ORS 196.906: Legislative findings and declarations.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) The Legislative Assembly finds and declares that: (a) It is in the best interest of the state to create a simple regulatory approach for the maintenance of channels used for agricultural drainage and to improve awareness of, and compliance with, the removal and fill program provided for under ORS 196.600 to 196.921. (b) The provisions of ORS 196.906 to 196.919 are designed to protect the economic viability of Oregon’s farmers and ranchers by allowing for the maintenance of channels used for agricultural drainage to be conducted in a manner that protects, maintains or improves ecological function of the channels. (2) The Legislative Assembly declares that it is the policy of the state: (a) To adaptively manage the implementation of ORS 196.906 to 196.919 to allow for a workable process for persons to maintain traditionally maintained channels while protecting the ecological and life history functions of fish and wildlife that inhabit the channels; and (b) To place a high priority on and to encourage the identification and development of opportunities for voluntary actions to restore, improve or enhance the ecological health or benefits of traditionally maintained channels. [2019 c.699 §2]
Official history and status
History: Note: 196.906 to 196.919 were added to and made a part of 196.600 to 196.921 by legislative action but were not added to any smaller series therein. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.
Administrative rules citing this section
- OAR 141-083-0800: Purpose and Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-083-0800: Purpose and Applicability — authority
- OAR 141-083-0810: Policies — implements
- OAR 141-083-0810: Policies — authority
- OAR 141-083-0820: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-083-0820: Definitions — authority
- OAR 141-083-0830: Cable Easement Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-083-0830: Cable Easement Application Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-083-0840: Pre-Application and Application Review Process — implements
- OAR 141-083-0840: Pre-Application and Application Review Process — authority
- OAR 141-083-0850: Cable Easement Terms and Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-083-0850: Cable Easement Terms and Conditions — authority
- OAR 141-083-0860: Penalties — implements
- OAR 141-083-0860: Penalties — authority
- OAR 141-083-0870: Reconsideration of Decision — implements
- OAR 141-083-0870: Reconsideration of Decision — authority
- OAR 141-085-0510: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-085-0520: Removal-Fill Jurisdiction by Volume of Material — 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 141-085-0685: Functions and Values Assessment — implements
- OAR 141-085-0690: Eligibility Requirements for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0692: Mitigation Accounting — implements
- OAR 141-085-0694: Special Requirement for CM — implements
- OAR 141-085-0710: Monitoring Requirements for CWM — implements
- OAR 141-086-0100: Duty to Notify of Proposed Activities Within Wetlands — authority
- OAR 141-090-0005: Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-090-0010: Applicability — implements
- OAR 141-090-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-090-0025: Procedures for Determinations Conducted Entirely by the Department — implements
- OAR 141-090-0030: Technical Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-090-0040: Procedures for Review and Approval of a Wetland Delineation Report Submitted to the Department for a Jurisdictional Determination — implements
- OAR 141-090-0045: Duration, Revision, Expiration and Reissuance of Jurisdictional Determinations — implements
- OAR 141-090-0050: Request for Reconsideration, Contested Case, and Appeal — implements
- OAR 141-090-0055: Effective Date — implements
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0141: Transportation-Related Structures - Eligibility Requirements — authority
- OAR 141-093-0250: Maintenance Dredging - Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-093-0255: Maintenance Dredging - Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0260: Maintenance Dredging - Eligibility Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0265: Maintenance Dredging - Specific Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 141-093-0270: Maintenance Dredging - Authorized Activities — implements
- OAR 141-093-0275: Maintenance Dredging - Specific Conditions — implements
- OAR 141-093-0280: Maintenance Dredging - Term and Reporting — implements
- OAR 141-102-0000: Purpose — implements
- OAR 141-102-0010: Policy — implements
- OAR 141-102-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 141-102-0030: Designation of Essential Salmon Habitat (ESH) — implements
- OAR 141-102-0040: Revisions to ESH — implements
- OAR 603-095-4040: Prohibitions — implements
- OAR 603-095-4040: Prohibitions — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 196.600 — resolved
- 196.921 — resolved
- ORS 196.906 — resolved
- 196.919 — resolved
Cited by
- ORS 196.909: Definitions.
- ORS 196.911: Maintenance without permit; applicability; notice.
- ORS 196.915: State agencies’ review and responses to notice; additional conditions; expedited review; variances; inspections; records; rules.
- ORS 196.919: Memoranda of understanding.
- OAR 603-095-4015: Notification to the Oregon Department of Agriculture – Maintenance Without a Permit; Types of Maintenance Activities
- OAR 603-095-4020: Notification to Oregon Department of Agriculture – Districts and Persons
- OAR 603-095-4025: Review of Notification; Consultation with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife; Final Determination by the Oregon Department of State Lands
- OAR 635-418-0100: Purpose
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors196.html