OAR 629-022-0830: Cost-Share Program Payment Procedures

(1) For the State Forester to approve a cost-share reimbursement payment, each cost-share component in the Practice plan must be completed according to the performance specifications and the time period identified in the Practice plan. (2) To initiate the payment process, the Landowner must notify the State Forester of any completed cost-share component, identified in the Practice plan, for which cost-share reimbursement payment is being requested. (3) The State Forester will review the completed cost-share components to certify that the components were completed according to the performance specifications and within the time period specified in the Practice plan. (4) Upon certification by the State Forester that the cost-share components were completed according to the Practice plan, the State Forester will calculate the amount of the cost-share reimbursement payment to the Landowner using the appropriate cost-share rate, but not for an amount exceeding the “not-to-exceed reimbursement level” set in the Practice plan. Payment will be made payable to the Landowner.