OAR 141-090-0010: Applicability

(1) These rules establish the standards and procedures used by the Department of State Lands to identify waters of this state, which are subject to regulation and authorization requirements of the Removal-Fill Law (ORS 196.800 to 196.990). (2) These rules are supplemental to administrative rules for issuance and enforcement of removal and fill authorizations (OAR 141-085; 141-0102); rules pertaining to wetland conservation plans and local wetlands inventories (OAR 141-086; 141-120); rules pertaining to the identification of significant wetlands (OAR 141-086); rules pertaining to General Authorizations (141-089); rules pertaining to General Permits (141-093) and rules pertaining to Oregon Scenic Waterways (141-100). (3) Agencies such as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) have separate regulatory authority over waters of the United States and separate jurisdictional determination procedures.