ORS 536.027: Rules and standards.

Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07

(1) In accordance with the applicable provisions of ORS chapter 183, the Water Resources Commission shall adopt rules and standards to perform the functions vested by law in the commission. (2) Except as provided in ORS 183.335 (5), the commission shall cause a public hearing to be held on any proposed rule or standard before its adoption. The hearing may be before the commission, any designated member of the commission or any person designated by and acting for the commission. [1985 c.673 §5]

Administrative rules citing this section

OAR 690-002-0000: Scope and Purpose — implements
OAR 690-002-0000: Scope and Purpose — authority
OAR 690-002-0005: Applicability — authority
OAR 690-002-0010: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-002-0023: Agency Representation by Officer or Employee — authority
OAR 690-002-0025: Time for Filing Protests for Protests Not Governed by OAR 690-002-0005(2) — authority
OAR 690-002-0030: Form and Content of Protest for Protests Not Governed by OAR 690-002-0005(2) — authority
OAR 690-002-0075: Scope of Hearing for Hearings Not Governed by OAR 690-002-0005(2) — authority
OAR 690-002-0081: Contact Information — authority
OAR 690-002-0085: Method of Filing and Service After Referral — authority
OAR 690-002-0089: Consolidation of Proceedings — authority
OAR 690-002-0095: Discovery — implements
OAR 690-002-0095: Discovery — authority
OAR 690-002-0175: Exceptions to Proposed Orders of the Administrative Law Judge — authority
OAR 690-002-0190: Exceptions to Final Orders of the Director — authority
OAR 690-002-0200: Pre-referral Notice — authority
OAR 690-002-0230: Notification of protests received — authority
OAR 690-008-0001: Definition and Policy Statements — authority
OAR 690-009-0010: Basis for Regulatory Authority, Purpose, and Applicability — authority
OAR 690-009-0020: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-009-0040: Proposed Groundwater Use: Determination of Hydraulic Connection and Potential for Substantial Interference — authority
OAR 690-009-0050: Groundwater Controls — authority
OAR 690-009-0060: Groundwater Controls: Determination of Hydraulic Connection and Potential for Substantial Interference — implements
OAR 690-009-0060: Groundwater Controls: Determination of Hydraulic Connection and Potential for Substantial Interference — authority
OAR 690-010-0100: Purpose — authority
OAR 690-010-0110: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-010-0120: Required Criteria for Designation of Critical Ground Water Area — authority
OAR 690-010-0130: Additional Requirements for Critical Ground Water Area Rulemaking Process — authority
OAR 690-010-0140: Land Use Planning Coordination with Affected Local Government — implements
OAR 690-010-0150: Engagement with Federally Recognized Indian Tribes — authority
OAR 690-010-0160: Content, Filing, and Review of Adopted Critical Groundwater Area Rules — authority
OAR 690-010-0170: Initial Notification of Proposed Corrective Control Orders — authority
OAR 690-010-0180: Notice of Proposed Corrective Control Orders — authority
OAR 690-010-0190: Notices of Party Status and Petitions for Party Status — authority
OAR 690-010-0200: Scope of Contested Case Hearing — authority
OAR 690-010-0210: Conduct of Contested Case — authority
OAR 690-010-0220: Exceptions to Proposed Order — authority
OAR 690-010-0230: Final Order in Contested Case — authority
OAR 690-010-0240: Procedure for Making Changes to Existing Critical Groundwater Area — authority
OAR 690-014-0005: Introduction — authority
OAR 690-014-0020: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-014-0030: Certified Water Right Examiner Required for Claim of Beneficial Use — authority
OAR 690-014-0050: Certification of Water Right Examiners — authority
OAR 690-014-0080: Revocation of Certified Water Right Examiner's Certificate — authority
OAR 690-014-0090: Maps for Transfer Applications — authority
OAR 690-014-0100: Minimum Requirements for Claims of Beneficial Use for Permits and Transfer Final Orders — authority
