OAR 690-507-0610
Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area (CGWA): Purpose

(1)

The Director issued an order on August 18, 1986 declaring the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area. The order described the exterior boundaries and divided the area into six subareas for the purpose of managing the ground-water resource. The response of ground-water levels to pumpage from each subarea is largely independent of pumpage within other subareas.

(2)

To promote optimum use of the limited groundwater supply in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area, the Commission encourages development of water management plans to maintain a high standard of water use efficiency.

(3)

The Commission recognizes that exempt users in the North subarea are a stress on the groundwater resource in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area. If, by 2000, reasonably stable water levels have not been achieved, the Department shall determine whether or not to require prior authorization under these rules for groundwater uses that are exempt under ORS 537.545 (Exempt uses).

(4)

The purpose of these rules is to stabilize water levels in the basalt groundwater reservoir in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area of Umatilla and Morrow counties. These rules carry out the authority granted to the Commission in ORS 536.900 (Civil penalties) to 536.935 (Disposition of penalties) and ORS 537.505 (Short title) to 537.745 (Voluntary agreements among ground water users from same reservoir).

Source: Rule 690-507-0610 — Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area (CGWA): Purpose, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=690-507-0610.

690‑507‑0010
Definitions 690‑507‑0020
Policies 690‑507‑0030
Walla Walla River Subbasin 690‑507‑0040
Wildhorse Creek Subbasin 690‑507‑0050
Upper Umatilla River Subbasin 690‑507‑0060
Birch and McKay Creeks Subbasin 690‑507‑0070
Columbia-Umatilla Plateau Subbasin 690‑507‑0080
Butter Creek Subbasin 690‑507‑0090
Willow Creek Subbasin 690‑507‑0610
Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area (CGWA): Purpose 690‑507‑0620
Butter Creek CGWA: Definitions 690‑507‑0630
Butter Creek CGWA: General Requirements 690‑507‑0635
Butter Creek CGWA: Water Users Exempt from Division Requirements 690‑507‑0640
Butter Creek CGWA: Duties of Water Users 690‑507‑0645
Butter Creek CGWA: Flow Meter Specifications and Installation Guidelines 690‑507‑0647
Butter Creek CGWA: New Subarea Boundaries 690‑507‑0650
Butter Creek CGWA: Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0660
Butter Creek CGWA: Method for Determining the Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0670
Butter Creek CGWA: Distribution of Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0680
Butter Creek (CGWA) Process of Periodic Review of Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0690
Butter Creek (CGWA) Annual Reporting 690‑507‑0700
Butter Creek CGWA: Violation Policy 690‑507‑0750
Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area (CGWA): Purpose 690‑507‑0760
Stage Gulch CGWA: Definitions 690‑507‑0770
Stage Gulch CGWA: General Requirements 690‑507‑0775
Stage Gulch CGWA: Water Users Exempt from Division Requirements 690‑507‑0780
Stage Gulch CGWA: Duties of Water Users 690‑507‑0785
Stage Gulch CGWA: Flow Meter Specifications and Installation Guidelines 690‑507‑0790
Stage Gulch CGWA: Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0800
Stage Gulch CGWA: Method for Determining the Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0810
Stage Gulch CGWA: Distribution of Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0820
Stage Gulch CGWA: Process of Periodic Review of Sustainable Annual Yield 690‑507‑0830
Stage Gulch CGWA: Annual Reporting 690‑507‑0840
Stage Gulch CGWA: Violation Policy
Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

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