ORS 196.672: Policy.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
In addition to the policy described in ORS 196.805, it is the policy of the State of Oregon to: (1) Promote the protection, conservation and best use of wetland resources, their functions and values through the integration and close coordination of statewide planning goals, local comprehensive plans and state and federal regulatory programs. (2) Use a single definition of “wetlands” for the purposes of ORS 196.800 to 196.921 and statewide planning goals and a single, uniform methodology of delineating wetland boundaries. (3) Develop a statewide inventory of wetlands based on uniform identification standards and criteria at a scale practicable for planning and regulatory purposes, and to make such inventory available to state agencies and local governments to facilitate better management of wetland resources and closer coordination of local, state and federal wetland programs. (4) Maintain a stable resource base of wetlands through the mitigation of losses of wetland resources and the adoption of the procedural mitigation standard currently used by federal agencies. (5) Establish the opportunity to increase wetland resources by encouraging wetland restoration and creation where appropriate. (6) Reduce the delays and uncertainty which can occur in the current wetland planning and regulatory framework through improved coordination of the provisions in ORS 196.800 to 196.921 with local land use planning and regulation and by providing mechanisms for expedited permit review consistent with the protection and conservation of wetland resources. (7) Continue to meet the requirements of federal law in the protection and management of wetland resources, while asserting the interests of this state, in concert with those of local governments in urging the federal resource and regulatory agencies to develop a uniform wetland policy and more consistent, cohesive standards to implement the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1344). (8) Develop and provide information to the general public concerning the functions, values and distribution of wetlands of this state to raise public awareness of these resources. (9) Promote the protection of wetland values on private lands by developing and using public recognition programs, incentives and other nonregulatory actions. (10) Encourage wetlands as an interim use of mining and construction sites on lands that were not originally wetlands and are designated for other than wetland purposes in an acknowledged comprehensive plan, while insuring that interim wetland use does not limit the future use of such sites for mining and construction. [1989 c.837 §3]
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 141-085-0500: General — implements
- OAR 141-085-0506: Policy — implements
- 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 141-085-0565: 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 141-086-0005: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-086-0010: Request for Approval — implements
- OAR 141-086-0012: Proposed Order — implements
- OAR 141-086-0015: Notice of Opportunity for Comment — implements
- OAR 141-086-0020: Comments — implements
- OAR 141-086-0021: Notice of Hearing — implements
- OAR 141-086-0022: Hearing — implements
- OAR 141-086-0025: Final Agency Decision — implements
- OAR 141-086-0030: Review of Wetland Conservation Plans — implements
- OAR 141-086-0035: Annual Report — implements
- OAR 141-086-0040: Amending a Wetland Conservation Plan — implements
- OAR 141-086-0045: Notice of Opportunity for Comment on Amendments — implements
- OAR 141-086-0050: Hearing on Amendments — implements
- OAR 141-086-0055: Final Agency Decisions on Amendments — implements
- OAR 141-086-0060: Periodic Agency Review of Wetland Conservation Plans — implements
- OAR 141-086-0100: Duty to Notify of Proposed Activities Within Wetlands — implements
- OAR 141-086-0180: Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-086-0185: Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-086-0200: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-086-0210: Inventory Development Process and Standards — implements
- OAR 141-086-0220: LWI Reports — implements
- OAR 141-086-0222: Paper Map Standards — implements
- OAR 141-086-0225: Digital Data Standards — implements
- OAR 141-086-0228: Review and Approval Process — implements
- OAR 141-086-0230: Revisions — implements
- OAR 141-086-0240: Landowner Notification — 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
This rule cites
- ORS 196.805 — resolved
- ORS 196.800 — resolved
- 196.921 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors196.html