ORS 196.600: Definitions for ORS 196.600 to 196.655.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
As used in ORS 196.600 to 196.655: (1) “Compensatory mitigation” means activities conducted by a permittee or third party to create, restore, enhance or preserve the functions and values of the water resources of this state to compensate for the removal-fill related adverse effects of project development to waters of this state or to resolve violations of ORS 196.800 to 196.921. Compensatory mitigation for removal-fill activities does not affect permit requirements of other state departments. (2) “Credit” means the measure of the increase in the functions and values of the water resources of this state achieved at a mitigation bank site. (3) “Mitigation bank” means a site created, restored, enhanced or preserved in accordance with ORS 196.600 to 196.655 to compensate for unavoidable adverse impacts to waters of this state due to activities which otherwise comply with the requirements of ORS 196.600 to 196.921. (4) “Mitigation bank instrument” means the legally binding and enforceable agreement between the Director of the Department of State Lands and a mitigation bank sponsor that formally establishes the mitigation bank and stipulates the terms and conditions of the mitigation bank’s construction, operation and long-term management. (5) “Off-site compensatory mitigation” means activities conducted away from the project site that create, restore, enhance or preserve the functions and values of the water resources of this state in order to compensate for the adverse impacts to waters of this state from project development. (6) “On-site compensatory mitigation” means activities conducted at the project site to create, restore, enhance or preserve the functions and values of the water resources of this state in order to compensate for the adverse impacts to waters of this state from project development. (7) “Permit action” means activity under a specific removal or fill permit or other authorization requested or issued under ORS 196.600 to 196.921. (8) “Service area” means the boundaries set forth in a mitigation bank instrument that include one or more watersheds identified on the United States Geological Survey, Hydrologic Unit Map - 1974, State of Oregon, for which a mitigation bank provides credits to compensate for adverse effects from project developments to waters of this state. Service areas for mitigation banks are not mutually exclusive. (9) “Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan” means the plan created by the State Parks and Recreation Department pursuant to the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460-L et seq.). [Formerly 541.550; 1995 c.370 §2; 2003 c.738 §3; 2009 c.343 §1]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 141-085-0500: General — implements
- OAR 141-085-0506: Policy — implements
- OAR 141-085-0510: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-085-0510: Definitions — authority
- OAR 141-085-0515: Removal-Fill Jurisdiction by Type of Water — implements
- OAR 141-085-0520: Removal-Fill Jurisdiction by Volume of Material — implements
- OAR 141-085-0520: Removal-Fill Jurisdiction by Volume of Material — authority
- OAR 141-085-0525: Measuring and Calculating Volume of Removal and Fill — implements
- OAR 141-085-0530: Exemptions for Certain Activities and Structures — implements
- OAR 141-085-0534: Exemptions for Certain Voluntary Habitat Restoration Activities — implements
- OAR 141-085-0535: Exemptions Specific to Agricultural Activities — implements
- OAR 141-085-0535: Exemptions Specific to Agricultural Activities — authority
- OAR 141-085-0540: Types of Authorizations — implements
- OAR 141-085-0540: Types of Authorizations — authority
- OAR 141-085-0545: Fees for Removal-Fill Applications — implements
- OAR 141-085-0550: Application Requirements for Individual Permits — implements
- OAR 141-085-0555: Individual Removal-Fill Permit Application Review Process — implements
- OAR 141-085-0560: Public Review Process for Individual Removal - Fill Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 141-085-0560: Public Review Process for Individual Removal - Fill Permit Applications — authority
- OAR 141-085-0565: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Individual Permit Applications — implements
- OAR 141-085-0565: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Individual Permit Applications — authority
- OAR 141-085-0575: Permit Appeals — implements
- OAR 141-085-0580: Discovery in Contested Cases — implements
- OAR 141-085-0585: Permit Conditions, Permit Expiration Dates and Permit Transfer — implements
- OAR 141-085-0590: Renewal and Extension of Individual Removal-Fill Permits — implements
- OAR 141-085-0595: Permit Requirements and Interagency Coordination for Department of Environmental Quality Approved Remedial Action, Corrections Facilities, Solid Waste Land Fills and Energy Facilities — implements
- OAR 141-085-0665: Expedited Process for Industrial or Traded Sector Sites — implements
- OAR 141-085-0676: Emergency Authorizations — implements
- OAR 141-085-0680: Compensatory Mitigation (CM); Applicability and Principal Objectives — implements
- OAR 141-085-0680: Compensatory Mitigation (CM); Applicability and Principal Objectives — authority
- OAR 141-085-0685: Functions and Values Assessment — implements
- OAR 141-085-0685: Functions and Values Assessment — authority
- OAR 141-085-0690: Eligibility Requirements for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0690: Eligibility Requirements for CM — authority
- OAR 141-085-0692: Mitigation Accounting — implements
- OAR 141-085-0692: Mitigation Accounting — authority
- OAR 141-085-0694: Special Requirement for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0694: Special Requirement for CM — authority
- OAR 141-085-0700: Financial Security for CM Sites — implements
- OAR 141-085-0705: Requirements for CM Plans — implements
- OAR 141-085-0705: Requirements for CM Plans — authority
- OAR 141-085-0710: Monitoring Requirements for CWM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0710: Monitoring Requirements for CWM — authority
- OAR 141-085-0715: Mitigation for Temporary Impacts — implements
- OAR 141-085-0715: Mitigation for Temporary Impacts — authority
- OAR 141-085-0720: Mitigation Banking Purpose, Applicability and Policies — implements
- OAR 141-085-0720: Mitigation Banking Purpose, Applicability and Policies — authority
