ORS 543A.115
Final unified state position
(1)
Upon receipt of the Department of Environmental Quality’s water quality certification decision, the Hydroelectric Application Review Team shall prepare a final unified state position. The final unified state position shall take into consideration public comments received, shall be consistent with the Department of Environmental Quality’s water quality certification decision and shall incorporate conditions attached to any certification by the Director of the Department of Environmental Quality pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1341(d). The final unified state position also shall include recommendations under 16 U.S.C. 803(j), any other conditions recommended for inclusion in the federal license for the project and any additional information requests to be addressed in the federal proceeding. The team also shall prepare a proposed final order on reauthorization of a water right for the project.(2)
The team shall provide the final unified state position to the applicant and to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The team shall submit the proposed final order on reauthorization of the water right to the Water Resources Department. Upon receipt of the proposed final order, the department shall complete processing of the application for reauthorization of the water right in accordance with the provisions of ORS 543A.120 (Proposed final order) to 543A.300 (Decommissioning).(3)
The team may submit to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the applicant any proposed final unified state position, comments, recommendations, conditions or additional information requests, coordinated in accordance with this chapter, at any time necessary to satisfy a deadline established by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for such submission, even if the procedures set forth in this section for the development of a final unified state position have not been completed. [1997 c.449 §22; 2001 c.369 §6]
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Section 543A.115 — Final unified state position, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors543A.html.
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