OAR 690-385-4700: Hearings

(1) If a protest is filed under OAR 690-385-4600, the Department shall hold a hearing on the matter. (2) Notice and conduct of the hearing shall: (a) Be under the applicable provisions of ORS 183.310 to 183.550, pertaining to contested cases, and the hearing shall be held in the area where the water rights are located unless all parties and persons who filed a protest stipulate otherwise; and (b) If a protest has asserted that the water right to be transferred has been forfeited through non-use, include the notice and procedures described in OAR 690-017-0500 to 690-017-0900.