-central-point/article_3bfa7f82-2ddb-11ef-80ff-fbb48077c6fd.html"><span style="color:#006738;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">New
draft wildfire hazards map, regulations rolled out | Local&State | rv-times.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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