- OAR 141-085-0725: Process for Establishing Mitigation Banks — implements
- OAR 141-085-0730: Establishment of Mitigation Credits — implements
- OAR 141-085-0735: Release, Use and Sale of Mitigation Credits — implements
- OAR 141-085-0740: Authorization for Mitigation Banks — implements
- OAR 141-085-0745: In-Lieu Fee Mitigation — implements
- OAR 141-085-0755: Advance Mitigation — implements
- OAR 141-085-0755: Advance Mitigation — authority
- OAR 141-085-0768: Advance Aquatic Resource Plans — implements
- OAR 141-085-0770: Complaints and Investigations — implements
- OAR 141-085-0775: Enforcement Actions and Procedures; Appeals — implements
- OAR 141-085-0780: Revoking or Suspending an Authorization; Allowing Corrective Action — implements
- OAR 141-085-0785: Civil Penalties; Appeals — implements
- OAR 141-089-0620: General — implements
- OAR 141-089-0620: General — authority
- OAR 141-089-0625: General Authorizations (GA); Process for Establishing; Standards and Criteria — implements
- OAR 141-089-0625: General Authorizations (GA); Process for Establishing; Standards and Criteria — authority
- OAR 141-089-0630: Project Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-089-0630: Project Applicability — authority
- OAR 141-089-0635: Fees; Disposition of Fees — implements
- OAR 141-089-0635: Fees; Disposition of Fees — authority
- OAR 141-089-0640: Project Notification — implements
- OAR 141-089-0640: Project Notification — authority
- OAR 141-089-0645: Expiration of Project Eligibility — implements
- OAR 141-089-0645: Expiration of Project Eligibility — authority
- OAR 141-089-0650: General Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0650: General Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0655: Enforcement — implements
- OAR 141-089-0655: Enforcement — authority
- OAR 141-089-0656: Authorization Decision Appeals — implements
- OAR 141-089-0656: Authorization Decision Appeals — authority
- OAR 141-089-0660: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-089-0660: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-089-0665: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-089-0665: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-089-0670: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Authorized Activities — implements
- OAR 141-089-0670: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Authorized Activities — authority
- OAR 141-089-0675: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Project-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0675: Minimal Disturbance within ESH – Project-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0680: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-089-0680: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-089-0685: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-089-0685: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-089-0690: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Authorized Projects — implements
- OAR 141-089-0690: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Authorized Projects — authority
- OAR 141-089-0695: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Project-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0695: Over-Water Structures Fill and Removal – Project-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0700: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-089-0700: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-089-0705: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-089-0705: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-089-0710: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Authorized Projects — implements
- OAR 141-089-0710: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Authorized Projects — authority
- OAR 141-089-0715: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Project-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0715: Temporary Impacts to Wetlands and Waterways – Project-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0720: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-089-0720: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-089-0725: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Eligibility — implements
- OAR 141-089-0725: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Eligibility — authority
- OAR 141-089-0730: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Authorized Projects — implements
- OAR 141-089-0730: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Authorized Projects — authority
- OAR 141-089-0735: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Project-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0735: Waterway Bank Stabilization Using Bioengineering – Project-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0780: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-089-0780: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-089-0785: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-089-0785: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-089-0790: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Authorized Projects — implements
- OAR 141-089-0790: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Authorized Projects — authority
- OAR 141-089-0795: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Project-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0795: Waterway Habitat Improvement – Project-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0800: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-089-0800: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-089-0805: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-089-0805: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-089-0810: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Authorized Projects — implements
- OAR 141-089-0810: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Authorized Projects — authority
- OAR 141-089-0815: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Project-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0815: Wetland Ecosystem Improvement – Project-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0820: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH – Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-089-0820: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH – Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-089-0823: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining within ESH - Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0823: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining within ESH - Definitions — authority
