OAR 690-385-5700: Protests and Requests for Hearings

(1) Approval of a district permanent transfer of water right for nonuse application under ORS 540.572 and OAR 690-385-5000, may be protested: (a) By any user; and (b) Within 60 days of mailing the notice under OAR 690-385-5400. (2) Protests shall be filed in accordance with OAR 690, division 002, and shall include the fee required under ORS 536.050. (3) Each person submitting a protest shall raise all reasonably ascertainable issues and submit all reasonably available arguments supporting the person's position by the close of the protest period. Failure to raise a reasonably ascertainable issue in a protest or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the Department an opportunity to respond to the issue precludes consideration of the issue during the hearing.