ORS 537.480: Rules; criteria for evaluating allocation and determining mitigation required.
Edition: 2025 EditionEffective: 2026-01-01Last verified: 2026-09-07
The Water Resources Commission shall adopt rules and standards necessary to carry out the provisions of ORS 537.455 to 537.500. The rules may include formulas or other criteria for evaluating the effects of allocation of water on existing rights and for determining whether, and to what extent, mitigation shall be required. [1987 c.264 §6; 1993 c.641 §5]
Official history and status
History: Note: See note under 537.455.
Administrative rules citing this section
- 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 690-018-0010: Purpose and Applicability — implements
- OAR 690-018-0010: Purpose and Applicability — authority
- OAR 690-018-0012: Allocation Formula and Process — implements
- OAR 690-018-0012: Allocation Formula and Process — authority
- OAR 690-018-0014: Timing of applications — implements
- OAR 690-018-0020: Definitions — implements
- OAR 690-018-0025: District Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-018-0040: Application Requirements — implements
- OAR 690-018-0040: Application Requirements — authority
- OAR 690-018-0050: Processing a Conservation Application and Approval of a Conservation Project — implements
- 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 — implements
- OAR 690-018-0062: Completion of Conservation Project and Testing Period — authority
- OAR 690-018-0065: Finalization of Conservation Project — implements
- OAR 690-018-0065: Finalization of Conservation Project — authority
- OAR 690-018-0080: Management of Conserved Water — implements
- OAR 690-018-0090: Change in Use of Conserved Water — implements
- OAR 690-018-0090: Change in Use of Conserved Water — authority
This rule cites
- ORS 537.455 — resolved
- 537.500 — resolved
Cited by
No inbound citations found.
Official source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors537.html