OAR 690-502-0030
Objectives
(1)
Retain minimum perennial streamflows as provided in OAR 690-502-0050 (Main Stem Willamette River Subbasin) to 690-502-0150 (Columbia Subbasin) until the process for conversion to instream water rights is completed.(2)
Promote public instream uses and values in headwaters streams exhibiting high instream values.(3)
Meet public instream needs for fish life, wildlife, recreation and pollution abatement.(4)
Protect instream values in state scenic waterways as described in ORS 390.835 (Highest and best use of waters within scenic waterways) and support management of national wild and scenic rivers.(5)
Minimize the potential of future permits to over-appropriate water.(6)
Consider reservations for future uses within the context of planned and reasonably expected mixes of land uses and economic development in the basin or subbasin(s) consistent with the public interest. Establish reservations that provide for appropriate mix(es) of future uses as established by local or regional plans; e.g., comprehensive plans, water supply plans, economic development plans, urban reserves, and other relevant resource development and protection plans. Generally, design, condition or subordinate reservations such that water can be allocated to meet future municipal and irrigation needs without disadvantaging either use in a way that is consistent with the public interest.(7)
Coordinate with the Department of Environmental Quality in efforts to meet total maximum daily loads in designated drainages by limiting new surface water appropriations during the low-flow season and placing conditions on permits requiring efficiency measures. These drainages include, but are not limited to, the Coast Fork of the Willamette, Tualatin, Yamhill, Pudding, Rickreall Creek and Columbia Slough.(8)
Increase basinwide water use efficiency.(9)
Coordinate with the Northwest Power Planning Council in meeting the objectives of the “protected areas” designation when evaluating hydroelectric permit applications.(10)
Protect and encourage use of water which sustains economic development.
Source:
Rule 690-502-0030 — Objectives, https://secure.sos.state.or.us/oard/view.action?ruleNumber=690-502-0030.