OAR 690-014-0110: Claim of Beneficial Use: General Standards — authority
OAR 690-014-0170: Minimum Requirements for Maps for Permit or Transfer Final Order Claims of Beneficial Use — authority
OAR 690-014-0190: Time Limit for Filing Claim of Beneficial Use — authority
OAR 690-014-0220: Time Limit to Cure Defects in a Claim of Beneficial Use — authority
OAR 690-017-0005: Introduction — authority
OAR 690-017-0010: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-017-0200: Watermaster Affidavit of Inability to Appropriate or Beneficially Use Water — authority
OAR 690-017-0300: Notice of Watermaster Affidavit to Record Owner — authority
OAR 690-017-0400: Cancellation Initiated by Department — authority
OAR 690-017-0600: Protest of Cancellation/Statement of Intent to Rebut Presumption of Forfeiture — authority
OAR 690-017-0700: Cancellation Hearing — authority
OAR 690-017-0800: Grounds for and Manner of Rebutting a Presumption of Forfeiture — authority
OAR 690-017-0900: Time Period of Non-Use — authority
OAR 690-018-0010: Purpose and Applicability — authority
OAR 690-018-0012: Allocation Formula and Process — authority
OAR 690-018-0040: Application Requirements — authority
OAR 690-018-0050: Processing a Conservation Application and Approval of a Conservation Project — authority
OAR 690-018-0062: Completion of Conservation Project and Testing Period — authority
OAR 690-018-0065: Finalization of Conservation Project — authority
OAR 690-018-0090: Change in Use of Conserved Water — authority
OAR 690-020-0000: Purpose and Applicability — authority
OAR 690-020-0022: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-020-0024: General Department Authorities and Intergovernmental Coordination — authority
OAR 690-020-0026: Fees — authority
OAR 690-020-0028: Preliminary Plans and Specifications for Construction of New Dams or to Increase Dam Height — authority
OAR 690-020-0035: Minimum Engineering Requirements for Final Design of New Dams or to Increase Dam Height — authority
OAR 690-020-0036: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Site Suitability and Geotechnical Evaluation — authority
OAR 690-020-0037: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Hydrology and Inflow Design Flood — authority
OAR 690-020-0038: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Embankment Dam Structures — authority
OAR 690-020-0041: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Concrete Dam Structures — authority
OAR 690-020-0042: Minimum Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Spillways — authority
OAR 690-020-0043: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Penetrating Conduit(s) and Control of Flow through Conduits — authority
OAR 690-020-0044: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Instrumentation for Monitoring — authority
OAR 690-020-0047: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Geosynthetics — authority
OAR 690-020-0048: Exceptions to Standard Design Requirements — authority
OAR 690-020-0055: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Design Drawings — authority
OAR 690-020-0060: Design Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Construction Specifications — authority
OAR 690-020-0065: Plan Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Construction Administration — authority
OAR 690-020-0068: Plan Requirements for New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Operations and Maintenance Plan — authority
OAR 690-020-0070: New Dams or to Increase Dam Height: Submittals and Notifications by the Engineer of Record — authority
OAR 690-020-0080: New Dams, or to Increase Dam Height, Written Approval by State Engineer — authority
OAR 690-020-0100: Hazard Rating of Dams — authority
OAR 690-020-0120: Dam Breach Inundation Analysis — authority
OAR 690-020-0140: Modification of Dams — authority
OAR 690-020-0160: Removal — authority
OAR 690-020-0180: Requirement of Owners to Provide Contact and Transfer of Title Information — authority
OAR 690-020-0250: Maintenance of Dams — authority
OAR 690-020-0260: Inspection of Dams — authority
OAR 690-020-0310: Requirement to Address Maintenance Actions Need for High or Significant Hazard Dams — authority
