Oregon Administrative Code

690-505-0605 Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Definitions The following definitions apply to OAR 690-505-0500 through 690-505-0630: (1) "Allocation of conserved water" means an application approved under ORS 537.455 to 537.500 and OAR 690, division 18 in which the De…

690-505-0610 Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Mitigation Obligation and Mitigation Standards (1) Except as provided in section (6), (7) and (8) of this rule, the Department may only approve a ground water permit application in the Deschutes Ground Water Study Area if…

690-505-0615 Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Notice of Mitigation Obligation (1) The Department shall provide notice of the mitigation obligation to ground water permit applicants. The notice shall: (a) State that mitigation must be provided before a permit may be i…

690-505-0620 Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Ground Water Permit and Final Order Conditions (1) Any final order approving a ground water permit application and the associated permit and certificate issued subsequent to a notice of mitigation obligation under 690-505…

690-505-0625 Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Municipal and Quasi-municipal Ground Water Permit Applications (1) Municipal or quasi-municipal ground water permit applicants may satisfy a mitigation obligation by incrementally obtaining and providing mitigation to coi…

690-505-0630 Deschutes Basin Groundwater Mitigation Rules: Additional Findings of Department When Mitigation is Provided (1) If a ground water permit applicant satisfies the mitigation obligation, notwithstanding OAR 690, division 9, for the purposes of OAR 690, divisions 33, 310…

690-506-0010 Definitions and Procedures (1) The John Day River Basin and the Upper Mainstem, South Fork, Middle Mainstem, Middle Fork, North Fork and Lower Subbasins are as shown by Water Resources Department Map No. 6.6L. (2) Permitted Use, as used in OAR 690-506-0040, means a u…

690-506-0020 Policies The waters of the John Day River Basin provide the public with important economic, social, and environmental benefits: (1) In managing the surface and ground waters of the basin the Water Resources Commission shall encourage: (a) Increases in crop production…

690-506-0030 Objectives (1) Basin Objectives: In furtherance of the policies in OAR 690-506-0020, the following objectives are established for meeting water resource needs in the John Day River Basin: (a) Achieve better seasonal distribution of runoff to reduce high streamflows a…

690-506-0040 Classifications (1) Except as otherwise provided by the Commission, the Department shall not accept an application for a permit to appropriate any of the surface or ground waters of the John Day River Basin for any uses except those for which the waters are classifie…

690-506-0050 Minimum Perennial Streamflows (1) Except as otherwise provided in this rule, the Department shall include in each permit for appropriation of the waters of any stream identified on Table 1, or tributaries, a provision that the right shall not permit the use of waters…

690-506-0060 Reservations (1) Waters of the Upper Mainstem Subbasin: Any application for a permit to store water in the subbasin for use in supplying irrigation uses or to meet adopted minimum perennial streamflow levels up to a total of 8,120 acre-feet shall be reserved for futu…

690-506-0070 Water Quality Control The Department shall include in any water right a condition that the use of water under the right is contingent upon continuing compliance with the conditions of any required discharge permit for water quality control held by the water right per…

690-506-0080 Storage of Water (1) An application for a permit to store water on a stream with uses classified as conditional shall be subject to the standards and review process in OAR 690-506-0010(3). (2) The Department shall not accept an application to store or impound water w…

690-507-0010 Definitions The following meanings apply to the terms as used in these rules for the Umatilla Basin Program. Other rules of the Department may define these words differently: (1) "Classification" or "Classified" means the allowed and preferred beneficial use(s) of a …

690-507-0020 Policies (1) All rights to the surface waters of the Umatilla River and its tributaries initiated after September 28, 1987, shall be subordinate to permitted appropriations for the purpose of artificial groundwater recharge established before that date. (2) To suppor…

690-507-0030 Walla Walla River Subbasin (1) Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the Walla Walla subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives: (a) Develop interstate cooperation with Washingto…

690-507-0040 Wildhorse Creek Subbasin (1) Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the Wildhorse Creek subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives: (a) Protect instream values by closing streams …

690-507-0050 Upper Umatilla River Subbasin (1) Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the Upper Umatilla River subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives: (a) Protect instream values by closin…

690-507-0060 Birch and McKay Creeks Subbasin (1) Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the Birch and McKay Creeks subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives: (a) Protect instream values by cl…

690-507-0070 Columbia-Umatilla Plateau Subbasin (1) Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the Columbia-Umatilla Plateau subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives: (a) Protect instream values…

690-507-0080 Butter Creek Subbasin (1) Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the Butter Creek subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives: (a) Protect instream values by closing streams to fut…

690-507-0090 Willow Creek Subbasin (1) Objectives: In developing a program for the management, use and control of the surface and groundwater resources of the Willow Creek subbasin, the Commission has the following objectives: (a) Protect instream values by limiting future approp…

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 mana…

690-507-0620 Butter Creek CGWA: Definitions The following definitions apply to OAR Chapter 690, Division 507: (1) "Commission" means the Water Resources Commission. (2) "Department" means the Water Resources Department. (3) "Director" means the Director of the Water Resources Dep…

690-507-0630 Butter Creek CGWA: General Requirements (1) Except as specified in OAR 690-507-0650(3) and 690-507-0670(7), the use of water from the basalt groundwater reservoir within the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area shall be limited to the sustainable annual yield. (2) …

690-507-0635 Butter Creek CGWA: Water Users Exempt from Division Requirements Any school located in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area using water from the basalt reservoir for watering lawns, grounds and fields not exceeding ten acres in area shall meet the requirements …

