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Section 537.040 - Registration of water for road construction, maintenance or reconstruction; fee; annual renewal statement; limitations; rules. - (2) A public agency applying to register a water use...
Section 537.090 - Laws applicable to geothermal wells. - (2) Production of fluids from a well with a bottom...
Section 537.095 - Interference between geothermal well and other water appropriation. - (1) Achieving the most beneficial use of the water and...
Section 537.097 - Verification of land ownership; time limits; exception. - (2) Any person receiving a request under subsection (1) of...
Section 537.099 - Water use report from governmental entity. - (2) As used in this section, "governmental entity" includes any...
Section 537.130 - Permit to appropriate water required; notification to owner of certain land. - (2) Except for a use exempted under ORS 537.040, 537.141,...
Section 537.131 - Reclaimed water. - Note: 537.131 was added to and made a part of...
Section 537.132 - Exemption from permit requirement for use of reclaimed water; rules. - (a) The use of reclaimed water is authorized by the...
Section 537.133 - Permittee’s right to enter on forestland; notice. - (a) Be in writing; (b) Be mailed to the landowner...
Section 537.135 - Permit required to appropriate water for recharging ground water sources; minimum perennial streamflow required for permit; exception. - (2) Any person proposing to apply to a beneficial use...
Section 537.139 - Failure to obtain authorization for access to certain land. - (2) If an applicant makes a statement under ORS 537.140...
Section 537.140 - Application for permit; contents; maps and drawings. - (A) The name and mailing address of the applicant; (B)...
Section 537.141 - Uses of water not requiring water right application, permit or certificate; rules. - (a) Emergency fire-fighting uses; (b) Nonemergency fire-fighting training, provided: (A)...
Section 537.142 - Water right permit or certificate not required for egg incubation project under salmon and trout enhancement program. - the water is to be used for a salmon and...
Section 537.143 - Limited license to use or store surface or ground water or to use stored water; rules. - (2) The use of water under a limited license under...
Section 537.144 - Request for right to use water under limited license; fee. - (2) If the request submitted under subsection (1) of this...
Section 537.145 - Notice of filing of application to appropriate water for hydroelectric purposes. - (a) Adjacent to any portion of the stream in which...
Section 537.147 - Permit to use stored water; fee. - (a) A fee, in the amount required by ORS 536.050...
Section 537.150 - Filing of application; determination of completeness; initial review; preliminary determination; notice; public comments; fees. - (2) Upon determining that an application contains the information listed...
Section 537.153 - Review of application; proposed final order; presumption that use will not impair or be detrimental to public interest; standing; protest; final order; contested case hearing. - (2) In reviewing the application under subsection (1) of this...
Section 537.160 - Approval for beneficial use; agreement authorizing use of ditch for waste or seepage water. - (2) The department may not approve an application for a...
Section 537.170 - Contested case hearing on application; final order; appeal. - (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 183 pertaining to...
Section 537.173 - Exceptions to final order; modified order. - (2) The commission shall issue a modified order, if allowed,...
Section 537.175 - Time limit for issuing final order or scheduling contested case hearing; applicant request for extension. - (2) At the request of the applicant, the department may...
Section 537.190 - Terms and conditions of approval; municipal water supplies; release of stored water. - (2) The department may approve an application for a municipal...
Section 537.211 - Issuance of permit if application approved; contents of permit; effect; rejection of application; change in permit terms. - (2) Except as provided in subsection (6) of this section,...
Section 537.220 - Assignment of application, permit or license. - (2) An assignment of an application, permit or license to...
Section 537.225 - Full or partial assignment of water right permit; issuance of replacement permits. - (a) A map prepared by a certified water right examiner...
Section 537.227 - Protest of application to assign all or part of water right permit. - (a) The name, address and telephone number of the person...
Section 537.230 - Time allowed for construction of irrigation or other work; extension; survey; map; requirements for supplemental water right. - (a) June 29, 2005; (b) The time specified in the...
Section 537.240 - Federal permit; time for obtaining; cancellation; time for beginning and completing work. - (2) Upon failure of the applicant to file with the...
Section 537.248 - Requirement to include in reservoir permit date for beginning and completing construction and for perfecting water right; extension. - (2) By order, the Water Resources Director may extend the...
Section 537.249 - Election to have proposed reservation considered as application for permit or rulemaking proceeding. - (a) As an application for a permit under ORS 537.140...
