ORS 196.915
State agencies’ review and responses to notice

  • additional conditions
  • expedited review
  • variances
  • inspections
  • records
  • rules

(1)

The State Department of Agriculture shall, no later than five days after the date the department receives a notice filed pursuant to ORS 196.911 (Maintenance without permit), provide a copy of the notice to the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. The State Department of Fish and Wildlife shall, within 30 days after receiving a copy of the notice, provide a response to the State Department of Agriculture. The response may indicate that a review was conducted and the work may proceed, or may provide recommendations on:

(a)

Whether the maintenance activities described in the notice will meet the requirements of ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions); and

(b)

Whether conditions in addition to those required under ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions) are necessary to address the presence of endangered or threatened species, to protect endangered or threatened species’ habitat quality or quantity, or to otherwise protect the existing functions of the channel.

(2)

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(a)

Except as provided under paragraph (b) of this subsection, the State Department of Agriculture shall include any conditions recommended by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife in the response to the notice required under subsection (3) of this section.

(b)

If the State Department of Agriculture disagrees with the recommendations of the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, the State Department of Agriculture shall provide a copy of the notice and of the recommendations to the Department of State Lands for the Department of State Lands to make a final determination regarding:

(A)

Whether the maintenance activities described in the notice may occur without a removal or fill permit; and

(B)

What conditions in addition to those required under ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions), if any, are necessary for the maintenance activities to occur without a removal or fill permit.

(c)

The Department of State Lands shall provide any final determination required pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection to the State Department of Agriculture within five days after receiving the copies of the notice and recommendations.

(3)

The State Department of Agriculture shall provide a response to a notice filed pursuant to ORS 196.911 (Maintenance without permit) no later than 45 days after the date that the notice is received. The response must include any conditions in addition to those required under ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions) that the departments have determined are necessary, pursuant to the process described in subsection (2) of this section, for maintenance activities to occur in the traditionally maintained channel without a removal or fill permit. If the State Department of Agriculture does not provide a response to a notice within the time period described in this subsection, maintenance activities may proceed as described in the notice and pursuant to ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions).

(4)

Upon a request from the person submitting a notice under ORS 196.911 (Maintenance without permit), the State Department of Agriculture and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife may provide for expedited review under subsections (1) to (3) of this section, if the expedited review is necessary to allow for maintenance activities to occur within a specific time period.

(5)

Prior to initiation of maintenance activities, a person who has a notice of maintenance activities on file with the State Department of Agriculture may request from the State Department of Agriculture a variance from any condition required under ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions) (2) or this section. The State Department of Agriculture shall consult with the State Department of Fish and Wildlife before granting a variance under this subsection. A person that has applied for a variance may not commence maintenance activities until after the State Department of Agriculture has granted the variance and informed the person of any modifications to conditions or additional conditions that must be met for the maintenance to occur.

(6)

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(a)

Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection, the State Department of Agriculture or the State Department of Fish and Wildlife may enter onto and inspect lands for which notices have been filed under ORS 196.911 (Maintenance without permit) in order to develop the recommendations and response required by subsections (1) to (3) of this section or to ascertain compliance with ORS 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations) to 196.919 (Memoranda of understanding).

(b)

To enter onto and inspect lands under this subsection:

(A)

The Department of Agriculture shall first make a reasonable attempt to notify the landowner;

(B)

The departments may only enter onto and inspect the lands at a reasonable time; and

(C)

The State Department of Fish and Wildlife may not, without the express agreement of the person, district, company or corporation that filed the notice, enter onto and inspect the lands unless accompanied by the State Department of Agriculture.

(7)

The State Department of Agriculture shall maintain a record of a notice filed pursuant to ORS 196.911 (Maintenance without permit) and any related correspondence for 10 years after the date that the notice is received.

(8)

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(a)

The Department of State Lands may, after consultation with the State Department of Agriculture and the State Department of Fish and Wildlife, adopt rules as necessary to implement ORS 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations) to 196.919 (Memoranda of understanding). Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection may include, but need not be limited to, rules:

(A)

Modifying the volume limits for removal or fill set forth in ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions) (1) or applying different volume limits within certain geographies for certain types or categories of traditionally maintained channels; or

(B)

Modifying the conditions that apply for maintenance of a traditionally maintained channel set forth in ORS 196.913 (Prohibitions) (2).

(b)

Any rules adopted under paragraph (a)(A) or (B) of this subsection must be based on the best available scientific information and on findings that the rules will:

(A)

Allow for maintenance of traditionally maintained channels to be conducted in a manner that protects, maintains or improves the existing ecological and habitat function of traditionally maintained channels; and

(B)

Result in appropriate changes to the conditions required for conducting maintenance activities, under an adaptive management approach, for carrying out the state policy stated in ORS 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations).

(9)

Nothing in ORS 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations) to 196.919 (Memoranda of understanding) limits or otherwise changes the exemptions under ORS 196.921 (Applicability).

(10)

The costs of activities taken by the State Department of Fish and Wildlife to carry out the duties of the department under ORS 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations) to 196.919 (Memoranda of understanding) may not be charged to another state agency as recompensable assistance under ORS 496.167 (Department recompensable assistance to agencies) and 496.168 (Estimated expenses for recompensable assistance). [2019 c.699 §6]
Note: See note under 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations).
(Temporary provisions relating to interim region-by-region rules)
Note: Sections 1 to 3, chapter 26, Oregon Laws 2021, provide:
Sec. 1. If the Department of State Lands or the State Department of Agriculture adopts rules to implement ORS 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations) to 196.919 (Memoranda of understanding), the rules may provide for implementation on a region-by-region basis but must provide for implementation throughout this state within a five-year period. [2021 c.26 §1]
Sec. 2. Section 1 of this 2021 Act does not modify the duties, functions or powers, under ORS 196.906 (Legislative findings and declarations) to 196.919 (Memoranda of understanding), of the Department of State Lands, the State Department of Agriculture or the State Department of Fish and Wildlife. [2021 c.26 §2]
Sec. 3. Sections 1 and 2 of this 2021 Act are repealed on January 2, 2031. [2021 c.26 §3]

Source: Section 196.915 — State agencies’ review and responses to notice; additional conditions; expedited review; variances; inspections; records; rules, https://www.­oregonlegislature.­gov/bills_laws/ors/ors196.­html.