- OAR 141-089-0825: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-089-0825: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-089-0827: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining within ESH - Expiration and No Transfer — implements
- OAR 141-089-0827: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining within ESH - Expiration and No Transfer — authority
- OAR 141-089-0830: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH - Authorized Activities — implements
- OAR 141-089-0830: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH - Authorized Activities — authority
- OAR 141-089-0835: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH - Activity-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-089-0835: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining in ESH - Activity-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-093-0100: General — implements
- OAR 141-093-0100: General — authority
- OAR 141-093-0103: Agency Process and Standards for Establishing General Permits — implements
- OAR 141-093-0103: Agency Process and Standards for Establishing General Permits — authority
- OAR 141-093-0104: Project Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-093-0104: Project Applicability — authority
- OAR 141-093-0105: Application Requirements and Completeness Review for Authorizing Projects under a General Permit — implements
- OAR 141-093-0105: Application Requirements and Completeness Review for Authorizing Projects under a General Permit — authority
- OAR 141-093-0107: Completeness and Eligibility Review for Authorizing Projects under a GP — implements
- OAR 141-093-0107: Completeness and Eligibility Review for Authorizing Projects under a GP — authority
- OAR 141-093-0110: Public Review Process for Authorizing Projects under a GP — implements
- OAR 141-093-0110: Public Review Process for Authorizing Projects under a GP — authority
- OAR 141-093-0115: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Applications to Authorize Projects under a GP — implements
- OAR 141-093-0115: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Applications to Authorize Projects under a GP — authority
- OAR 141-093-0120: Expiration — implements
- OAR 141-093-0120: Expiration — authority
- OAR 141-093-0125: Enforcement — implements
- OAR 141-093-0125: Enforcement — authority
- OAR 141-093-0130: Appeal Process for Authorizations Issued under General Permits — implements
- OAR 141-093-0130: Appeal Process for Authorizations Issued under General Permits — authority
- OAR 141-093-0135: General Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0135: General Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-093-0140: Transportation-Related Structures - Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-093-0140: Transportation-Related Structures - Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0145: Transportation-Related Structures - GP-Specific Application Requirements for Authorizing Projects — implements
- OAR 141-093-0145: Transportation-Related Structures - GP-Specific Application Requirements for Authorizing Projects — authority
- OAR 141-093-0150: Transportation-Related Structures - Authorized Activities — implements
- OAR 141-093-0150: Transportation-Related Structures - Authorized Activities — authority
- OAR 141-093-0151: Transportation-Related Structures - GP-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0151: Transportation-Related Structures - GP-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-093-0155: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-093-0155: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-093-0160: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0160: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0165: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Compensatory Wetland Mitigation — implements
- OAR 141-093-0165: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Compensatory Wetland Mitigation — authority
- OAR 141-093-0170: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Authorized Activities — implements
- OAR 141-093-0170: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - Authorized Activities — authority
- OAR 141-093-0175: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - GP-Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0175: Minor Removal-Fill Impacts - GP-Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-093-0180: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-093-0180: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-093-0185: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Expiration — implements
- OAR 141-093-0185: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Expiration — authority
- OAR 141-093-0187: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Review Process for Authorizing Projects — implements
- OAR 141-093-0187: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Review Process for Authorizing Projects — authority
- OAR 141-093-0190: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0190: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Definitions — authority
- OAR 141-093-0195: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0195: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0200: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Mitigation — implements
- OAR 141-093-0200: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Mitigation — authority
- OAR 141-093-0205: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Specific Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0205: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Specific Application Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0215: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0215: Jackson County Vernal Pools - Specific Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-093-0220: Maintenance Drainage - Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-093-0220: Maintenance Drainage - Purpose — authority
- OAR 141-093-0225: Maintenance Drainage - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0225: Maintenance Drainage - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0230: Maintenance Drainage - Specific Application Requirements — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 196.600 — resolved
- 196.655 — resolved
- ORS 196.800 — resolved
- 196.921 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 196.605: Purpose.
