ORS 196.684: Amendment of plans; review of plans by department; review of orders by Land Use Board of Appeals.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) Local governments shall provide notice to the Department of State Lands of any proposed amendments to the land use plan and ordinances affecting lands subject to a wetland conservation plan approved under this section. (2) Amendments to plan policies, maps and implementing ordinances by the local government within an approved wetland conservation plan shall be reviewed by the department against the requirements of this section. These provisions do not exempt local governments from the provisions of ORS 197.610 to 197.625. (3) The Director of the Department of State Lands shall provide notice and the opportunity for public comment and hearing as defined by rule on the matter of including the amendment in the wetland conservation plan. (4) If the director finds that the proposed local government amendment to acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations meets the requirements of ORS 196.681, the director shall approve the plan by order, and notify the local government within 10 days of the completion of the public review provided in subsection (3) of this section. (5) If the amendments to acknowledged comprehensive plan and land use regulations adopted by the local government are determined not to comply with the requirements of ORS 196.668 to 196.692, 196.800, 196.810, 196.825, 196.830, 196.850 to 196.860, 196.885, 196.921, 197.015, 197.279, 215.213, 215.283, 215.284, 215.418 and 227.350, the director shall revoke the approval order or amend the order to insure compliance with the requirements of ORS 196.668 to 196.692, 196.800, 196.810, 196.825, 196.830, 196.850 to 196.860, 196.885, 196.921, 197.015, 197.279, 215.213, 215.283, 215.284, 215.418 and 227.350. (6) The department shall review each approved wetland conservation plan every five years. After such review the director shall either modify, reissue or rescind the order approving the plan. (7) In conducting the five-year review of an approved wetland conservation plan, the director shall provide notice and the opportunity for public comment and hearing on whether: (a) There has been a substantial change in circumstances that would affect the wetland resources subject to the plan and would adversely affect the compliance of the plan with the standards in ORS 196.681; (b) Changes have been made in applicable state law, statewide land use planning goals, federal law or agency rules that require the plan to be changed; and (c) In the director’s evaluation, the plan as implemented over the preceding five years meets the goals established in the plan. (8) Wetland conservation plans approved by the Director of the Department of State Lands pursuant to ORS 196.668 to 196.692 shall be deemed to comply with the requirements of any statewide planning goals relating to wetlands, other than estuarine wetlands, for those areas, uses and activities which are regulated by the plan. (9) An order by the director regarding approval, amendment or review of a wetland conservation plan shall be reviewable by the Land Use Board of Appeals as a land use decision of a state agency. For the purpose of such review, the director’s order shall not become final until the local government adopts its wetland conservation plan or plan amendment. The Land Use Board of Appeals shall consolidate for review appeals of the director’s order and the local government adoption. The Land Use Board of Appeals shall review such order for compliance with the requirements of ORS 196.668 to 196.692, 196.800, 196.810, 196.825, 196.830, 196.850 to 196.860, 196.885, 196.921, 197.015, 197.279, 215.213, 215.283, 215.284, 215.418 and 227.350. (10) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a contested case proceeding regarding approval, amendment or review of a wetland conservation plan. (11) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the evaluation of a permit application in areas that do not have a wetland conservation plan. (12) Upon a finding by the director, after a public hearing, that an affected local government is not enforcing the comprehensive plan provisions or land use regulations set forth in the conditions of the order, as specified in ORS 196.681 (5), and that such lack of enforcement has resulted or would result in adverse impacts to wetlands, the director shall modify, suspend or revoke approval of the wetland conservation plan. [1989 c.837 §13]
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
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- 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
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- 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
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- OAR 141-085-0685: Functions and Values Assessment — implements
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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 197.610 — resolved
- 197.625 — resolved
- ORS 196.681 — resolved
- ORS 196.668 — resolved
- 196.692 — resolved
- 196.800 — resolved
- 196.810 — resolved
- 196.825 — resolved
- 196.830 — resolved
- 196.850 — resolved
- 196.860 — resolved
- 196.885 — resolved
- 196.921 — resolved
- 197.015 — resolved
- 197.279 — resolved
- 215.213 — resolved
- 215.283 — resolved
- 215.284 — resolved
- 215.418 — resolved
- 227.350 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 196.678: Wetland conservation plans; contents; procedure for adopting.
- ORS 196.681: Duties of department; standards for approval of plan; conditions for approval; order.
- ORS 196.686: Acknowledged estuary management plans; review and approval; hearings; final order.
- OAR 141-086-0012: Proposed Order
- OAR 141-086-0030: Review of Wetland Conservation Plans
- OAR 141-086-0040: Amending a Wetland Conservation Plan
- OAR 141-086-0045: Notice of Opportunity for Comment on Amendments
- OAR 141-086-0050: Hearing on Amendments
- OAR 141-086-0055: Final Agency Decisions on Amendments
- OAR 141-086-0060: Periodic Agency Review of Wetland Conservation Plans
- OAR 141-086-0230: Revisions
- OAR 141-120-0020: Applicable Policies
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors196.html