OAR 141-093-0195: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Eligibility Requirements

(1) Project Location. To be eligible for this GP, the project must be located within the geographic area of Agate-Winlo soils. This area generally conforms to the boundaries of the Agate-Winlo soil map unit as mapped by the Natural Resources Conservation Service’s Jackson County soil survey. (2) Type of Water. This GP authorizes removal-fill activities only in vernal pool wetlands and the following other waters that occur in Agate-Winlo soils: (a) Ditches or other water conveyance structures constructed solely to drain vernal pool lands; (b) Roadside ditches that are not part of a stream tributary system; (c) Channels excavated through uplands for irrigation water and return flows; and (d) Palustrine emergent wetlands that were historically vernal pool wetlands. (3) Thresholds. To be eligible, a project must meet both of the following: (a) Impacts to vernal pool wetlands and other waters must be less than two acres; and (b) Impacts to VPC must be less than 15 acres. (4) Mitigation. Mitigation must be accomplished in accordance with OAR 141-093-0200.