OAR 635-005-0330: Renewal of Bay Clam Dive Permit

(1) Bay Clam Dive Permits may be renewed the following year: (a) By submitting to the Department a $125.00 fee for a resident permit or a $175.00 fee for a nonresident permit (plus a $2.00 license agent fee) and a complete application date-stamped or postmarked by January 31 of the year for which renewal is sought; (b) The permittee shall have lawfully made five landings consisting of at least 100 pounds each landing or an annual total of 2,500 pounds of bay clams, using dive gear in Oregon in the prior calendar year; (c) If all logbooks required under OAR 635-005-0345 were submitted by the application deadline for renewal of a Bay Clam Dive Permit; and (d) If a Bay Clam Dive Permit is transferred under OAR 635-005-0340(2), annual landing requirements for permit renewal in subsection (1)(b) of this rule are waived in the year the transfer occurred. (2) An application for renewal of a Bay Clam Dive Permit shall be considered complete if it is legible, has all information requested in the form, and is accompanied by the required fee in full. Any application which is not complete shall be returned, and unless it is thereafter resubmitted and deemed complete by January 31 of the permit year sought, the individual shall not be considered to have applied for renewal in a timely manner. (3) It is the responsibility of the permittee to ensure that an application is complete and is filed in a timely manner. Failure of the Department to return an application for incompleteness or of an individual to receive a returned application shall not be grounds for treating the application as having been filed in a timely and complete manner.