Section 537.250 - Water right certificate; issuance; inclusion of land not described in permit; recordation; duration of rights. - (2) When issuing a water right certificate under this section...
Section 537.252 - Certificate issued for land not described in permit; notice. - (a) Water furnished by the district under the permit has...
Section 537.260 - Cancellation of permit for failure of proof of completion of appropriation; issuance of limited certificate; contest of issuance of certificate; exception for municipalities. - (2) The department may determine the extent to which an...
Section 537.283 - Procedure for applications to appropriate water for hydroelectric power; rules. - (2) Rules adopted under subsection (1) of this section: (a)...
Section 537.289 - Conditions to be imposed on permit of municipal corporation or district. - (a) That the permit may not be assigned to any...
Section 537.292 - Conditions to be imposed on certificate of municipal corporation or district. - (a) That the water right may not be assigned to...
Section 537.295 - Cancellation of permit when holder fails to continue to qualify as municipal applicant. - (2) A proceeding to cancel a permit under subsection (1)...
Section 537.297 - Cancellation of water right certificate when holder fails to continue to qualify as municipal applicant. - (2) A proceeding to cancel a certificate under subsection (1)...
Section 537.299 - Consequences of cancellation of permit or certificate if holder no longer municipal applicant; conditions to protect public health and welfare. - (2) When a permit or certificate is canceled under ORS...
Section 537.310 - Acquisition of water rights for railway purposes; certificates. - (2) Any such corporation may condemn and appropriate for railway...
Section 537.330 - Disclosure required in real estate transaction involving water right; exception; delivery of available permit, order or certificate; effect of failure to comply. - (2) Upon closing and delivery of the instrument of conveyance...
Section 537.332 - Definitions for ORS 537.332 to 537.360. - (1) "In-stream" means within the natural stream channel or lake...
Section 537.334 - Findings. - (1) Public uses are beneficial uses. (2) The recognition of...
Section 537.336 - State agencies authorized to request in-stream water rights; agreement required when supply is stored water. - (2) The Department of Environmental Quality may request the Water...
Section 537.343 - Proposed final order; conditions. - (a) Approve the in-stream water right for the quantity of...
Section 537.346 - Conversion of minimum perennial streamflows to in-stream water rights; special provisions for Willamette Basin. - (2) The priority date for that portion of an in-stream...
Section 537.348 - Purchase, lease or gift of water right for conversion to in-stream water right; priority dates; split use. - (2) Subject to subsections (3) to (6) of this section,...
Section 537.350 - Legal status of in-stream water right. - (2) An in-stream water right is not subject to cancellation...
Section 537.356 - Request for reservation of unappropriated water for future economic development; priority date of reservation. - (2) A request under subsection (1) of this section shall...
Section 537.358 - Rules for reservation for future economic development; application for use of reserved water. - (2) A person requesting use of the reserved water for...
Section 537.385 - Extension of irrigation season; rules; limitations. - (a) Water is available during the period of the extended...
Section 537.395 - Public recapture of water power rights and properties; no recapture of other rights. - (2) The fair value of the property taken and the...
Section 537.400 - Reservoir permits. - (2) Whenever application is made for permit to store water...
Section 537.405 - Exempt reservoirs; written notification to department; injury to other users. - (2)(a) On or before January 31, 1997, an owner of...
Section 537.407 - Water right certificate for reservoirs existing before January 1, 1993; injury to other users; conversion of prior application to notice of exemption. - (2) Within 90 days after issuing a certificate under subsection...
Section 537.409 - Alternate permit application process for qualifying reservoirs; injury to existing users or fishery resources; public interest review; rules. - (a) Has a storage capacity of less than 9.2 acre-feet...
Section 537.410 - Failure to commence or complete work, or to properly apply water, as grounds for cancellation of permit; irrigation districts, municipalities and public utilities excepted. - (2) However, permits issued by the commission to irrigation districts...
Section 537.445 - Hearing upon proposal to cancel permit or appropriation; cancellation suspended pending review. - (2) If a petition for review of an order canceling...
Section 537.455 - Definitions for ORS 537.455 to 537.500 and 540.510. - (1) "Conservation" means the reduction of the amount of water...
Section 537.460 - Legislative findings; policy. - (2) It is therefore declared to be the policy of...
Section 537.463 - Applicability of ORS 537.455 to 537.500. - Note: See note under 537.455.
