OAR 690-017-0100: Cancellation Authorized by Record Owner

(1) Perfected water rights shall be cancelled by order of the Director in accordance with the provisions of ORS 540.621 when so requested by notarized affidavit of the record owner of the land to which the water right in question is appurtenant. (2) The affidavit shall contain, at a minimum, the following: (a) A statement that the affiant is the record owner of the lands associated with the water right in question; (b) The certificate number of the water right; (c) A statement that the affiant has abandoned any and all interest in and to all or a specified portion of the water right; (d) Where only part of the right has been abandoned, a description of the specific place of use by quarter-quarter section and acres on which the right has been abandoned, with information sufficient to determine the lands on which the right is not to be cancelled; and (e) A request that all or part of the certificate be cancelled. (f) A statement of whether, to the best of the affiant’s knowledge, the subject water right is within the boundaries of a district or federal reclamation project. (3) Based on the best information available to the Department, if the subject water right is within the boundaries of a district or federal reclamation project, the Department shall, as applicable, provide the district and the United States Bureau of Reclamation notice of the water right cancellation request.