OAR 141-089-0820: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH – Purpose

These rules set forth conditions under which a person may, without an individual removal-fill permit from the Department, fill, remove, and move material in waters of this state for the purpose of in-stream placer mining using only non-motorized methods or activities, including gravity dredge or siphon dredge, within areas designated as Essential Indigenous Anadromous Salmonid Habitat (ESH) that is not designated as State Scenic Waterway (SSW).