- ORS 196.610: Powers of Director of Department of State Lands; fees.
- ORS 196.615: Program for mitigation banks; program standards and criteria; rules.
- ORS 196.620: Resource values and credits for mitigation banks; use and withdrawal of credits; annual evaluation of system by director.
- ORS 196.623: Watershed enhancement project as mitigation bank; sale of mitigation credit.
- ORS 196.630: Rules.
- ORS 196.635: Director to consult and cooperate with other agencies and interested parties.
- ORS 196.645: Sources of fund.
- ORS 196.650: Use of fund.
- ORS 196.655: Report on Oregon Removal-Fill Mitigation Fund; contents.
- ORS 196.660: Effect of ORS 196.600 to 196.655.
- ORS 196.665: Short title.
- ORS 196.687: Regulation of alteration or fill of artificially created wetlands.
- ORS 196.800: Definitions for ORS 196.600 to 196.921.
- ORS 196.805: Policy.
- ORS 196.806: Adoption of fees by rule.
- ORS 196.810: Permit for removal of material from or fill of waters; rules.
- ORS 196.812: Large woody debris; rules.
- ORS 196.815: Application for permit; rules; fees; disposition of fees.
- ORS 196.817: General permits; rules.
- ORS 196.818: Wetland delineation reports; review by Department of State Lands; fees; rules.
- ORS 196.820: Prohibition against issuance of permits to fill Smith Lake or Bybee Lake; exception.
- ORS 196.825: Criteria for issuance of permit; conditions; consultation with public bodies; hearing; appeal.
- ORS 196.835: Hearing regarding issuance of permit; procedure; appeals; suspension of permit pending appeal.
- ORS 196.850: Waiving permit requirement in certain cases; rules; notice; review; fees; disposition of fees.
- ORS 196.860: Enforcement powers of director.
- ORS 196.880: Fill under permit presumed not to affect public rights; public rights extinguished.
- ORS 196.885: Annual report of fill and removal activities; contents of report.
- ORS 196.890: Civil penalties.
- ORS 196.895: Imposition of civil penalties.
- ORS 196.906: Legislative findings and declarations.
- ORS 196.917: Notice of violation; reasonable efforts to induce voluntary compliance.
- ORS 196.921: Applicability; rules.
- ORS 196.990: Penalties for unpermitted removal from or filling of waters.
- ORS 215.418: Approval of development on wetlands; notice.
- ORS 227.350: Notice of proposed wetlands development; exception; approval by city.
- ORS 274.036: Status of channel of Willamette River; approval of dam; state maintenance of river location.
- ORS 517.971: Consolidated application.
- ORS 536.007: Definitions.
- ORS 536.025: Duty of commission; delegation to Water Resources Director; exception.
- ORS 536.026: Powers of Water Resources Commission.
- ORS 541.898: Oregon Plan described; goals; elements; Governor to negotiate with federal government.
- OAR 141-085-0510: Definitions
- OAR 141-085-0515: Removal-Fill Jurisdiction by Type of Water
- OAR 141-085-0534: Exemptions for Certain Voluntary Habitat Restoration Activities
- OAR 141-085-0565: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Individual Permit Applications
- OAR 141-085-0768: Advance Aquatic Resource Plans
- OAR 141-085-0775: Enforcement Actions and Procedures; Appeals
- OAR 141-089-0635: Fees; Disposition of Fees
- OAR 141-089-0823: Non-motorized In-stream Placer Mining within ESH - Definitions
- OAR 141-090-0025: Procedures for Determinations Conducted Entirely by the Department
- OAR 141-093-0103: Agency Process and Standards for Establishing General Permits
- OAR 141-093-0115: Department Determinations and Considerations in Evaluating Applications to Authorize Projects under a GP
- OAR 141-102-0010: Policy
- OAR 603-095-3940: Required Prevention and Control Measures
- OAR 632-037-0077: Additional Requirements
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors196.html