Section 537.465 - Application for allocation of conserved water; submission; required contents. - (a) The person or group of persons intends to implement;...
Section 537.470 - Allocation of conserved water by commission; criteria; percentage to state; certificates showing change in original water right. - (2) The commission shall allocate conserved water as provided in...
Section 537.480 - Rules; criteria for evaluating allocation and determining mitigation required. - Note: See note under 537.455.
Section 537.485 - Priority of right to use conserved water; choice of priority. - (2) A person who implements a conservation measure may choose...
Section 537.490 - Use of conserved water; notice of dispensation of right to use. - (a) The name and address of the person buying or...
Section 537.495 - Receipt by state agency or political subdivision of right to use conserved water. - Note: See note under 537.455.
Section 537.500 - Legal status of conserved water right. - (2) A water right for conserved water that is reserved...
Section 537.515 - Definitions for ORS 537.505 to 537.795 and 537.992. - (1) "Altering" a well means the deepening, recasing, perforating, reperforating,...
Section 537.525 - Policy. - (1) Provision be made for the final determination of relative...
Section 537.532 - Injection of ground water into aquifers; standards. - (a) Shall not be considered a waste, contaminant or pollutant;...
Section 537.534 - Rules for permitting and administering aquifer storage and recovery projects; limited license for test program; fees. - (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS 537.130, the Water Resources...
Section 537.535 - Unlawful use or appropriation of ground water, including well construction and operation. - (2) Except for those uses exempted under ORS 537.545, the...
Section 537.545 - Exempt uses; map; filing of use; fee; rules. - (a) Stockwatering purposes; (b) Watering any lawn or noncommercial garden...
Section 537.605 - Registration of right to appropriate ground water claimed under ORS 537.585 or 537.595; registration statement. - (2) Upon receipt of a request for registration by any...
Section 537.610 - Recording registration statement; issuing certificate of registration; effect of certificate; rules; fees. - (2) The issuance of the certificate of registration serves as...
Section 537.615 - Application for permit to acquire new right or enlarge existing right to appropriate ground water; plans and drawings. - (2) The application for a permit shall be in a...
Section 537.620 - Determination of completeness of application; initial review; preliminary determination; notice; public comments. - (2) Within 15 days after receiving the application, the department...
Section 537.621 - Review of application; proposed final order; presumption; rebuttal; findings and conclusions; flow rate and duty; standing; protest; final order; contested case hearing. - (2) In reviewing the application under subsection (1) of this...
Section 537.622 - Contested case hearing; parties; issues. - (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of ORS chapter 183 pertaining to...
Section 537.625 - Final order; appeal; contents of permit. - (2) If a contested case hearing is not held: (a)...
Section 537.626 - Exceptions to final order; modified order. - (2) The commission shall issue a modified order, if allowed,...
Section 537.627 - Time limit for issuing final order or scheduling contested case hearing; extension; writ of mandamus. - (2) At the request of the applicant, the department may...
Section 537.628 - Terms; conditions; time limit for issuing final order after contested case hearing. - (2) If a contested case hearing is held, the department...
Section 537.629 - Conditions or limitations to prevent interference with other users. - (2)(a) When an application discloses the probability that a proposed...
Section 537.630 - Time allowed for construction work under permit; extension; certificate of completion; survey; ground water right certificate; requirements for supplemental water right. - (a) June 29, 2005; (b) The time specified in the...
Section 537.635 - Assignment of application, certificate of registration or permit. - (2) An assignment of an application filed under ORS 537.615...
Section 537.665 - Investigation of ground water reservoirs; defining characteristics and assigning names and numbers. - (2) In identifying the characteristics of each ground water reservoir...
Section 537.670 - Determination of rights to appropriate ground water of ground water reservoir. - (2) The director shall prepare a notice of intent to...
Section 537.675 - Determination of rights in several reservoirs or of critical ground water area in same proceeding. - (2) The director may include in a determination proceeding under...
Section 537.685 - Findings of fact and order of determination. - (1) The boundaries and depth of each ground water reservoir....
Section 537.730 - Designation of critical ground water area; rules; notice. - (a) Ground water levels in the area in question are...
Section 537.735 - Rules designating critical ground water area. - (a) Define the boundaries of the critical ground water area...
Section 537.742 - Contested case proceeding to limit use of ground water in critical ground water area. - (2) Upon the conclusion of a contested case proceeding initiated...
Section 537.743 - Program to remediate certain domestic water wells. - (2) In administering the program, the department: (a) May enter...
