ORS 537.358: Rules for reservation for future economic development; application for use of reserved water.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
(1) In adopting a rule under ORS 537.356 to reserve unappropriated water for multipurpose storage for future economic development, the Water Resources Commission shall include a public interest review that takes into consideration the factors described under ORS 537.170. (2) A person requesting use of the reserved water for new storage shall submit a water right application and comply with the procedure set forth in ORS 537.140 to 537.252, except that the priority date for a storage right approved for use of reserved water shall be the date of the reservation. The commission by rule may describe a process for ensuring that the proposed use is consistent with the requirements of the rule establishing the reservation. [1987 c.859 §14; 1997 c.445 §2]
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 690-077-0000: Purpose — authority
- OAR 690-077-0010: Definitions — implements
- 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 — 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 690-077-0020: State Agency Instream Water Right Applications: Application Requirements — authority
- 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 690-077-0054: Conversion of Minimum Perennial Streamflows to Instream Water Rights — authority
- OAR 690-077-0065: Instream Transfers and Leases: General Provisions — implements
- OAR 690-077-0065: Instream Transfers and Leases: General Provisions — authority
- OAR 690-077-0075: 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 — 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
- OAR 690-310-0090: Public Notice and Comments — implements
- OAR 690-509-0100: Reservation Applications and Process — implements
- OAR 690-509-0140: Pine Creek Subbasin Reservation — implements
- OAR 690-509-0150: Eagle Creek Subbasin Reservation — implements
This rule cites
- ORS 537.356 — resolved
- ORS 537.170 — resolved
- ORS 537.140 — resolved
- 537.252 — resolved
Cited by
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors537.html