OAR 690-033-0310: Statewide Rules: Geographic Scope

(1) These rules, OAR 690-033-0310 through 690-033-0340, apply to: (a) Applications filed after June 3, 1994, for which no permit has been granted, or on which no contested case has been ordered as of the effective date of these rules; and (b) Requests for limited licenses except those: (A) for less than 120 days; or (B) issued in conjunction with an enforcement order of the Department. (2) These rules, OAR 690-033-0310 through 690-033-0340, apply to the following geographic areas: (a) Waterways of the state where sensitive fish species are located; (b) Waterways of the state, outside the Columbia Basin (OAR 690-033-0115(1) and 690-033-0210(1) and (2)), where threatened or endangered fish species are located. (3) For purposes of making a preliminary determination of the presence of sensitive, threatened or endangered species, the Department may rely primarily on information provided by ODFW, but may also rely on information provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service or the appropriate Indian tribes.