OAR 690-020-0340: Potentially Unsafe or Unsafe Conditions — authority
OAR 690-020-0400: Emergency Action Plans (EAP) — authority
OAR 690-020-0420: Immediate Action to Prevent Dam Failure — authority
OAR 690-020-0600: Civil Penalty Assessment for Dam Safety — authority
OAR 690-025-0020: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-025-0025: Distribution of Water between Existing Rights of Record — authority
OAR 690-025-0040: Regulation of Hydraulically Connected Wells — authority
OAR 690-033-0120: Upper Columbia Rules (Above Bonneville Dam): Determination of Consistency With the Fish and Wildlife Program — authority
OAR 690-033-0130: Upper Columbia Rules (Above Bonneville Dam): Flow Management — authority
OAR 690-033-0220: Lower Columbia Rules (Below Bonneville Dam): Evaluation Criteria — authority
OAR 690-033-0230: Lower Columbia Rules (Below Bonneville Dam): Flow Management — authority
OAR 690-051-0150: Filing of Protest and Remonstrances — authority
OAR 690-052-0000: Purpose — authority
OAR 690-052-0010: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-052-0020: Initiation of Decommissioning Process — authority
OAR 690-052-0030: Public Notice and Comment — authority
OAR 690-052-0040: Process Determination — authority
OAR 690-052-0050: Expedited Process — authority
OAR 690-052-0060: Standard Process; Decommissioning Application Review Team — authority
OAR 690-052-0070: Decommissioning Plan; Standard for Review — authority
OAR 690-052-0080: Agency Comments — authority
OAR 690-052-0090: Draft Decommissioning Plan — authority
OAR 690-052-0100: Public Notice and Comment for Draft Decommissioning Plan — authority
OAR 690-052-0110: Proposed Final Order: Findings and Criteria; Protests — authority
OAR 690-052-0120: Contested Case Hearings — authority
OAR 690-052-0130: Exceptions to the Proposed Final Order; Final Order — authority
OAR 690-052-0140: Final Order Needed to Decommission — authority
OAR 690-052-0150: Disposition of the Water Right — authority
OAR 690-052-0160: Modification of Time Limits — authority
OAR 690-054-0000: Purpose and Applicability — authority
OAR 690-054-0010: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-054-0020: Notice of Consideration for Conversion: Eligibility Determinations and Preliminary Findings of Fact — authority
OAR 690-054-0030: Notice of Consideration for Conversion: Requirements and Comment Period — authority
OAR 690-054-0040: Proposed Final Order: Final Determinations and Findings of Fact — authority
OAR 690-054-0050: Notice of Proposed Final Order — authority
OAR 690-054-0060: Filing of Protests — authority
OAR 690-054-0070: Time and Place of Hearings, Exceptions, Final Order — authority
OAR 690-054-0080: Issuance of Instream Water Right Certificate — authority
OAR 690-077-0000: Purpose — authority
OAR 690-077-0010: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-077-0015: General Statements — implements
OAR 690-077-0015: General Statements — authority
OAR 690-077-0019: State Agency Instream Water Right Applications: Process for Instream Water Right Certificate Requests — authority
OAR 690-077-0020: State Agency Instream Water Right Applications: Application Requirements — authority
OAR 690-077-0029: Application Processing: Initial Review — authority
OAR 690-077-0031: Application Processing: Public Notice and Comments — authority
OAR 690-077-0033: Application Processing: Public Interest Presumption — authority
OAR 690-077-0037: Application Processing: Public Interest Review — authority
OAR 690-077-0039: Application Processing: Proposed Final Order — authority
OAR 690-077-0043: Application Processing: Protests and Conduct of Contested Case; Final Orders on Default when No Protest Filed — authority
OAR 690-077-0047: Application Processing: Final Orders — authority
OAR 690-077-0048: Application Processing: Final Public Interest Determination — authority
OAR 690-077-0051: Application Processing: Contested Case Hearing on Final Order that Modifies Proposed Final Order — authority
OAR 690-077-0052: Application Processing: Time Requirements — authority
OAR 690-077-0054: Conversion of Minimum Perennial Streamflows to Instream Water Rights — authority
