OAR 690-385-4100: Notice of District Permanent Transfer

(1) A district may allow a change in place of use prior to the Department issuing an order approving a district permanent transfer application provided: (a) The district files notice of the change in place of use under section (2) of this rule prior to making the change; (b) Prior to the end of the calendar year in which the change in place of use occurs, the district submits a permanent district transfer application for the change in place of use noticed according to section (2) of this rule; and (c) The district notifies each affected user that the change is subject to the approval of the Department and that the Department may: (A) Direct the district to cease delivery of water; or (B) Require mitigation to avoid injury to other water rights. (2) The notice under subsection (1)(a) of this rule shall be on forms acceptable to the Department and contain the following information for the primary water right and any appurtenant supplemental water right or permit, if applicable: (a) District name, mailing address, and phone number; (b) Certificate number, or permit number if applicable, subject to the change; (c) Names of affected users; (d) Location of the affected lands according to public land survey description and tax lot number; and (e) A map meeting the requirements of OAR 690-385-4300. (3) A district shall deliver the notice described in section (2) of this rule to the local area Department Watermaster prior to allowing the use of water to change. (4) A district delivering notice to the local area Department Watermaster shall concurrently send by mail or by electronic means the form(s) (but not the map) described in section (2) of this rule to the Department's Headquarters Office for public notice in the Department's weekly publication pursuant to ORS 540.580(4). (5) If at any time the Department finds the change allowed by a district, under the notice requirements of sections (1) and (2) of this rule, results in injury to an existing water right the Department may: (a) Direct the district to cease delivery of water to the affected lands; or (b) Direct the district to mitigate the injury caused by the change.