Section 537.744 - Domestic Well Remediation Fund. - (2) The Domestic Well Remediation Fund shall consist of all...
Section 537.745 - Voluntary agreements among ground water users from same reservoir. - (2) When any irrigation district, drainage district, other district organized...
Section 537.746 - Mitigation credits for projects in Deschutes River Basin; relationship to water made available; rules; annual report. - (2) A person proposing a project that makes water available...
Section 537.747 - Water well constructor’s license; rules; fees. - (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, a person may...
Section 537.750 - Examination for license. - (a) Laws of the state pertaining to the appropriation and...
Section 537.753 - Bond or letter of credit; landowner’s permit and bond; fee. - (2) The Water Resources Commission or any person injured by...
Section 537.762 - Report of constructor before beginning work on well; rules; fees. - (a) The name and post-office address of the owner of...
Section 537.763 - Water Resources Department Operating Fund. - (2) The Water Resources Department Operating Fund shall consist of:...
Section 537.765 - Log of constructing, altering, abandoning or converting well; furnishing samples to Water Resources Commission. - (2) The commission shall provide acknowledgment to the constructor of...
Section 537.767 - Disbursement of moneys in Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement Fund. - (2) Moneys in the Water Well Abandonment, Repair and Replacement...
Section 537.772 - Pump tests; report; rules for waiver. - (2) The owner or operator shall report the results of...
Section 537.775 - Wasteful or defective wells; permanent abandonment of old well. - (2) In the absence of a determination of a critical...
Section 537.777 - Regulation of controlling works of wells and distribution of ground water. - (a) Any person or public agency is using or attempting...
Section 537.780 - Powers of Water Resources Commission; rules; limitations on authority. - (a) Require that all flowing wells be capped or equipped...
Section 537.781 - Applying for injunction to address violation or potential violation. - (1) Refrain from the activity; and (2) Take any actions...
Section 537.783 - Reinjection of geothermal fluids; rules and standards; water pollution control facilities permit. - (a) Geothermal or hot water wells less than 2,000 feet...
Section 537.785 - Fees. - (2) All fees collected by the commission under subsection (1)...
Section 537.787 - Investigation of violation of ground water laws; remedies for violation. - (a) Any well constructor involved; and (b) The landowner, if...
Section 537.789 - Well identification number. - (2) If a well does not have an identification number...
Section 537.791 - Request for well identification number. - (2) The Water Resources Department shall issue a number to...
Section 537.796 - Rules regarding low temperature geothermal appropriations. - Note: 537.796 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly...
Section 537.798 - Water right examiner certificate; regulation of profession; rules; fees. - (2) The board shall establish fees for the examination, certification...
Section 537.799 - Survey for issuance of water right certificate. - (1) Hire a water right examiner certified under ORS 537.798...
Section 537.800 - Waste, spring and seepage waters; laws governing. - (2) As used in this section, "spring" means a point...
Section 537.801 - Definitions; findings. - (a) "Basin" means one of the river basins within this...
Section 537.803 - Application proposing use of water outside of basin of origin; contents. - (a) The amount of water in the basin of origin...
Section 537.805 - Processing of application; hearing; action on application. - (1) Upon determination that the application is acceptable, the Water...
Section 537.810 - Diversion or appropriation of waters from basin of origin without legislative consent prohibited; terms of consent; exceptions. - (2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to...
Section 537.835 - City of Walla Walla, Washington, may appropriate, impound and divert certain waters from Mill Creek. - (a) The City of Walla Walla shall pay the entire...
Section 537.855 - Domestic water supply district permitted to divert water out of state; conditions. - (a) The majority of the property is within Oregon. (b)...
Section 537.880 - Policy; log requirement; reporting. - (2) This section applies to geotechnical holes that are: (a)...
Section 537.885 - Licensing or registration required for drilling of geotechnical hole. - (1) A current monitoring well constructor’s license as specified in...
Section 537.890 - Report form; rules; fees. - (2)(a) Except as provided in paragraph (b) of this subsection,...
Section 537.895 - Water Resources Department Geotechnical Fund. - (2) The Water Resources Department Geotechnical Fund shall consist of:...
Section 537.990 - Criminal penalties. - (2) Any person who willfully diverts or uses water to...
Section 537.992 - Civil penalties; schedule of penalties; rules. - (2) The commission shall adopt by rule a schedule of...