Columbia River Gorge

ORS 196.425
Oregon Ocean Resources Management Program

To ensure the conservation and development of ocean resources affecting Oregon consistent with the purposes of ORS 196.405 (Definitions for ORS 196.405 to 196.515) to 196.515 (Short title), a program of ocean resource planning and management is established. This program shall be known as the Oregon Ocean Resources Management Program and is part of Oregon’s coastal management program. The Oregon Ocean Resources Management Program consists of:

(1)

Applicable elements of the Oregon Coastal Management Program approved by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce on July 7, 1977, and as subsequently amended pursuant to the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, including statutes that apply to coastal and ocean resources, those elements of local comprehensive plans of jurisdictions within Oregon’s coastal zone as defined in the Oregon Coastal Management Program which may be affected by activities or use of resources within the ocean, and those statewide planning goals which relate to the conservation and development of ocean and coastal resources;

(2)

The Ocean Policy Advisory Council or its successor;

(3)

Those portions of the Oregon Ocean Resources Management Plan that are consistent with ORS 196.405 (Definitions for ORS 196.405 to 196.515) to 196.515 (Short title); and

(4)

The Territorial Sea Plan as reviewed by the council and submitted to the agencies represented on the council. [1987 c.576 §5; 1991 c.501 §5; 2003 c.744 §6]
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