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House approves pilot lumber‑grading certification to help small mills, landowners
Summary
The House passed Senate Bill 10 61 to create a pilot lumber‑grading training and certification program (OSU + DCBS) so small mills and landowners can grade lumber for certain residential uses; debate centered on a roughly $53,000 OSU start‑up cost and whether the bill should have gone to ways and means for an appropriation.
The Oregon House on June 2 approved Senate Bill 10 61, a bill directing Oregon State University, in consultation with the Department of Consumer and Business Services, to establish a pilot lumber‑grading program that would train and certify individuals and small sawmills to self‑grade lumber for use in structures governed by the Oregon Residential Specialty Code.
Representative Owens, speaking in favor, said the pilot is intended to help small woodland owners and rural communities add value to locally harvested timber and reduce barriers to using locally milled lumber. “This would allow a person to go get that…
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