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County planning staff: only state‑listed soil professionals can change mapped classifications
Summary
Josephine County Planning Manager James Black told the Board that Oregon law requires soil classification challenges be performed by state‑authorized soil professionals; he said the appellant's supplemental geologic report was prepared by someone not on that list and thus could not alone change mapped soils.
Planning Manager James Black briefed the Board on the statutory process for changing mapped agricultural soil classifications. He explained that Oregon maintains a limited list of qualified soil professionals whose determinations can be used to challenge NRCS or county soil mapping.
Black told commissioners the supplemental geologic report submitted by the appellant was prepared by a professional not on the state list and therefore "could not, by itself, be used to change the mapped soil classification." He said that if evidence from a properly qualified soil professional were later submitted and supported a different classification, staff could consider it during review.
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