196.105
Definitions for ORS 196.105 to 196.125
196.107
Legislative findings on management plan
196.109
Effect of revision of urban area boundaries within scenic area on management plan
196.110
Land use regulation in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area
196.115
Appeal from decision of Columbia River Gorge Commission or county
196.120
Exercise of eminent domain
196.125
Buffer by regulation around Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area prohibited
196.150
Compact provisions
196.155
Authority for state officers and agencies to carry out duties under compact
196.160
Membership on Columbia River Gorge Commission
196.165
Status of commission employees for purposes of certain benefits
196.175
Pacific Ocean Resources Compact ratified
196.180
Compact provisions
196.185
Representation on compact
196.200
Definitions for ORS 196.200 to 196.240 and 196.993
196.205
Establishment of Willamette Falls Locks Authority as independent public corporation
196.210
Membership of authority
196.215
Executive director
196.220
Powers and duties of authority
196.225
Creation of tax-exempt entity by authority
196.230
Revenue bonds issued by authority
196.235
Financing agreements
196.240
Audits
196.405
Definitions for ORS 196.405 to 196.515
196.407
Policy
196.408
Duties of state agencies
196.410
Legislative findings for offshore oil and gas leasing
196.415
Legislative findings for ocean resources management
196.420
Policy
196.425
Oregon Ocean Resources Management Program
196.435
Primary agency for certain federal purposes
196.438
Ocean Policy Advisory Council
196.443
Duties of council
196.448
Member compensation
196.451
Technical advisory committee
196.453
Project review panels
196.455
Coordination with federal programs
196.465
Compatibility of acknowledged comprehensive plans
196.471
Territorial Sea Plan review requirements
196.485
State agency coordination requirements
196.515
Short title
196.540
Marine reserves
196.542
Limitation on ability of State Fish and Wildlife Commission to adopt prohibitions on fishing by rule
196.545
Work plan
196.550
Funding
196.555
Reporting
196.565
Oregon Ocean Science Trust
196.566
Trust duties
196.567
Oregon Ocean Science Fund
196.568
Reimbursement from fund
196.569
Report
196.570
Agreements between Oregon Ocean Science Trust and private organizations
196.571
Policy
196.572
Oregon Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia
196.573
Council duties
196.575
Authorization to obtain federal oceanographic data
196.580
Liaison program duties
196.583
Requirement to share geological data regarding territorial sea floor
196.600
Definitions for ORS 196.600 to 196.655
196.605
Purpose
196.610
Powers of Director of Department of State Lands
196.615
Program for mitigation banks
196.620
Resource values and credits for mitigation banks
196.623
Watershed enhancement project as mitigation bank
196.625
Fill and removal activities in mitigation banks
196.630
Rules
196.635
Director to consult and cooperate with other agencies and interested parties
196.640
Oregon Removal-Fill Mitigation Fund
196.643
Payments to comply with permit condition, authorization or resolution of violation
196.645
Sources of fund
196.650
Use of fund
196.655
Report on Oregon Removal-Fill Mitigation Fund
196.660
Effect of ORS 196.600 to 196.655
196.665
Short title
196.668
Legislative findings
196.672
Policy
196.674
Statewide Wetlands Inventory
196.676
Response to notices from local governments
196.678
Wetland conservation plans
196.681
Duties of department
196.682
Permits required for removal or fill
196.684
Amendment of plans
196.686
Acknowledged estuary management plans
196.687
Regulation of alteration or fill of artificially created wetlands
196.688
Public information program
196.692
Rules
196.795
Streamlining process for administering state removal or fill permits
196.800
Definitions for ORS 196.600 to 196.921
196.805
Policy
196.810
Permit for removal of material from or fill of waters
196.812
Large woody debris
196.815
Application for permit
196.816
General permits allowing removal of certain amount of material for maintaining drainage
196.817
General permits
196.818
Wetland delineation reports
196.820
Prohibition against issuance of permits to fill Smith Lake or Bybee Lake
196.825
Criteria for issuance of permit
196.830
Estuarine resource replacement as condition for fill or removal from estuary
196.835
Hearing regarding issuance of permit
196.845
Investigations and surveys
196.850
Waiving permit requirement in certain cases
196.855
Noncomplying removal of material or filling as public nuisance
196.860
Enforcement powers of director
196.865
Revocation, suspension or refusal to renew permit
196.870
Abatement proceedings
196.875
Double and treble damages for destruction of public right of navigation, fishery or recreation
196.880
Fill under permit presumed not to affect public rights
196.885
Annual report of fill and removal activities
196.890
Civil penalties
196.895
Imposition of civil penalties
196.900
Schedule of civil penalties
196.906
Legislative findings and declarations
196.909
Definitions
196.911
Maintenance without permit
196.913
Prohibitions
196.915
State agencies’ review and responses to notice
196.917
Notice of violation
196.919
Memoranda of understanding
196.921
Applicability
196.931
Monitoring fill and removal activities
196.990
Penalties for unpermitted removal from or filling of waters
196.993
Penalties for unauthorized use of Willamette Falls Locks
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