OAR 141-068-0040: Notification of a State Land Board Declaration

(1) Following a Board declaration, the Department shall: (a) Post a public notice on the Department’s website; (b) Submit a press release to media in the study area; and (c) Provide notice to affected local, state and federal agencies, state legislators representing the district where the study area is located, any local port district, any local federally recognized tribes, any local watershed councils, national estuary programs and soil and water districts, and other interested persons. (2) The Department shall give notice by registered mail or by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each owner of record of land identified as having a State interest in the property. This notice shall include a copy of the declaration made with respect to the land and a statement informing the owner of record of a point of contact at the Department and options available to the owner of record based on the notice. (3) The notice shall use common description and maps shall be designed to identify the land or waterway in a manner intelligible to the layperson and useful in establishing the exact location of the state claim in relation to existing descriptions. (4) The Department shall record the declaration with the county of record for parcels determined to have a State interest.