ORS 537.352: Precedence of uses.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
Notwithstanding any provision of ORS 537.332 to 537.343 and 537.350, the right to the use of the waters of this state for a project for multipurpose storage or municipal uses or by a municipal applicant, as defined in ORS 537.282, for a hydroelectric project, shall take precedence over an in-stream water right when the Water Resources Department conducts a review of the proposed project in accordance with ORS 537.170. The precedence given under this section shall not apply if the in-stream water right was established pursuant to ORS 537.346 or 537.348. [1987 c.859 §11; 1995 c.416 §42]
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 690-077-0048: 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 690-077-0100: Miscellaneous Provisions: Precedence of Future Uses — 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 537.332 — resolved
- 537.343 — resolved
- 537.350 — resolved
- ORS 537.282 — resolved
- ORS 537.170 — resolved
- ORS 537.346 — resolved
- 537.348 — resolved
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Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors537.html