ORS 537.343: Proposed final order; conditions.

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

(1) A proposed final order issued under ORS 537.170 (3) or (5) for an in-stream water right certificate may include any condition the Water Resources Director considers necessary, but which is consistent with the intent of ORS 537.332 to 537.360. The proposed final order may: (a) Approve the in-stream water right for the quantity of water requested; (b) Approve the requested in-stream water right for a lesser quantity of water; or (c) Reject the requested in-stream water right. (2) If the director reduces or rejects the in-stream water right as requested, or conditions the in-stream water right, the director shall include a statement of findings that sets forth the basis for the reduction, rejection or conditions. The director shall be the final authority in determining the level of in-stream flow necessary to protect the public use. (3) After the director issues a final order approving an in-stream water right, the Water Resources Department shall issue a certificate for an in-stream water right according to the provisions of ORS 537.341. [1987 c.859 §7; 1995 c.416 §20; 2025 c.575 §28]

Administrative rules citing this section

OAR 340-056-0015: Policy — authority
OAR 340-056-0100: Definitions — authority
OAR 340-056-0200: Selection of Receiving Waters for Instream Water Rights Application — implements
OAR 340-056-0200: Selection of Receiving Waters for Instream Water Rights Application — authority
OAR 340-056-0300: Instream Water Rights Evaluation and Application Procedures — implements
OAR 340-056-0300: Instream Water Rights Evaluation and Application Procedures — authority
OAR 340-056-0320: Periodic Review of Instream Water Rights — implements
OAR 340-056-0320: Periodic Review of Instream Water Rights — authority
OAR 340-056-0400: Flow Determination Methodology — implements
OAR 340-056-0400: Flow Determination Methodology — authority
OAR 690-013-0005: Introduction — implements
OAR 690-013-0010: Definitions — implements
OAR 690-013-0030: Eligibility to Petition — implements
OAR 690-013-0050: Individual Applications — implements
OAR 690-013-0070: Interim Transfers — implements
OAR 690-013-0100: District Petitions — implements
OAR 690-013-0110: Requests for Additional Information — implements
OAR 690-013-0150: District Shall Certify Petition — implements
OAR 690-013-0310: Processing of Petition — implements
OAR 690-013-0350: Field Verification of the Petition and Map — implements
OAR 690-077-0000: Purpose — implements
OAR 690-077-0010: Definitions — implements
OAR 690-077-0019: State Agency Instream Water Right Applications: Process for Instream Water Right Certificate Requests — implements
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 — implements
OAR 690-077-0027: Application Processing: Completeness Review — implements
OAR 690-077-0029: Application Processing: Initial Review — implements
OAR 690-077-0031: Application Processing: Public Notice and Comments — implements
OAR 690-077-0033: Application Processing: Public Interest Presumption — implements
OAR 690-077-0037: Application Processing: Public Interest Review — implements
OAR 690-077-0039: Application Processing: Proposed Final Order — implements
OAR 690-077-0043: Application Processing: Protests and Conduct of Contested Case; Final Orders on Default when No Protest Filed — implements
OAR 690-077-0047: Application Processing: Final Orders — implements
OAR 690-077-0047: Application Processing: Final Orders — authority
OAR 690-077-0048: Application Processing: Final Public Interest Determination — implements
OAR 690-077-0049: Application Processing: Statement of Findings — implements
OAR 690-077-0051: Application Processing: Contested Case Hearing on Final Order that Modifies Proposed Final Order — implements
OAR 690-077-0052: Application Processing: Time Requirements — implements
OAR 690-077-0053: Application Processing: Issuance of Instream Water Right Certificate — implements
OAR 690-077-0054: Conversion of Minimum Perennial Streamflows to Instream Water Rights — implements
OAR 690-077-0065: Instream Transfers and Leases: General Provisions — implements
OAR 690-077-0065: Instream Transfers and Leases: General Provisions — authority
OAR 690-077-0076: Application for an Instream Lease — implements
OAR 690-077-0077: Processing an Instream Lease Application — authority
OAR 690-077-0079: Split Season Use Instream Leasing — implements
OAR 690-077-0105: Application for Expedited Instream Lease Renewal — authority
OAR 690-077-0110: Processing an Application for Instream Lease Renewal — authority

This rule cites

ORS 537.170 — resolved
ORS 537.332 — resolved
537.360 — resolved
ORS 537.341 — resolved

Cited by

Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors537.html