OAR 690-077-0065: Instream Transfers and Leases: General Provisions — authority
OAR 690-077-0075: Processing an Instream Transfer Application — implements
OAR 690-077-0075: Processing an Instream Transfer Application — authority
OAR 690-077-0076: Application for an Instream Lease — authority
OAR 690-077-0077: Processing an Instream Lease Application — authority
OAR 690-077-0079: Split Season Use Instream Leasing — authority
OAR 690-077-0105: Application for Expedited Instream Lease Renewal — authority
OAR 690-077-0110: Processing an Application for Instream Lease Renewal — authority
OAR 690-086-0010: Purpose — authority
OAR 690-086-0020: General Definitions — authority
OAR 690-086-0030: Definitions for Municipal Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0040: Definitions for Agricultural Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0100: Municipal Water Management and Conservation Plans: Applicability — authority
OAR 690-086-0120: Municipal Water Management and Conservation Plans: General Provisions — authority
OAR 690-086-0125: Municipal WMCP Elements — authority
OAR 690-086-0130: Criteria for Approval of a Municipal WMCP — authority
OAR 690-086-0140: Municipal Water Supplier Description for a Municipal WMCP — authority
OAR 690-086-0150: Municipal Water Conservation Element for a Municipal WMCP — authority
OAR 690-086-0160: Municipal Water Curtailment Element for a Municipal WMCP — authority
OAR 690-086-0170: Municipal Water Supply Element of a Municipal WMCP — authority
OAR 690-086-0220: Agricultural Water Supplier Water Management and Conservation Plans: General Provisions — authority
OAR 690-086-0225: Agricultural Water Supplier Plan Elements — authority
OAR 690-086-0240: Agricultural Water System Description — authority
OAR 690-086-0250: Agricultural Water Conservation Element — authority
OAR 690-086-0260: Agricultural Water Allocation/Curtailment Element — authority
OAR 690-086-0270: Agricultural Water Supply Element — authority
OAR 690-086-0300: Alternate Municipal Water Management and Conservation Plans for Small Municipal Water Suppliers: Applicability — authority
OAR 690-086-0320: Alternate Municipal WMCP for Small Municipal Water Suppliers: General Provisions — authority
OAR 690-086-0325: Alternate Municipal WMCP: Water Supplier Plan Elements for Small Municipal Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0330: Criteria for Approval of an Alternate Municipal WMCP Submitted by Small Municipal Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0340: Alternate Municipal WMCP: Water Supplier Description for Small Municipal Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0350: Alternate Municipal WMCP: Water Supplier Conservation Element for Small Municipal Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0360: Alternate Municipal WMCP: Water Supplier Curtailment Element for Small Municipal Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0370: Alternate Municipal WMCP: Water Supply Element for Small Municipal Water Suppliers — authority
OAR 690-086-0905: Notice of Submittal of a Draft Plan or Updated Plan — authority
OAR 690-086-0910: Preliminary Review of Draft Plans — authority
OAR 690-086-0915: Final Review of Plans — authority
OAR 690-086-0920: Enforcement — authority
OAR 690-095-0005: Purpose, Statutory Authorization — authority
OAR 690-095-0010: Definitions — authority
OAR 690-095-0015: Eligibility: Applicant and Project — authority
OAR 690-095-0020: Eligible Costs — authority
OAR 690-095-0025: Ineligible Costs — authority
OAR 690-095-0030: Authority of Director — authority
OAR 690-095-0035: Loan Advisory Board — authority
OAR 690-095-0040: Application — authority
OAR 690-095-0045: Public Notice and Review Period — authority
OAR 690-095-0050: Criteria for Granting a Loan — authority
OAR 690-095-0055: Appeal Process — authority
OAR 690-095-0060: Loan Security — authority

This rule cites

ORS chapter 183 — target_record_not_published
ORS 183.335 — resolved

Cited by

ORS 537.101: Reporting measured water use; rules.

Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors536.html