690-507-0640 Butter Creek CGWA: Duties of Water Users (1) Appropriation of groundwater from the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area is prohibited unless the water user meets the requirements of section (2) to (5) of this rule. (2) A water user authorized by OAR 690-507-0670 to…

690-507-0645 Butter Creek CGWA: Flow Meter Specifications and Installation Guidelines (1) A flow meter shall meet the following specifications: (a) A flow meter shall be of the velocity-propeller type or shunt line venturi type with enclosed propeller made of non-corrosive materi…

690-507-0647 Butter Creek CGWA: New Subarea Boundaries (1) The Echo Junction Subarea shall be divided into two separate subareas being the Fourmile Canyon Subarea and the Echo Junction Subarea with boundaries as prescribed in sections a and b of this rule: (a) Echo Junction Subar…

690-507-0650 Butter Creek CGWA: Sustainable Annual Yield (1) Each of the eight subareas in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area shall be managed according to the sustainable annual yield within that subarea. The Department shall refine the sustainable annual yield value ove…

690-507-0660 Butter Creek CGWA: Method for Determining the Sustainable Annual Yield (1) The Department shall determine the sustainable annual yield for each subarea by comparing the volume of groundwater pumped annually from each subarea for a given year to the average of the ann…

690-507-0670 Butter Creek CGWA: Distribution of Sustainable Annual Yield (1) The method for distributing the sustainable annual yield from the basalt groundwater reservoir within each subarea in the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area is as follows: (a) Except as provided in s…

690-507-0680 Butter Creek (CGWA) Process of Periodic Review of Sustainable Annual Yield (1) The Department shall determine whether a reasonably stable water level was achieved in the basalt groundwater reservoir in each subarea in 2000 and every five years thereafter. (2) For any…

690-507-0690 Butter Creek (CGWA) Annual Reporting The Department shall publish a report for the Butter Creek Critical Groundwater Area by May 31 of each year. The report shall include the water user's name, well locations, permit numbers, priority dates, authorized diversions, ac…

690-507-0700 Butter Creek CGWA: Violation Policy Whenever the Department has reason to believe a violation of a rule in OAR 690, division 507 has occurred, it shall investigate. If a violation has occurred, the Director may take enforcement action. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS …

690-507-0750 Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area (CGWA): Purpose (1) The Director issued an order on May 15, 1991, declaring the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area. The order described the exterior boundaries and divided the area with eight subareas for the purposes of manag…

690-507-0760 Stage Gulch CGWA: Definitions The following definitions apply to OAR 690, division 507: (1) “Commission” means the Water Resources Commission. (2) “Department” means the Water Resources Department. (3) “Director” means the Director of the Water Resources Department. …

690-507-0770 Stage Gulch CGWA: General Requirements (1) The use of water from the basalt groundwater reservoir within the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area shall be limited to the sustainable annual yield. (2) The Commission delegates to the Director the authority to implemen…

690-507-0775 Stage Gulch CGWA: Water Users Exempt from Division Requirements (1) Any school located in the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area using water from the basalt reservoir for watering lawns, grounds and fields not exceeding ten (10) acres in area shall meet the requir…

690-507-0780 Stage Gulch CGWA: Duties of Water Users (1) Appropriation of groundwater from the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area is prohibited unless the water user meets the requirements of sections (2) to (5) of this rule. (2) A water user authorized by OAR 690-507-0810 to …

690-507-0785 Stage Gulch CGWA: Flow Meter Specifications and Installation Guidelines (1) A flow meter shall meet the following specifications: (a) A flow meter shall be of the velocity-propeller type or shunt line venturi type with enclosed propeller made of non-corrosive materia…

690-507-0790 Stage Gulch CGWA: Sustainable Annual Yield (1) Each of the subareas in the Stage Gulch Critical Ground-water Area shall be managed according to the sustainable annual yield within that subarea. The Department shall refine the sustainable annual yield over time throug…

690-507-0800 Stage Gulch CGWA: Method for Determining the Sustainable Annual Yield (1) The Department shall determine the sustainable annual yield for each subarea by comparing the volume of groundwater pumped annually from each subarea for a given year to the average of the annu…

690-507-0810 Stage Gulch CGWA: Distribution of Sustainable Annual Yield (1) The method for distributing the sustainable annual yield from the basalt groundwater reservoir within each managed subarea in the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area is as follows: (a) Except as provide…

690-507-0820 Stage Gulch CGWA: Process of Periodic Review of Sustainable Annual Yield (1) The Department shall determine whether a reasonably stable water level was achieved in the basalt groundwater reservoir in each subarea in 1995 and every five years thereafter. (2) For any s…

690-507-0830 Stage Gulch CGWA: Annual Reporting The Department shall publish a report for the Stage Gulch Critical Groundwater Area by May 31 of each year. The report shall include the water user’s name, well locations, permit numbers, priority dates, authorized diversions, actua…

690-507-0840 Stage Gulch CGWA: Violation Policy Whenever the Department has reason to believe a violation of a rule in OAR 690, division 507 has occurred, it shall investigate. If a violation has occurred, the Director may take enforcement action. Statutory/Other Authority: ORS 5…

690-508-0000 General Classifications (1) Stored water may be used for any beneficial purpose. (2) The storage of up to 900 acre-feet of water for domestic or livestock purposes authorized under water rights with priority dates after November 6, 1992, shall be exempt from regulati…

690-508-0010 Upper Grande Ronde Subbasin (1) Classifications: (a) The maximum economic development of this state and the attainment of the highest and best use of the waters of the Upper Grande Ronde for the benefit of the state as a whole, will be furthered through utilization o…